About this Event
Join us for an evening in our Manchester store with forester and author Ethan Tapper as he discusses his tender, fearless debut written in the tradition of Robin Wall Kimmerer and Robert Macfarlane. This event is presented in partnership with Vermont Woodlands Association, and a portion of all ticket proceeds will be donated to further their work.
Only those who love trees should cut them, writes forester Ethan Tapper. 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. 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?
Tapper walks us through the fragile and resilient community that is a forest. He introduces us to wolf trees and spring ephemerals, and to the mysterious creatures of the rhizosphere and the necrosphere. He helps us reimagine what forests are and what it means to care for them. This world, Tapper writes, is degraded by people who do too much and by those who do nothing. As the 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, even heartbreaking. With striking prose, he shows how bittersweet acts--like loving deer and hunting them, loving trees and felling them--can be expressions of compassion. Tapper weaves a new land ethic for the modern world, reminding us that what is simple is rarely true, and what is necessary is rarely easy.
Vermont Woodlands is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation whose mission is to educate and advocate for the practices of productive stewardship, use, and enjoyment of Vermont’s woodlands.
For each ticket purchased, five dollars will be donated to VWA. Ticket purchasers will also recieve a coupon valid for a five dollar discount on How to Love a Forest if purchased in our Manchester store at the event on October 5th.
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At this time, the elevator in our Manchester store is out of service, and it may not be repaired in time for this event, which will take place on the store's upper level.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Northshire Bookstore, 4869 Main Street, Manchester Center, United States
USD 12.29