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SUMMARY:Nature and Environment Book Club: Crossings
DESCRIPTION:Please contact facilitator Hilary Caws-Elwitt for updated 
 meeting info.\n\nThe Nature and Environment Book Club is devoted to the 
 best of nature writing and environmental reporting with discussions on the 
 second Wednesday of each month. Readers and writers interested in books 
 ranging from such classics as Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek to 
 topical reportage like Elizabeth Kolbert’s The Sixth Extinction will want 
 to join the conversation.\n\n\nThis month's book is Crossings by Ben 
 Goldfarb. \n\nAn eye-opening and witty account of the global ecological 
 transformations wrought by roads\, from an award-winning author. Some 40 
 million miles of roadways encircle the earth\, but we tend to regard them 
 only as infrastructure for human convenience. In Crossings\, Ben Goldfarb 
 delves into the new science of road ecology to explore how roads have 
 transformed our world. Millions of animals are killed by cars each day in 
 the US alone\, and roads fragment wildlife populations into inbred 
 clusters\, disrupt migration for creatures from antelope to salmon\, allow 
 invasive plants to spread and even bend the arc of evolution itself. But 
 road ecologists are also seeking innovative solutions: Goldfarb meets with 
 conservationists building bridges for mountain lions andtunnels for toads\, 
 engineers deconstructing logging roads\, and citizens working to undo the 
 havoc highways have wreaked upon cities. A sweeping\, spirited and timely 
 investigation into how humans have altered the natural world\, Crossings 
 also shows us how to create a better future for all living beings.\n\n
LOCATION:Watson Room
ORGANIZER;CN="Forbes Library":MAILTO:info@forbeslibrary.org
CATEGORIES:Adult Events, Book Discussions, Recurring Events
CONTACT;CN="Forbes Library":MAILTO:info@forbeslibrary.org
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URL:https://forbeslibrary.libcal.com/event/11408489
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