VB Reads...Environmental Conservation Book Group

Join us for a brand new Village Books/Whatcom Land Trust co-sponsored Environmental Conservation Book Club that will meet the second Monday of each month from 5-6pm in the VB Readings Gallery. We discuss contemporary and classic texts on conservation, agriculture, and environmental issues in the Pacific Northwest. Occasionally, we also include fictional literature that inspires a sense of place and attachment to our native landscape. There's no commitment - come when the book appeals to you! Book selection and discussion moderation will explore a breadth of views for addressing the complex issues of conservation and land use. Authors DO NOT attend.

Two in the Far North (Paperback)

By Margaret E Murie, Olaus Johan Murie, Terry Tempest Williams

$16.95

ISBN-13: 9780882404899
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Alaska Northwest Books, 6/2003

Monday, March 12, 5:00pm

This enduring story of life, adventure, and love in Alaska was written by a woman who embraced the remote Alaskan wilderness and became one of its strongest advocates. In this moving testimonial to the preservation of the Arctic wilderness, Mardy Murie writes from her heart about growing up in Fairbanks, becoming the first woman graduate of the University of Alaska, and marrying noted biologist Olaus J. Murie.

The Practice of the Wild (Paperback)

By Gary Snyder

$14.95

ISBN-13: 9781582436388
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Counterpoint, 8/2010

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Monday, April 9, 5:00pm

The nine captivatingly meditative essays in "The Practice of the Wild" display the deep understanding and wide erudition of Gary Snyder in the ways of Buddhist belief, wildness, wildlife, and the world. These essays, first published in 1990, stand as the mature centerpiece of Snyder's work and thought, and this profound collection is widely accepted as one of the central texts on wilderness and the interaction of nature and culture.

Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink (Paperback)

By Jane Goodall, Thane Maynard, Gail Hudson

$15.99

ISBN-13: 9780446581783
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Grand Central Publishing, 6/2011

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Monday, May 14, 5:00pm

At a time when animal species are becoming extinct on every continent and we are confronted with bad news about the environment nearly every day, Jane Goodall, one of the world's most renowned scientists, brings us inspiring news about the future of the animal kingdom.