The Rockfall Foundation is hosting a presentation by author and researcher, Joe
Roman, featuring his most recent book, Listed: Dispatches from America’s
Endangered Species Act. on April 24, 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm at the deKoven House Community
Center . The evening will feature a talk, audience
conversation and informal reception.
Joe
Roman is a conservation
biologist, author, and researcher at the Gund Institute for Ecological
Economics at the University of Vermont .
Dr. Roman came to the Gund Institute as an Environmental Policy Fellow with the
American Association for the Advancement of Science and helped start an
interdisciplinary program on Biodiversity and Human Health at the US
Environmental Protection Agency. He is the author of the cultural history Whale (Reaktion
2006) as well as Listed (Harvard University Press.) His science and
nature writing has appeared in The New York Times, New Scientist,
Audubon, Conservation, and other venues. His research has been
covered by the Associated Press, National Public Radio, The New York
Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington
Post, and other outlets. More information can be found at www.joeroman.com.
Dr. Roman is also
“Editor in Chef” for the website Eattheinvaders.org , “Fighting Invasive Species One Bite at a Time,” which
promotes ways to eradicate destructive invasives from our local ecosystems
while adding more diversity to our diets: “This spring, instead of
dressing your lawn with herbicides, consider balsamic vinaigrette...”
For more information: www.eattheinvaders.org
Seating is limited and advance registration is
required. Suggested donation:
$20 per guest. For reservations:
Call Tony at (860)347-0340; or email tmarino@rockfallfoundation.org.
The deKoven House
Community Center is located at 27 Washington Street
in Middletown .
There is some limited parking in the Center’s small lot, as well as parking in
the city lot next door. For directions go to www.rockfallfoundation.org
and click on the deKoven House page.
The Rockfall Foundation supports environmental education, conservation programs
and planning initiatives in Middlesex
County . Established in 1935,
it is one of Connecticut ’s
oldest environmental organizations whose mission is to be a catalyst-- bringing
people together and supporting organizations to conserve and enhance the
county’s natural environment. Rockfall awards grants each year to organizations,
schools and municipalities, and continues to hold and manage open space
property in the county.
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