Day 3 - Sunday
April 27, 2025

11:00am Coffee & Scones
11:30am Keynote & Presentation with Tucker Marder
12:00pm “Fungi: Web of Life” Film Screening

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Keynote & Presentation with Tucker Marder

Join Tucker Marder on a visual journey through his unique East Hampton Folly Tree Arboretum, a natural museum curated by himself with a historian's eye. Every tree has its own environmental story, good yarns Tucker delights in sharing.

Fungi: Web of Life

Director: Joseph Nizeti
Co-Directors: Gisela Kaufmann & Paul Phelan
Producers: Jo-anne McGowan, David Gross, Jennifer Peedom, Sarah Noonan
Editor: Paul Phelan

Through the eyes of passionate biologist and writer Merlin Sheldrake, join us on this brilliant round-the-world journey into the secret world of fungi. Through dazzling images of fungi under the microscope, and all around us in the forest, Merlin unravels the many secrets of these essential organisms in the web of life. So much more than mushrooms, not only do fungi shape the weather and support life on land, they are at the cutting edge of medical research and even have the power to break down plastic waste.

Narrator and iconic artist Björk, takes us from the ancient Tasmanian Tarkine Rainforest to the mystical wilds of China’s Yunnan Province, in search of solutions to some of our planet’s biggest challenges. Can the answers be found in the wonderful world of fungi?

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Day 2 - Call of the Forest

Ted Delano · March 26, 2025

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Day 2 - Saturday
April 26, 2025

5:30pm Cocktail Reception & Earth Central Hub
7:00pm “Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees” Film Screening
Zoom Q&A with scientist & author Diana Beresford-Kroeger

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Earth Central Hub

Join us for a cocktail reception to spotlight local environmental advocacy groups sharing tips, news, and know-how:

Cornell Cooperative
Long Island Pine Barrens Society
Central Pine Barrens Commission
Canio’s Books

Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees

Director: Jeff McKay
Producer: Jeff McKay and Merit Jenson Carr
Editor: Jeff McKay

We cut down billions of trees every year – Today only five percent of the world’s old growth forests remain intact. Yet trees are one of this planet’s most significant creators of food, new medicines, and oxygen. Forests hold the answer to many of the world’s problems; from climate change to human health and well-being. Visionary scientist and acclaimed author Diana Beresford-Kroeger explores the science, folklore, and history of this essential eco-system reminding us that when we improve our profound human connection to woodlands we can, not only, restore our health - we can restore our planet.

From the sacred sugi and cedar forests of Japan, the ancient Raheen Wood of Ireland, and the walnut and redwood trees of America, to the great boreal forest of Canada, Call of the Forest tells the amazing stories behind the history and legacy of these ancient forests while also explaining the science of trees and the irreplaceable roles they play in protecting and feeding the planet.

Along the way Diana meets people who are taking the lead to replant, restore and protect the last of these great ancient species forests. We meet Dr. Akira Miyawaki, a worldwide specialist in the restoration of natural forest systems on degraded land, who shows us how a native forest system can be planted in the smallest street corner of Tokyo. Dr. Bill Libby, a pioneer in the field of forest tree genetics, tells us about the impacts of climate change on California’s coast redwood and giant sequoia. Since 2002 Andrew St. Ledger, founder of The Woodland League in Ireland, has dedicated his life to restoring native woodlands in Ireland. His work restoring the great forest of Aughty shows us all how old growth forests can be replanted and offers a glimpse into our cultural history with trees.

Woodlands are the beating heart of our ecosystem and Diana’s call to action - to protect the native forests of the world and for every person to plant one tree a year for the next six years - provides us with a simple and powerful solution for climate change. As she travels across the globe to tell the story of the life and the science of the global forest, she presents us with a revolutionary conception of their value to all life and a message that could, literally, save mankind from itself.

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Day 1 - Giants Rising

Ted Delano · March 26, 2025

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Day 1 - Friday
April 25, 2025

5:30pm Cocktail Reception & Earth Central Hub
7:00pm Keynote Address: William Bryant Logan
7:30pm “Giants Rising” Film Screening
Zoom Q&A with Lisa Landers, Director

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Earth Central Hub

Join us for a cocktail reception to spotlight local environmental advocacy groups sharing tips, news, and know-how:

Cornell Cooperative
Long Island Pine Barrens Society
Central Pine Barrens Commission
Canio’s Books

Keynote Address: William Bryant Logan

William Bryant Logan is the author of Sprout Lands, Oak, Air, and Dirt, the last of which was made into an award-winning documentary. He is a certified arborist, on the board of the faculty of the New York Botanical Garden, and founder and president of Urban Arborists, Inc. Autographed books will be available for purchase.

Giants Rising: The Secrets & Superpowers of Redwoods

Director & Producer: Lisa Landers
Co-producer: Jennifer Ciraldo
Editor: Damon Claussen

A journey into the heart of America’s most iconic forests, GIANTS RISING reveals the secrets, superpowers and saga of the redwoods— the tallest and some of the oldest living beings on Earth. Living links to the past, redwoods also hold powers that may play a role in our future, including their ability to withstand fire and capture carbon, to offer clues about resilience, and even to enhance our own well-being.

Through the voices of biologists, artists, Native communities and others, we discover the scientific wonders of redwoods, our deep cultural ties to them, and efforts to help these iconic forests overcome the legacy of logging that nearly wiped them out. It’s a tale that offers lessons about resilience, and the promise of solutions that will help us ALL rise up to face challenges that lay ahead.