As the first speaker in a series of lectures on Nature, meet Emma Marris, Environmental Writer, Institute Fellow, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability for her talk, What is Nature in a Changing World. Tuesday, February 4, 7:00 p.m. at NHMU.

Marris is a contributing writer for National Geographic, Wired, The New York Times, Nature, and others. In her book, Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World, she focuses on innovative ways to conserve biodiversity in a humanized world. Marris’s insightful writing about how we define “nature” and why it matters inspired many of the stories in NHMU’s special exhibition, Nature All Around Us. She is even featured in the exhibition in an original video championing the idea that nature is almost everywhere and inseparable from humans. Listen as she challenges our ideas about nature, and urges hope and action in the face of an uncertain future. Join us for a book signing following the Feb 4 lecture at NHMU.