This month\, join us to discuss \; How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World by Ethan Tapper. We'll be meeting at Bryan Park (1020 S. Woodlawn Avenue \, Bloomington). In case of rain\, our meeting location is Meeting Room 2C at the Downtown Library.
\nBook summary:
"Only those who love trees should cut them\,
writes forester Ethan Tapper. In How to Love a Forest\, he asks w
hat it means to live in a time in which ecosystems are in retreat and exti
nctions rattle the bones of the earth. How do we respond to the harmful le
gacies of the past? How do we use our species' incredible power to heal ra
ther than to harm?
Tapper walks us through the fragile and resilie nt community that is a forest. He introduces us to wolf trees and spring e phemerals\, and to the mysterious creatures of the rhizosphere and the nec rosphere. He helps us reimagine what forests are and what it means to care for them. This world\, Tapper writes\, is degraded by people who do too m uch and by those who do nothing. As the ecosystems that sustain all life s truggle\, we straddle two worlds: a status quo that treats them as commodi ties and opposing claims that the only true expression of love for the nat ural world is to leave it alone.
\nProffering a more complex vision\ , Tapper argues that the actions we must take to protect ecosystems are of ten counterintuitive\, uncomfortable\, even heartbreaking. With striking p rose\, he shows how bittersweet acts&mdash\;like loving deer and hunting t hem\, loving trees and felling them&mdash\;can be expressions of compassio n. Tapper weaves a new land ethic for the modern world\, reminding us that what is simple is rarely true\, and what is necessary is rarely easy."
\nPlease \;contact \;Maggie Hutt at mhutt@mcpl.info \;if y ou have any questions about this program.
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