ETCMN Book Club
June 14 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
You are invited to join us on Sunday, June 14 at 6pm for our first ETCMN Book Club. You can purchase the book from Amazon, an independent bookseller, or your local library. You may read a physical or electronic copy or you may listen to the audiobook. You do not receive AT credit for reading the book, but you do for participating in the discussion. Each participant must provide one thoughtful question for the group to discuss beyond, “did you like the book?” We will meet on Zoom at 6pm on June 14,2027 which is a Sunday evening. Bring a snack and a drink and be ready for a hearty discussion! You will receive one hour AT for your active participation! Please RSVP to [email protected] and I will send you the link. Zoom will open at 5:45 so we can get settled and visit beforehand. I will also let you know which category to put your AT in at the time of the meeting.
The book is Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter by Ben Goldfarb
From Amazon:
“In Eager, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb reveals that our modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like and how it functions is wrong, distorted by the fur trade that once trapped out millions of beavers from North America’s lakes and rivers. The consequences of losing beavers were profound: streams eroded, wetlands dried up, and species from salmon to swans lost vital habitat. Today, a growing coalition of “Beaver Believers”—including scientists, ranchers, and passionate citizens—recognizes that ecosystems with beavers are far healthier, for humans and non-humans alike, than those without them. From the Nevada deserts to the Scottish highlands, Believers are now hard at work restoring these industrious rodents to their former haunts. Eager is a powerful story about one of the world’s most influential species, how North America was colonized, how our landscapes have changed over the centuries, and how beavers can help us fight drought, flooding, wildfire, extinction, and the ravages of climate change. Ultimately, it’s about how we can learn to coexist, harmoniously and even beneficially, with our fellow travelers on this planet.”