Cabot Public Library and the Cabot Conservation Committee present:
Vermont Author Ethan Tapper – Tuesday, Feb 25 – 6:30pm – How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World - Ethan Tapper's stunning literary debut is a tender and fearless reimagining of what it means to care for forests, ecosystems and each other.
In 2017, Ethan bought a 175-acre forest in Bolton, Vermont that he named "Bear Island." When he bought Bear Island, it had, as he says: "every problem that a forest could have." As Ethan worked to help this forest heal, Bear Island helped him crystallize many of the ideas that would eventually become How to Love a Forest. Today, Ethan spends countless hours working at Bear Island, performing the countless bittersweet and beautiful acts required to help this forest "reach towards wholeness again." Where once he saw Bear Island as a symbol of the dysfunction of the modern world, now, he sees it as "a symbol of what is possible, a symbol of hope."
Come listen to Ethan's firsthand account of his experiences. Thank you to the Cabot Conservation Committee for co-sponsoring this event.
Books are available at the library if you would like to read in advance of Ethan's talk.
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