Saturday, January 21 from 2-3pm. Online.
Insects are vital, fascinating, weird and wonderful. They are food, pollinators, recyclers, pest controllers, and much more, so we should be deeply concerned that they are in rapid decline. Dave Goulson will explain the many causes of insect decline, and then turn to the solutions of this crisis. We can all help in many ways, first by turning our gardens and urban greenspaces into oases for life, and second by fundamentally changing the way we grow food, and the food we buy.
Dave Goulson is Professor of Biology at University of Sussex in England, specializing in bee ecology. He has published more than 350 scientific articles on the ecology and conservation of bumblebees and other insects, plus seven books, including the Sunday Times bestsellers A Sting in the Tale (2013), The Garden Jungle (2019), and Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse (2021). Goulson founded the Bumblebee Conservation Trust in 2006, a charity which has grown to 12,000 members. In 2015 he was named number 8 in BBC Wildlife Magazine’s list of the top 50 most influential people in conservation. He is an “Ambassador” for the UK Wildlife Trusts and president of Pesticide Free Scotland.
**NOTE the unusual time; it’s scheduled so Dr. Goulson won’t have to join the talk at midnight his time! Dr. Goulson is one of the world’s leading authorities on the insect apocalypse and we are VERY excited that he can join us. Please mark your calendars for this very special event.
Presented together with the Massachusetts Pollinator Network, Lincoln Land Conservation Trust, Mass Audubon, and Cary Memorial Library.
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