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Dinner Disrupted: Connecticut's Changing Landscape

The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

Ginny Apple, a Master Wildlife Conservationist with the CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), will deliver a discussion on Connecticut’s Changing Landscapes. Landscapes are dynamic ecosystems and Connecticut’s landscape has changed through the centuries from almost completely forested in the 1600s to cleared land by the mid-1800s. Presently, the state is almost 60 […]

Dinner Disrupted: Climate Change, A Primer

20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

What causes climate change? And what are the effects of climate change? How do communities understand their influence on climate, and climate’s influence on them? Learn the human impact and […]

Dinner Disrupted: Climate Change, A Primer

20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

What causes climate change? And what are the effects of climate change? How do communities understand their influence on climate, and climate’s influence on them? Learn the human impact and consequences of climate change for the environment, and our lives. Prof. Jason E. Smeardon, a Lamont Research Professor at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia […]

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Environmental Book Discussion: THE BOOK OF EELS

Earthplace, The Nature Discovery Center 10 Woodside Lane, Westport, CT, United States

Join members of the Earthplace naturalist team in discussing topics of environmental issues, sustainability, nature or science. This month's book is The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination With the Most Mysterious Creature In the World by Patrik Svensson. This event is scheduled to be at Earthplace, 10 Woodside Lane. Please watch the website for […]

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Dinner Disrupted: Half-Earth Socialism

The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

Authors Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese will discuss their radical plan to address climate disaster and their book, Half-Earth Socialism with Kevin Gallagher, host of WPKN's "Digging in the Dirt." Rather than allow the forces of the free market to destroy the planet, we must strive for a post-capitalist society able to guarantee the good life […]

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Dinner Disrupted: The Planter of Modern Life

The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

Stephen Heyman, author of The Planter of Modern Life will talk about America's most famous farmer inspired the organic food movement. Louis Bromfield was a World War I ambulance driver, a Paris expat, and a Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist as famous in the 1920s as Hemingway or Fitzgerald. But he cashed in his literary success to finance […]

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Dinner Disrupted: WASTELANDS: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial

The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

Corban Addison comes to Westport to discuss his new nonfiction book, Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial, with Sustainable Westport's Johanna Martell. As vivid and fast-paced as a thriller, Wastelands takes us into the heart of a legal battle over the future of America’s farmland and into the lives of the people who found […]

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Environmental Book Discussion: FUZZ

Earthplace, The Nature Discovery Center 10 Woodside Lane, Westport, CT, United States

Join members of the Earthplace naturalist team in discussing topics of environmental issues, sustainability, nature or science. This month's book is Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach. This event is scheduled to be at Earthplace, 10 Woodside Lane. Reservations are suggested for this in-person event. Copies of the book are available at […]

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Environmental Book Discussion: ALL WE CAN SAVE

Earthplace, The Nature Discovery Center 10 Woodside Lane, Westport, CT, United States

Join members of the Earthplace naturalist team in discussing topics of environmental issues, sustainability, nature or science. This month's book is All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for […]

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Environmental Book Discussion: THE NATURE OF OAKS

Earthplace, The Nature Discovery Center 10 Woodside Lane, Westport, CT, United States

Celebrate Oaktober with members of Earthplace and the Tree Board and learn more about the mighty oak tree.

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Dinner Disrupted: The Power of Food with Chef Michel Nischan

The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

Food has the power to transform. From where it is grown through consumption, food transforms us along its journey from seed to plate. But what journey is your food taking? […]

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Nature's Best Hope With Doug Tallamy

The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

The Westport Garden Club presents entomologist Doug Tallamy via Zoom, who will speak about how what humans plant affect the ecosystem in profound ways. Recent headlines about global insect declines […]

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It’s All Our Backyard: Just Transitions to Regional Sustainability

The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

In this public lecture delivered in the Library's Trefz Forum, Roosevelt Institute Director of Climate Policy Rhiana Gunn-Wright will explore the interconnections between environmental and racial justice and discuss how to cultivate regional responses to the climate crisis, recognizing that environmental impacts cross town lines. The talk is inspired by Westport's commitment to becoming a […]

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Composting for Sustainability

The Trefz Forum, The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT, United States

Learn how to compost with author Scott Smith, Park City Compost Initiative founder Tim O'Connor, and Sustainable Westport co-director Gately Ross.

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