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Elizabeth Kolbert from her website https://sites.prh.com/elizabethkolbert

Read Elizabeth Kolbert’s ‘Under a White Sky’ and Discuss It With the Author

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What’s better than a night under a starry sky, by a warm fire, with great food and a good book? Darien Library, Barrett Bookstore, Darien Land Trust, and Darien Nature Center are excited to host a unique book group for Under a White Sky by Elizabeth Kolbert. Join Kiera Parrott, director of Darien Library, at the Darien Nature Center on Oct. 28 for an enlightening discussion. — an announcement from Darien Library

Elizabeth Kolbert’s highly anticipated new book, Under a White Sky, is a powerful and resonant exploration of human innovation.

Anthropocene
This online event takes place from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 20. Register to watch it.

Environmental Author Discusses the Future of Nature with Activist in Greenwich Library Event

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Elizabeth Kolbert and author, environmentalist, and activist Bill McKibben will discuss the future of the environment in an online event sponsored by Greenwich Library. — an announcement from Greenwich Library

The discussion, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 20, will be moderated by journalist Mark Hertsgaard, executive director of Covering Climate Now, the conversation will be accessible for high school students and adults, and include actions we can all take to improve the future. An audience Q&A will follow. The conversation will center on Kolbert’s new book, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future. So pervasive are human impacts on the planet that it’s said we live in a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene.