MU Hosts Environmental Expert For Presentation, Community Gathering

September 12, 2024 at 4:56 p.m.

By Staff Report

NORTH MANCHESTER –  Manchester University will host Dr. Doug Tallamy, author and expert in the fields of agriculture, entomology and ecology, for a public presentation and community gathering event on Oct. 6-7.
Tallamy is the T. A. Baker professor of agriculture in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, where he has authored 112 research publications and has taught insect-related courses for 43 years. Chief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities. In 2021, he co-founded Homegrown National Park, a movement to regenerate biodiversity across North America, according to  news release from Manchester University.
His books include “Bringing Nature Home,” “The Living Landscape,” co-authored with Rick Darke, “Nature's Best Hope,” a New York Times Best Seller, and “The Nature of Oaks,” winner of the American Horticultural Society's 2022 Book Award.
In collaboration with MU's Center for Environmental Resilience and Social Engagement, Bringing Nature Home - Wabash, a community group based in Wabash County, will host Tallamy for a discussion on the seasonal cycles of oak trees which sustain wildlife in our own backyards. The gathering is at 7 p.m. on Oct. 6 at Wabash Presbyterian Church. Reserve your seat at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbocmZnwUnObGxgFfopQnRIgR5rY2rLZrWdRjUCNDDWlpmsg/viewform
On Oct. 7 at 11 a.m., Tallamy will present "Nature's Best Hope" in Cordier Auditorium at the North Manchester campus. In this presentation, he will discuss the simple steps that each of us can - and must - take to reverse declining biodiversity, why we must change the adversarial relationship with nature to a collaborative one, and why we, ourselves, are nature's best hope. The program is free and open to the public.
These events are sponsored by the Harvey L. and Alice A. Long Memorial Lecture Fund, the MU Peace Studies Institute's Dr. Everett L. Refior Lectureship in Establishing Peace Through Enforceable World Law and Bringing Nature Home - Wabash.

NORTH MANCHESTER –  Manchester University will host Dr. Doug Tallamy, author and expert in the fields of agriculture, entomology and ecology, for a public presentation and community gathering event on Oct. 6-7.
Tallamy is the T. A. Baker professor of agriculture in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, where he has authored 112 research publications and has taught insect-related courses for 43 years. Chief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities. In 2021, he co-founded Homegrown National Park, a movement to regenerate biodiversity across North America, according to  news release from Manchester University.
His books include “Bringing Nature Home,” “The Living Landscape,” co-authored with Rick Darke, “Nature's Best Hope,” a New York Times Best Seller, and “The Nature of Oaks,” winner of the American Horticultural Society's 2022 Book Award.
In collaboration with MU's Center for Environmental Resilience and Social Engagement, Bringing Nature Home - Wabash, a community group based in Wabash County, will host Tallamy for a discussion on the seasonal cycles of oak trees which sustain wildlife in our own backyards. The gathering is at 7 p.m. on Oct. 6 at Wabash Presbyterian Church. Reserve your seat at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbocmZnwUnObGxgFfopQnRIgR5rY2rLZrWdRjUCNDDWlpmsg/viewform
On Oct. 7 at 11 a.m., Tallamy will present "Nature's Best Hope" in Cordier Auditorium at the North Manchester campus. In this presentation, he will discuss the simple steps that each of us can - and must - take to reverse declining biodiversity, why we must change the adversarial relationship with nature to a collaborative one, and why we, ourselves, are nature's best hope. The program is free and open to the public.
These events are sponsored by the Harvey L. and Alice A. Long Memorial Lecture Fund, the MU Peace Studies Institute's Dr. Everett L. Refior Lectureship in Establishing Peace Through Enforceable World Law and Bringing Nature Home - Wabash.

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