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Lynne Marie Stout

Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies associate professor Elizabeth Hennessy.

“It's a book about the ways we need to understand how deeply everything is entangled, and just how far down it goes,” says Genevieve Valentine in an NPR review of UW associate professor Elizabeth Hennessy's 2019 book On the Backs of Tortoises: Darwin, the Galápagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary Eden. The concept of connection is applicable far beyond the Galápagos Islands. Hennessy and environmental writer Emma Marris will discuss the book in a livestream from the Nelson Institute, on YouTube; register to receive the link.

press release: Tortoises All the Way Down

Wednesday, November 18, 6:30-7:30 p.m. CST.

Join environmental writer Emma Marris and Vilas Associate Professor Elizabeth Hennessy for a discussion of Dr. Hennessy's recent book, On the Backs of Tortoises: Darwin, the Galápagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary Eden

The Nelson Institute invites you to a discussion and celebration of Vilas Associate Professor Elizabeth Hennessy’s 2020 book, On the Backs of Tortoises: Darwin, the Galápagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary Eden. The event will be moderated by environmental writer Emma Marris and focus on the entangled social and natural history of the Galápagos Islands, and their namesake species the giant tortoise.

Made famous by Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution by natural selection in the 1800s, the Galápagos Islands have long been an area of interest for everyone from pirates to professors. As charismatic icons of conservation, the tortoises at the heart of the book embody the paradox between attempts to restore endangered nature and the tourism industry that drives the local economy. Nelson Institute Vilas Associate Professor Elizabeth Hennessy will discuss these tensions during this virtual event. Join us as we explore the ways in which human and nonhuman life are entangled through the lens of the Galapagos Islands.

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