You're never too young to learn or too old to start foraging | Melany Kahn | TEDxBoston

Описание: There are treasures in the woods, playgrounds, lawns and cemeteries of all of our neighborhoods. Mushroom foraging is a fantastic catalyst to expand a child's love of the environment. With so many barriers and distractions to nature, foraging offers a natural treasure hunt and adventure to children, engaging them to be present, curious, and aware. "As In the end we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught." - Senegalese environmentalist, Baba Dioum, to the general assembly of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Melany Kahn is a second-generation forager who learned from her parents, the late abstract painter, Emily Mason and the late landscape painter, Wolf Kahn. For the last 20 years she volunteered to teach children how to forage for wild mushrooms. She attended Wesleyan University, and holds an MSW from Boston College, and an MFA in Film from The Tisch School where she met her illustration collaborator, Ellen Korbonski. Melany has taught film production and documentary at NYU, and was a longtime family mediator. She and her husband live in New Hampshire and Vermont with their children, 3 cats and 17 chickens, and co-own The Porch Cafe in Brattleboro. You can find her foraging at every opportunity. "Mason Goes Mushrooming" is her first book. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx