The New York
Botanical Garden (NYBG) wrote to me saying – “Novel ecosystems are a controversial
topic you may have seen discussed recently on NPR and in The New York
Times.
Botanical Garden (NYBG) wrote to me saying – “Novel ecosystems are a controversial
topic you may have seen discussed recently on NPR and in The New York
Times.
On Friday, November 7 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. the Botanical Garden will host a
symposium of experts for a vibrant discussion of this salient issue in The
Changing Nature of Nature in Cities.
symposium of experts for a vibrant discussion of this salient issue in The
Changing Nature of Nature in Cities.
the second of the Garden’s new Humanities Institute, will explore the
concept of novel ecosystems that are the result of urban development, and ask
if these much-maligned accidents of unbridled growth could ultimately mitigate
the impacts of environmental change and re-introduce the wonder of nature in
cities.
The
featured experts in urban design, restoration ecology, science writing,
and plant ecology who will speak are Kate Orff, Richard J. Hobbs, Emma Marris,
and Peter Del Tredici and moderated by Todd Forrest, vice president for
Horticulture and Living Collections, NYBG
featured experts in urban design, restoration ecology, science writing,
and plant ecology who will speak are Kate Orff, Richard J. Hobbs, Emma Marris,
and Peter Del Tredici and moderated by Todd Forrest, vice president for
Horticulture and Living Collections, NYBG
I’m
all all in.
all all in.
See
you at the Garden
you at the Garden
Register @NYBG.org/Humanities
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