{"id":43218,"date":"2021-09-02T15:25:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T22:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=43218"},"modified":"2021-09-02T15:25:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T22:25:48","slug":"event-celebrating-old-growth-a-conversation-with-robin-wall-kimmerer-robert-macfarlane-and-david-haskell-yale-forest-forum-virtual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/event-celebrating-old-growth-a-conversation-with-robin-wall-kimmerer-robert-macfarlane-and-david-haskell-yale-forest-forum-virtual\/","title":{"rendered":"Event: Celebrating Old Growth: A Conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer, Robert Macfarlane, and David Haskell, Yale Forest Forum (Virtual)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, September 18, 2021 &#8211;\u00a0<span class=\"date-display-range\"><span class=\"date-display-start\">1:00pm<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<span class=\"date-display-end\">2:15pm ET\/10:00am-11:15am PT<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>See full details at <a href=\"https:\/\/yff.yale.edu\/event\/celebrating-old-growth-conversation-robin-wall-kimmerer-robert-macfarlane-and-david-haskell?mc_cid=0af922e452&amp;mc_eid=e6c50f6c56\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">https:\/\/yff.yale.edu\/event\/celebrating-old-growth-conversation-robin-wall-kimmerer-robert-macfarlane-and-david-haskell?mc_cid=0af922e452&amp;mc_eid=e6c50f6c56<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In August 2021,\u00a0<em>Orion Magazine<\/em>\u00a0released\u00a0<em>Old Growth<\/em>, an anthology of essays and poems about the lives of trees. It\u2019s a dynamic cross section of\u00a0<em>Orion\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0long 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 \u2013 using 100% recycled paper, processed without chlorine, and free of plastic.<\/p>\n<p>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\u00a0<em>Braiding Sweetgrass, Underland<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>The Song of Trees<\/em>, 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\u00a0<em>Journey of the Universe<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h4>Speakers<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Robin Wall Kimmerer, plant ecology, professor, and author of\u00a0<em>Braiding Sweetgrass\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Robert Macfarlane,\u00a0author of\u00a0<em>Underland<\/em><\/li>\n<li>David Haskell, biologist and author of\u00a0<em>The Songs of Trees<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The event will be held virtually and broadcast live on\u00a0<strong>Saturday, September 18 at 1:00pm<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong><a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/yale.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_HLRLf2qTTnCFHuTisQCKLQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to register for the webinar<span class=\"ext\"><span class=\"element-invisible\">(link is external)<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can purchase copies of Old Growth\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/orionmagazine.org\/product\/oldgrowth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<span class=\"ext\"><span class=\"element-invisible\">(link is external)<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This event is hosted by\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/orionmagazine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orion Magazine<span class=\"ext\"><span class=\"element-invisible\">(link is external)<\/span><\/span><\/a>, The Forest School at the\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/environment.yale.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yale School of the Environment<span class=\"ext\"><span class=\"element-invisible\">(link is external)<\/span><\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/fore.yale.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology<span class=\"ext\"><span class=\"element-invisible\">(link is external)<\/span><\/span><\/a>, and\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/environmentalhumanities.yale.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yale Environmental Humanities<span class=\"ext\"><span class=\"element-invisible\">(link is external)<\/span><\/span><\/a>. Contact Ben Walter (<a class=\"mailto\" href=\"mailto:sara.santiago@yale.edu?subject=Celebrating%20Old%20Growth%20questoin\">sara.santiago@yale.edu<span class=\"mailto\"><span class=\"element-invisible\">(link sends e-mail)<\/span><\/span><\/a>) with questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3815,"featured_media":34103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[4,50,40,127,141,13,131,9],"class_list":["post-43218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-alumni","tag-education","tag-event","tag-events","tag-recent-grad","tag-recent-grads","tag-student","tag-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3815"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43219,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43218\/revisions\/43219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}