Hey, thanks for being a part of the conversation. This is Forest Stories.
I am the Poet in the Forest, a children's series that I pinned
out in the nineteen nineties. Now, none of it would be possible if
it wasn't for this forest right here in South Charlotte, North Carolina. I
talk about it so much that I thought maybe it's time that you get to
know what has inspired me for thirty years. Thanks for being a part of
the conversation. Welcome back to the forest. I just got out of a
conversation with Philipe Cousteau our Echo challenge dot org bringing some biodiversity to everywhere,
not just this forest in South Charlotte, but everywhere. We've got a beekeeper,
We've got people that are creating these above ground gardens. There's so much
biodiversity that's going on inside this forest, and it can serve as a positive
place for so many others. A forest has so many different edges to it.
One particular edge, Kenon Luma's backyard still part of the forest. It's
just that they've put up a large wooden fence around it. And I understand
because inside that fence it's so peaceful and beautiful in the way of how Mother
Nature speaks to each and every one of us with this vibration. It's a
peace garden with a gigantic Buddha, so many different global artifacts that are in
this area, and a path, a path that goes in so many different
directions. And so when we're walking on that path with Jazzy inside Ken and
Luma's backyard, which is still part of the forest, we sit there and
we feel the positive vibrations that this forest continuously gives to others. You can
have biodiversity. Biodiversity in aside a forest or inside your own city gives you
an opportunity to understand the atmosphere of what is going on in your surroundings.
And it's a valuable too. So that's why I always try to share stories
about this forest to maybe inspire you that when you go and you buy a
little pine that you want to put on your desk or give away as a
gift, put it in the earth, share it with Mother Nature. Lord
knows, we take such advantage of everything that nature is willing to share.
But the question is what are we giving back to Mother Nature? And maybe
that's what this walk is about today. The biodiversity that can be everywhere.
That you can have a forest just like this if you take the time to
grow with it. But this isn't just something that happened overnight. We planted
the seventeen hundred trees in nineteen ninety seven. It's twenty twenty four. So
it was fun to sit down and have a conversation with Philippe Cousteau and talk
about this forest. Now it's your turn, write your stories and share them.
Hey, thanks for being a part of the conversation.