Alaska author discusses ‘The Fate of Nature’ in lecture
August 17, 2010
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Alaska author and independent journalist Charles Wohlforth will discuss his latest book, “The Fate of Nature: Rediscovering our Ability to Rescue the Earth,” at a free lecture Wednesday, Aug. 25 on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus.
The lecture will focus on how culture, not technology, holds the key to mankind’s ability to solve environmental problems. Wohlforth is the keynote speaker for the 2010 Alaska Book Festival. His lecture begins at 7 p.m. in the Davis Concert Hall.
Wohlforth’s experience as a journalist included coverage of the Exxon Valdez oil spill for the Anchorage Daily News. He wrote three travel books and served two terms on the Anchorage Assembly before publishing his first non-fiction book, “The Whale and the Supercomputer,” in 2004. The book, which earned a number of honors including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology, examined climate change in the Arctic. His second book, “The Fate of Nature,” came out in June.
Wohlforth was chosen as the festival’s keynote speaker because of his work writing about Alaska, the issues it faces and its people. The mission of the festival, created in 2007, is to celebrate literature from and about Alaska. Wohlforth’s “The Fate of Nature” is a prime example. Revealing how Alaska populations provide an example of conflicting worldviews that lead to different fates for the natural world, Wohlforth describes how people can work together to preserve nature.
For information on the lecture or the Alaska Book Festival, call 907-474-7021.
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Michelle Bartlett, UAF Summer Sessions & Lifelong Learning director, at 907-474-6624, 907-474-7021 or via e-mail at michelle.bartlett@alaska.edu.
ON THE WEB:
www.uaf.edu/bookfestival/
www.fateofnature.com/
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