TheForest Lyceum · 2014-03-18 · Braiding Sweetgrass Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and...

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The Forest Lyceum A lecture Series at the Douglas, Hunt, and Norfolk libraries January through March 2014 - Reservations are required. * January 18 - Norfolk Library (4 pm reception, 4:30 pm book talk and signing) Jeffrey R. Walker, Ph.D" Professor of Earth Science and Geography, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY President of the John Burroughs Association, American Museum of Natural History, New York Signs & Seasons (John Burroughs, 1886, Introduction and Commentary by Jeffrey Walker, 2006) An authoritative new introduction by Jeff Walker makes Burroughs' work relevant to the twenty-first century, not only through Burroughs' excellent natural history writing but also through his beliefs about community, sustainability, and social justice. (Syracuse University Press; books will be available for purchase) February 8 - Douglas Library (4 pm reception, 4:30 pm book talk and signing), North Canaan Robin Wall Kimmerer, Ph.D. Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, SUNY College of Environ. Science and Forestry, Syracuse Founder and Director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment Braiding Sweetgrass Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants In a rich braid of reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, Prof. Kimmerer circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgement and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. (Milkweed Editions; books available for purchase) February 22 - Hunt Library (4 pm reception, 4:30 pm talk), FallsVillage Paul K. Barten, Ph.D. Professor of Forestry and Hydrology, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Executive Director, Great Mountain Forest The Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942 ...2014? Widely regarded as one of the most successful New Deal programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps helped our nation recover from the Great Depression. Successful programs like AmeriCorps and the California and Vermont Youth Conservation Corps-along with a familiar litany of social and environmental challenges and opportunities-have led many to call for a full-scale national CCCprogram adapted to the zr" century. March 8 - Norfolk Library (4 pm reception, 4:30 pm talk) Mark H. Jones, Ph.D. Connecticut State Archivist (retired), Connecticut State Library, Hartford Frederic Collin Walcott: From Game Preserve to National Natural Resources Frederic Collin Walcott (1869-1949) was a resident of Norfolk, co-founder, with Starling W. Childs, of the Great Mountain Forest, and a United States Senator (1929-35). Dr. Jones, who is working on a biography of Walcott, will provide an overview of his conservation career to highlight how his thinking evolved and, along with contemporaries like Aldo Leopold, how his legacy endures . •:. GMF gratefully acknowledges series sponsorship by Ackerly Brown, LLP,Attorneys-at-Law·:· Bantam, Connecticut - 860.567.0828 - www.ackerlybrown.com Great Mountain Forest, T&E Childs Center, 200 Canaan Mtn. Road, Falls Village, CT06031, 860.824.8188* www.greatmountainforest.org - [email protected]*

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The Forest LyceumA lecture Series at the Douglas, Hunt, and Norfolk librariesJanuary through March 2014 - Reservations are required. *

January 18 - Norfolk Library (4 pm reception, 4:30 pm book talk and signing)Jeffrey R. Walker, Ph.D"

Professor of Earth Science and Geography, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NYPresident of the John Burroughs Association, American Museum of Natural History, New York

Signs & Seasons(John Burroughs, 1886, Introduction and Commentary by Jeffrey Walker, 2006)

An authoritative new introduction by Jeff Walker makes Burroughs' work relevant to the twenty-first century, notonly through Burroughs' excellent natural history writing but also through his beliefs about community,sustainability, and social justice. (Syracuse University Press; books will be available for purchase)

February 8 - Douglas Library (4 pm reception, 4:30 pm book talk and signing), North CanaanRobin Wall Kimmerer, Ph.D.

Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, SUNY College of Environ. Science and Forestry, SyracuseFounder and Director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment

Braiding SweetgrassIndigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

In a rich braid of reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishingtoday, Prof. Kimmerer circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousnessrequires the acknowledgement and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world.(Milkweed Editions; books available for purchase)

February 22 - Hunt Library (4 pm reception, 4:30 pm talk), FallsVillagePaul K. Barten, Ph.D.

Professor of Forestry and Hydrology, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Executive Director, Great Mountain Forest

The Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942 ...2014?Widely regarded as one of the most successful New Deal programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps helped our nationrecover from the Great Depression. Successful programs like AmeriCorps and the California and Vermont YouthConservation Corps-along with a familiar litany of social and environmental challenges and opportunities-have ledmany to call for a full-scale national CCCprogram adapted to the zr" century.

March 8 - Norfolk Library (4 pm reception, 4:30 pm talk)Mark H. Jones, Ph.D.

Connecticut State Archivist (retired), Connecticut State Library, Hartford

Frederic Collin Walcott: From Game Preserve to National Natural ResourcesFrederic Collin Walcott (1869-1949) was a resident of Norfolk, co-founder, with Starling W. Childs, of the GreatMountain Forest, and a United States Senator (1929-35). Dr. Jones, who is working on a biography of Walcott, willprovide an overview of his conservation career to highlight how his thinking evolved and, along with contemporarieslike Aldo Leopold, how his legacy endures .

•:. GMF gratefully acknowledges series sponsorship by Ackerly Brown, LLP,Attorneys-at-Law·:·Bantam, Connecticut - 860.567.0828 - www.ackerlybrown.com

Great Mountain Forest, T&E Childs Center, 200 Canaan Mtn. Road, Falls Village, CT06031, 860.824.8188*www.greatmountainforest.org - [email protected]*