Here on Earth:A Natural History of Our Planet with Tim Flannery

Hosted by CBC's Lucy van Oldenbarneveld

In Person Science

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Wednesday

Oct

6:31pm

Eastern

Mayfair Theatre

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Here on Earth:A Natural History of Our Planet with Tim Flannery

You would hope that people see what needs to be done ... It's not difficult ... It's actually about the way you think about the world.

Tim Flannery

We stand at a crossroads, where comprehension of our place in nature—of our true abilities and of our history— is supremely important. We have formed a global civilization of unprecedented might, driven forward by the power of our minds—a civilization that is transforming our Earth. We are masters of technology, and of comprehension, but it’s what we believe that may, from now on, determine our fate. We are now equipped as never before to explore our true relationship with the planet on which our biological, economic and cultural futures depend.

The Authors

Tim Flannery

Tim Flannery is an internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer, and conservationist. His books include the definitive ecological histories of Australia, The Future Eaters, and North America, The Eternal Frontier, as well as A Gap in Nature and Astonishing Animals. He is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books and The Times Literary Supplement. Flannery spent a year as professor of Australian studies at Harvard, where he taught in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. He lives in Adelaide, Australia, where he is director of the South Australian Museum and professor at the University of Adelaide. His latest publication is the international bestseller, Here on Earth.