Saturday, September 18, 2021 – 1:00pm to 2:15pm ET/10:00am-11:15am PT
See full details at https://yff.yale.edu/event/celebrating-old-growth-conversation-robin-wall-kimmerer-robert-macfarlane-and-david-haskell?mc_cid=0af922e452&mc_eid=e6c50f6c56
In August 2021, Orion Magazine released Old Growth, an anthology of essays and poems about the lives of trees. It’s a dynamic cross section of Orion’s long history of engagement with arboreal culture, featuring work by Ursula K Le Guin, Terese Marie Mailhot, Michelle Nijhuis, Michael Pollan, and Arthur Sze, and printed as gently as possible – using 100% recycled paper, processed without chlorine, and free of plastic.
To celebrate the release of the book, Robin Wall Kimmerer (who contributes the foreword) will hold a public discussion with Robert Macfarlane and David Haskell. These authors bring a unique perspective on the legacy of trees in deep time, which they explore in their recent books Braiding Sweetgrass, Underland, and The Song of Trees, respectively. Together, they will discuss the idea of the personhood of trees, root communities, and the ways in which humans might foster the growth of our canopy. Moderating the event is Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author of Journey of the Universe.
Speakers
- Robin Wall Kimmerer, plant ecology, professor, and author of Braiding Sweetgrass
- Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland
- David Haskell, biologist and author of The Songs of Trees
The event will be held virtually and broadcast live on Saturday, September 18 at 1:00pm. Click here to register for the webinar(link is external).
You can purchase copies of Old Growth here(link is external).
This event is hosted by Orion Magazine(link is external), The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment(link is external), Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology(link is external), and Yale Environmental Humanities(link is external). Contact Ben Walter (sara.santiago@yale.edu(link sends e-mail)) with questions.