John Perlin Book Talk - A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization (5:30 p.m. Wednesday October 11th)
October 9, 2023
A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization
5:30 p.m. Wednesday October 11th
Great Hall Community Center
Please join the Sociology Department in welcoming John Perlin, a visiting scholar in UC Santa Barbara’s physics department for a presentation on the recently enlarged and updated edition of his masterpiece book “A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization” (Patagonia, 2023). Harvard University Press has chosen A Forest Journey as one of “One Hundred Books for Every Bookshelf” ever published by the press which includes such scientific luminaries as Stephen Jay Gould and E.O. Wilson.
John Perlin will discuss how trees have changed the world over the last 385 million years, the central role of wood in the rise and fall of civilizations, civilization's destructive effect on the world’s forests over the last 6000 years, and why forests are vital for the survival of all of us today. John Perlin is the author of four highly acclaimed books on solar energy and forestry: A Golden Thread: 2500 Years of Solar Architecture and Technology; A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization; From Space to Earth: The Story of Solar Electricity; and Let It Shine: The 6000 Year Story of Solar Energy .
Northtown Books will be on hand during the event to sell copies of A Forest Journey
Sponsored by the Department of Sociology. Persons who wish to request disability-related accommodations should contact the Sociology Department at 707.826.3139 or soc@humboldt.edu as soon as possible. Some accommodations may take up to several weeks to arrange.
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