Speaker 1: Hey, thanks for being a part of the conversation. This
is Forest Stories. I'm 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 week number two. Of the invaders,
those that are laying these fiber optic lines inside this soil.
I can't find any research on how in my heart
I feel like it's disrupting life beneath the surface of
this forested floor. And here's the reason why I continued
to be absolutely spiritually injured by this. It's all based
on the story of the mushrooms. Mushrooms, fung guy beneath
the surface of the forest floor, a loud tree to
communicate with each other. That's how they talk, that's how
they grow together, that's how they prepare. Mushrooms are so
important to the process of this forest and other forests
around the world. Once again, fungi beneath the surface of
the forested floor. And yet these people who are laying
this fiber optic into the planet, nobody wants to say, Hey, look,
they're bringing injury to the communication lines between the trees.
What is that like for the trees? Have they lost
their cable? Did they tap into their power lines? What
is going on with the process of growth between all
living things inside this forest, all because somebody is laying
the groundwork for fiber opting. Oh yeah, we humans, we
want faster internet, we want beautiful pictures on our flat screens,
we want AI. I get it. I totally understand the process,
But what is the cost to nature. Nobody's talking about it.
I can't find any information about what grows and what
goes on beneath the surface of this forest, but it's documented.
I said it. I'm against it, but I'm just me
being me. Thanks for being a part of the conversation.