Hi South Coast Permaculture members et al-

I just saw a film tonight at the SB Film Fest which was GREAT. It s called The Queen of Trees . It is a wonderful story of the interaction and interrelationships between the Fig tree (Ficus somethingorotherus) the all the other flora and fauna in Kenya. The main character is the Fig Wasp, which has co-evolved into a co-dependent relationship that is just phenomenal. The close up photography is simply amazing! It expands insects the size of aphids into elephants! And at that scale&. They are absolutely beautiful. There will be one more showing of this film Thursday night (Feb 9), at 9PM at the Victoria theater. The cost is $10. The husband and wife filmmaking team was available for a stimulating Q&A and likely will be after this one also. I highly recommend it.



Mark Phillips