Guest Speaker: Margaret Renkl, bestselling author (The Comfort of Crows) and New York Times opinion writer
April 29 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Finding Hope in the Age of Climate Change
Bestselling author and contributing opinion writer for the New York Times, Margaret Renkl will speak on one of the greatest challenges of our era: how to persevere in the face of devastating climate change. We have come to the point that the effects of climate change are already so clear and so dramatic that it is almost impossible to think about the ravages that lie ahead if humanity can’t reform itself in time, but Renkl provides many reasons for hope.
This event is part of a three-part series in which dynamic experts and storytellers address climate, politics, science and spirituality — in the wake of hurricane Helene. These events, sponsored by the McCullough Institute in UNC Asheville’s Office of Sustainability, The French Broad River Garden Club Foundation, Inc., and Trinity Episcopal Church, offer an opportunity to discuss critical topics in a meaningful way.
About the Speaker
Margaret Renkl is the author of “Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss” (2019) and “Graceland, at Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South” (2021) and “The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year” (2023), which won the 2024 Southern Book Prize.
Her latest book, “Leaf, Cloud, Crow: A Weekly Backyard Journal” (October 2024) is a companion to “The Comfort of Crows” that offers 52 writing prompts and plentiful advice for studying the natural world. Renkl is contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, where her essays appear each Monday. A graduate of Auburn University and the University of South Carolina, she lives in Nashville.
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