Members who watched the Call of the Forest movie at our special screening event back in January will recall Diana Beresford-Kroeger saying that trees are our main weapon to combat climate change... "If everybody went out and planted a tree..." A report in the MIT Technology Review supports that notion, and by extension supports what …

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At the Annual General Meeting, February 25, 2017, a motion was presented and accepted by a majority to amend the constitution to allow proxy voting at future AGMs. The amendment also included a couple minor housekeeping clarifications in the section on AGMs. The amended document is now posted in the About BGWA section.

To celebrate its 150th anniversary, 14 mature trees will be planted across Bruce County, most on them at ceremonies taking place this Friday morning, the day prior to earth day. For details read the story on Blackburn News.

Antibiotics save lives, but there is a downside to their ubiquity. High doses can kill healthy cells along with bacteria, while also spurring the creation of 'superbugs' that don't respond to known antibiotics. Now, researchers report a natural way that could reduce antibiotic use without sacrificing health: a maple syrup extract that increases the potency …

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Playing 'natural sounds' affects the bodily systems that control the flight-or-fright and rest-digest autonomic nervous systems, with associated effects in the resting activity of the brain, new research shows. Read full article on Science Daily.