Ethan Tapper: How to Love a Forest
This event is open to anyone in the RISD community, but space is limited
and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Food and drinks will
be served.
Join us for a lunchtime event in the Biodesign Makerspace with forester and author Ethan Tapper, who will read from his new book exploring the complex and evolving relationship between human beings and these ecosystems that are as fragile as they are resilient.
"As the ecosystems that sustain all life struggle, we straddle two worlds: a status quo that treats them as commodities, and opposing claims that the only true expression of love for the natural world is to leave it alone. Proferring a more complex vision, Tapper argues that the actions we must take to protect ecosystems are often counterintuitive, uncomfortable, and even heartbreaking...(he) weaves a new land ethic for the modern world, reminding us that what is simple is rarely true, and what is necessary is rarely easy."
