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Tag: Jane Goodall

  • Friday, February 12, 7:00 pm – Where Have All The Animals Gone?

    From the biographer of Jane Goodall comes an eccentric blend of travels and adventures based on the underlying story of two men, sometime friends and allies, who uncover through personal experience the tragedy of animal extinctions in Africa and Asia. By turns ironic, funny, and tender, it contemplates changing landscapes and a vanishing world.

    Over the last fifteen years, nature historian Dale Peterson has collaborated with photographer Karl Ammann to produce three books about apes, elephants, and giraffes. For this new memoir, Peterson recounts his travels with the iconoclastic Swiss photographer through Africa and Southeast Asia, serving as his Boswell and discovering along the way magnificent splendor, unexpected humor, and tragic loss.

    Dale Peterson is the coauthor, with Jane Goodall, of Visions of Caliban (a New York Times Notable Book and a Library Journal Best Book) and the editor of her two books of letters, Africa in My Blood and Beyond Innocence. His other books include The Deluge and the Ark, Chimpanzee Travels, Storyville USA, Eating Apes, and (with Richard Wrangham) Demonic Males. They have been distinguished as an Economist Best Book, a Discover Top Science Book, a Bloomsbury Review Editor’s Favorite, a Village Voice Best Book, and a finalist for the PEN New England Award and the Sir Peter Kent Conservation Book Prize in England. He resides in Massachusetts. He will speak on Friday, February 12 at 7 pm at Porter Square Books, 25 White Street in Cambridge, beginning at 7 pm, and copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing. For more information visit www.portersquarebooks.com.

  • Thursday, November 20, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Animals of the North: What Will Climate Change Mean For Them?

    Sue Morse, field naturalist and founder of Keeping Track, will speak at the US Fish and Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate Center Drive in Hadley on Thursday, November 20, beginning at 7 pm, on Animals of the North: What Will Climate Change Mean for Them?  This program details ways in which northern wildlife species are already being affected by climate change, with more serious challenges ahead. Canada lynx, moose, American marten, caribou, polar bears, arctic fox and marine mammals and waterfowl are some of the species covered in this stunningly beautiful show. We promise not to overwhelm our audience with bad news. Instead, our program will devote equal time sharing remarkable images of animals and their northern habitats—all in the spirit of Jane Goodall’s “reason for hope.” Our intent is to inspire our attendees, young and old alike, to join us in the vital crusade to change our fossil fuel-burning ways, conserve natural resources, and share a healthy planet with all that lives. Donations appreciated. Photo courtesy of www.fws.gov.

  • Monday, March 21, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Growing a Garden City

    So perhaps you’ve never heard of Jeremy Smith or his lovely book Growing a Garden City. You have, however, probably heard of Jane Goodall–she of the chimps and her eponymous Institute that focuses on sustainability education around the world. It turns out that Jane Goodall has heard of Jeremy Smith and, in fact, liked his book so much that she had the following to say about it: “I love this book. It proves that every one of us, and every patch of soil, can make a difference. The way we connect with nature, with our food, and with each other can change the world.”

    Not too shabby, huh? Growing a Garden City describes the efforts of regular folks in Missoula, Montana to use local agriculture to not only make their town more sustainable but also more of a true community.

    Given that many people in and around Boston are undertaking similar efforts, Slow Food Boston is  delighted to have the opportunity to host Jeremy on Monday March 21st  at Voltage Coffee & Art in Kendall Square. The program will be more lecture than reading as Jeremy provides practical advice from the book and his experiences about how all of us can follow in Missoula’s footsteps. Several folks from The Food Project will also be joining us to discuss their efforts here in Boston. The event will begin at 6PM and run for approximately 90 minutes. The cost will be $5, paid in advance please, by logging on to www.slowfoodboston.com/events, where you will also find directions to Voltage.

  • Saturday, November 21, 1 – 4 pm – Roots and Shoots Day at Barefoot Books

    Celebrate Roots and Shoots, the Jane Goodall Institute’s international environmental and humanitarian program for youth of all ages. Come in to Barefoot Books at 1771 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, MA for an afternoon of Roots and Shoots activities, art projects, and snacks, on Saturday, November 21, from 1 – 4 pm.

    Learn about Roots and Shoots and how they are empowering youth to make positive changes happen for communities, for animals, and for the environment.

    PLUS 25% of all in-store sales will go directly to Roots and Shoots New England’s Sprouts of Hope Fund.  For more information, log on to www.rootsandshoots.org.

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