Join Vermont Author Ethan Tapper for an evening presentation about his new book:

How to Love A Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World.

Wednesday, March 5th at 6:00 PM

Westminster West Church in Westminster West Vermont

No Registration Needed, by Donation

"Only those who love trees should cut them", writes forester Ethan Tapper. Living Earth Action Group is bringing Vermont forester and bestselling author Ethan Tapper to Westminster West Church on March 5th from 6:00 - 8:00 to talk about his book How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World. Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event. Don't miss this opportunity to bring home this "new land ethic," which has been endorsed by prominent nature writers including Bill McKibben, Doug Tallamy, Ben Goldfarb, and Tom Wessels.

In How to Love a Forest, he asks what it means to live in a time in which ecosystems are in retreat and extinctions rattle the bones of the earth. As ecosystems that sustain all life struggle, we straddle two worlds: a status quo that treats them as commodities, and opposing claims that the only true expression of love for the natural world is to leave it alone. Proffering a more complex vision, Tapper argues that the actions we must take to protect ecosystems are often counterintuitive, uncomfortable and heartbreaking. How do we respond to the harmful legacies of the past? How do we use our species' incredible power to heal rather than to harm?

This event is hosted by the Living Earth Action Group. Co-sponsored by The Nature Museum at Grafton and the Westminster West Library.

Presenter Bio: Ethan Tapper is a forester, author, birder, hunter, and natural historian from Vermont. He has been recognized as a thought-leader and a disruptor in the forestry and conservation community of the northeastern United States and beyond, winning multiple regional and national awards for his work. Ethan runs a consulting forestry business – Bear Island Forestry – is a regular contributor to Northern Woodlands magazine and a variety of other publications and is a digital creator with tens of thousands of followers on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Facebook @HowtoLoveAForest. In his personal life, Ethan works, writes, hunts and birds at Bear Island – his 175-acre working forest, homestead, orchard and sugarbush – works toward a graduate degree at the University of Vermont, and plays in his 10-piece punk band, The Bubs.

Learn more about Ethan's work on his website: ethantapper.com

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