Recent headlines about global insect declines and three billion fewer birds in North America serve as a bleak reality check about the ineffectiveness of current landscape designs in sustaining the plants and animals that support human life. Such losses are not an option if society wishes to maintain its current standard of living on Planet Earth. The good news is that none of this is inevitable. By choosing the right plants for landscapes, it is possible to address the biodiversity crisis and combat the climate crisis at the same time. Doug Tallamy will discuss simple steps that individuals can—and must—take to reverse declining biodiversity, the necessity of changing the adversarial relationship with nature to a collaborative one, and why humans are nature’s best hope.
More information about Doug Tallamy and his work can be found here.
Free and open to the public in Day Hall at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. No registration is required. A book signing of Nature’s Best Hope will follow. This program will also be live streamed on the Garden’s Facebook. For any questions or concerns regarding this program, individuals are encouraged to contact classes@atlantabg.org.
The Dorothy Chapman Fuqua Lecture Series is made possible by the generous support of the families of Edwina and Tom Johnson, and Duvall and Rex Fuqua.