“Natural History: Reciprocal Healing and the Path of Delight” (Biology Seminar)
Monday, 9/24 4:15
Druck 20

Tom Fleischner will address the essential importance of natural history—“a practice of intentional, focused attentiveness and receptivity to the more-than-human world, guided by honesty and accuracy”— as the foundation of biological sciences, the grounding for conservation, and the basis for healthy human individuals and societies. His presentation will draw upon his many years of work as a field naturalist and conservation biologist, as a leading advocate for the centrality of natural history, and as the editor of the new anthology, Nature, Love, Medicine: Essays On Wildness and Wellness.  

Fleischner is the executive director of the Natural History Institute in Prescott, Arizona; Faculty Emeritus in environmental studies at Prescott College; and chair of the Natural History Section of the Ecological Society of America.