In response to the cascading calamities of the climate emergency, three authors of vital works of environmental nonfiction come together to envision a path towards repairing our relationship with the earth—and reviving our awe of the natural world. From environmental advocate and longtime editor-in-chief of Sierra magazine Jason Dove Mark, The Earth Said Remember Me is a rallying cry and a manifesto against “shifting baseline syndrome”, or the normalization of extreme conditions. Robert Moor’s In Trees, a Best Book of the Year (The New Yorker, NPR), weaves across philosophy, history, and science to marvel at the miracle, and wisdom, of trees. John Vaillant’s Fire Weather won numerous awards for its insight into the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire and its urgent warning about the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind. Come for an essential conversation about the future of our home. Moderated by Arno Kopecky.
This event is open to everyone, and has been curated with the Pro-D day for teachers in mind. Teachers may be interested in the following information. This event is also suitable for students in grades 10–12.
Themes: Pro-D, climate emergency, environmental stewardship, science, philosophy, politics
Curriculum Connections: Explorations in Social Studies 11, Physical Geography 12, Social Justice 12
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ARNO KOPECKY is a journalist and author who writes about the intersection of environment, politics and culture. His stories appear in The Walrus, The Globe and Mail, Maclean's magazine, Canada's National Observer, and other publications; his latest book is The Environmentalist's Dilemma: Promise and Peril in an Age of Climate Crisis. Arno lives in Vancouver with his wife and daughter.
JASON DOVE MARK has served as editor-in-chief of Sierra and editor of Earth Island Journal. He is the author of Satellites in the High Country, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and The Atlantic. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.
ROBERT MOOR is the bestselling author of On Trails and In Trees. Translated into more than a dozen languages, On Trails garnered the National Outdoor Book Award, the Pacific Northwest Book Award, and the William Saroyan International Prize. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper’s, New York magazine, Outside, Emergence, and n+1, among other publications. He lives in Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia.
JOHN VAILLANT’s acclaimed, award-winning nonfiction books, The Golden Spruce and The Tiger, were national bestsellers. His debut novel, The Jaguar’s Children, was a finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the International Dublin Literary Award. Vaillant has received the Governor General’s Literary Award, British Columbia’s National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize, and the Pearson Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. He has written for, among others, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, National Geographic, and The Walrus. He lives in Vancouver.
