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Courtesy of Mountaineers Books Summit Land Conservancy is opening a new chapter in its mission to preserve open spaces. The environmental nonprofit, which locally protects and monitors 42 permanent conservation easements on 6,992 acres of land, will begin a virtual Eco Book Club on the last Wednesday of each month, said Katherine Bui, Summit Land Conservancy outreach programs coordinator. The club’s first meeting will be at 6 p.m. on Feb. 24, via Zoom, and this month’s book is “The Advent...

Mon, 01/25/2021 LAWRENCE — Acclaimed writer, professor and scientist Robin Wall Kimmerer will give the 2021 Kenneth A. Spencer Lecture at 7 p.m. April 1. The event will be broadcast live. A member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Kimmerer is known for the universal teachings offered in her 2015 book, "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants." She is an SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, where she is the founder and...

Forbes, Jones libraries share their top ten checked-out books Forbes Library in Northampton FILE PHOTO Jones Library in Amherst FILE PHOTO Modified: 1/1/2021 5:36:59 PM NORTHAMPTON — Amid a year of social isolation, many turned to reading. “This year in particular with everybody having limited exposure to travel and, in some instances, connecting with other people in real life, books have been a real solace for people to continue to have new experiences and explore things,” said Lisa Down...

Here are the VPLs most-borrowed books, in a year when interest in digital books soared The themes of the Vancouver Public Librarys annual most-borrowed list are a powerful reflection of the year: wanting to learn and wanting an escape. Social Sharing Borrowing of digital books skyrocketed by 50 per cent after Vancouver Public Library closed its doors in March CBC News · Posted: Dec 31, 2020 4:00 AM PT | Last Updated: December 31, 2020 A woman wanders the aisles at the Vancouver Public Libra...

Twin Cities gardeners grow food for their neighbors on city boulevards During a difficult summer, city dwellers transformed urban boulevards into gardens to create a source of food and connection.  December 26, 2020 — 10:28pm Text size Copy shortlink: As this years growing season began, Minnesotans were coping with challenge and uncertainty on multiple fronts. The pandemic and spring lockdown had taken a financial and emotional tol...

Why is the world so beautiful? An Indigenous botanist on the spirit of life in everything Robin Wall Kimmerer is an acclaimed botanist who blends her scientific studies with her Indigenous upbringing . She says there is much to be learned about how to interact respectfully with the earth, from the behaviour of plants. Social Sharing ‘Western science is a powerful way of knowing, but it isnt the only one says Robin Wall Kimmerer. CBC Radio · Posted: Nov 27, 2020 9:50 AM ET | Last Updated: N...

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COVID-19, the Climate Crisis, and Mutual Aid Mutual aid is not only about addressing the crisis at hand but also about undoing the injustices of colonialism and imperialism. In the wake of disasters, most people respond with altruism, creativity, generosity, and a cooperative spirit. “Mutual aid,” a concept coined by the Russian naturalist and anarchist Peter Kropotkin in his 1902 Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution, refers to the principles of cooperation, and of people joining togeth...

Out of business. well talk to this guy in the school of medicine and author of new book called unaccountable and what hospitals will not tell you and how it will revolutionize health care. >> that is troubling come january 1st you guys get paid 2divide -- 27 percent less. >> we need our best and brightest going into medicine it is a stressful job and you need compassion, scientific knowledge. and patients expect good care when they go to see the doctor. 46 percent of the doctors are burned out n...