5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20008
In a startling thought experiment, Dinerstein, lead scientist with the World Wildlife Fund, proposes that we split the animal kingdom into two groups: the common and the rare. This perspective makes clearer not just which species are suffering recent population declines and which have always been sparse, but shows where and why declines are likely to occur—and what can be done about it.
Warburg Lounge
Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
New York, NY 10128
As a field biologist, George Schaller is a legend. He has studied endangered and iconic species in 23 countries on four continents over the past 60 years, written 18 books including the National Book Award-winning The Serengeti Lion, and contributed to the establishment of numerous protected areas. This evening he talks about his thirty-year passion for exploring the remote Tibetan Plateau in China, the subject of his latest book, Tibet Wild: A Naturalist’s Journeys on the Roof of the World.
30 W. 22nd St
Ground Fl
New York, NY 10010
Landscape architects are increasingly envisioning a built environment that manages stormwater and provides other ecosystem services, that sustains itself without undue inputs, and that is resilient in the face of unpredictable weather events. The key to realizing these ambitious goals is a thorough understanding of ecology. Principles of Ecological Landscape Design digs into the science of ecology to elucidate key concepts for the design of landscapes that can perform at every level. At this NYC launch event, join author Travis Beck of the New York Botanical Garden for a conversation about the book and the growing importance of ecology in the practice of landscape architecture.
New York City Headquarters
46 East 70th St
New York, NY 10021
George Schaller, a pre-eminent field biologist who was named a Time magazine Hero of the Environment, has conducted research and conservation work in 23 countries on four continents during the past 60 years. While his fieldwork includes locations from Alaska to India and from Central Africa to Brazil, he has an enduring passion for China and the countries bordering it, where he has spent more than three decades. During this time, he has rediscovered the Tibet red deer, which was thought to be extinct, traced the Tibetan antelope to its hidden birthing grounds, uncovered the slaughter of these animals for their shahtoosh wool, and fought for the establishment of several protected areas. As he has watched this part of the world change over three decades, Schaller has become intimately familiar with how global threats like climate change and development affect places even as remote as the Tibetan Plateau of China. In addition, his work has allowed him to spend years exploring one of the harshest terrains on the planet. His travels are dotted not only by wildlife sightings, but also by mountains, rivers, and mud, all of which he meets with a heartfelt enthusiasm for the natural world.
525 South Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01002
Life evolved in a toxic world long before humans began polluting it, and understanding life’s evolutionary response to environmental poisons can help people to fight destructive effects. Emily Monosson, an adjunct professor in the UMass Department of Environmental Conservation and author of the new book Evolution in a Toxic World, says that an understanding of both how rapidly and how slowly life can evolve to fight toxic pollutants is largely missing from toxicology, which is the science of understanding the effects of poisons on life, particularly human life.
