How does environmental knowledge move from an expert's books into the life and learning of a small community? Diana Beresford-Kroeger, a renowned author of "The Global Forest and Arboretum America, A Philosophy of the Forest," kindly agreed to an interview with Simon Heath, organiser of a rural literary festival. In working with the transcripts, it dawned on Simon Heath (author) and Jeff Stickney (editor) that the educational story here is about community members gathering under a big tent to watch Diana's documentary, 'The Call of the Forest', hearing her eye-opening explanation of how trees can positively affect our health and climate. Inspired by seeing a small group of preteen girls fundraising and distributing maple saplings to the 150 people in attendance, the narrative follows the educational path of one of these children, attending an alternative Forest School that allows for discovery approaches to individualised environmental learning and activism. Phenomenologically, the vignette opens to view how words of wisdom, both scientific and spiritual, percolate into the lives of readers and listeners, inspiring both children and adults to begin changing how they live.