6:45am, Friday, May 2, 2014

Forum on Ethics & Nature: A Cascade of Loss, An Ethics of Recovery

I lead a soundwalk for the Forum on Ethics and Nature, a symposium co-hosted by the Center for Humans and Nature and the Chicago Botanic Garden. My soundwalk in the Mary Mix McDonald Woods has a special focus on birds.

On Thursday, May 1 I will lead a prairie soundwalk from 3pm to 4pm in the pre-forum workshop, from 12pm-6:30pm at Windblown Hill, Libertyville, IL (former home of Center founder, Strachen Donnelly).

2014 is the centennial year of the death of “Martha” the last passenger pigeon, a species that once flourished here in the billions. Quoting from the forum’s web page, “The 2014 Forum on Ethics and Nature will mark this occasion by exploring the topic of extinction in non-obvious ways, balancing information and personal stories with ethical reflection about the possibilities of social and ecological recovery.”

Visitors’ information at the Chicago Botanic Garden.