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One night in late January, two groups of students came together to plan a garden. With markers and crayons, they drew their aspirations and ideas on large sheets of paper. They talked about plants and meaning, about culture, hope and healing.Because
February 11, 2021 Carolyn Finney, author of “Black Faces White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors,” and scholar-in-residence at the Franklin Environmental Center at Middlebury College, will give a lecture about her nationally recognized work to increase awareness of how privilege shapes who gets to inform and determine policy and action on environmental issues. Finney is giving the Class of 1945 Lecture, part of the Cornell Botanic Gardens Lecture Series. Her talk will explore this moment of racial reckoning and the creative responses to enviro...