“John Muir and the Religion of Nature” with Donald Worster
Webcast provided by Calvin College, Fremont Area Community Foundation, and the Dogwood Center.
Dr. Worster is the Hall Professor of U.S. History and Environmental Studies at the University of Kansas and is currently the Strachan Donnelley Visiting Environmental Scholar at the Yale Institute of Biosphere Studies and School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He is the author of many highly acclaimed books including biographies on John Muir and John Wesley Powell.
He is primarily interested in the emerging field of enviromental history – the changing perception of nature, the rise of conservation and environmentalism, but especially the ways that the natural world has impinged on human society and provided the context for human life over time.
This lecture will be broadcast via webcast at the Dogwood Center from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Admission is free.