Wild Learning Lectures: Homegrown National Park with Doug Tallamy
June 13 | 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Past Event
What can you do to conserve wildlife in your community?
Find out when you join us for the next installment of Wild Learning Lectures, a series where we invite experts in wildlife, conservation, sustainability and more to share their experiences, stories and research with our guests throughout the year.
About the lecture:
Homegrown National Park with Doug Tallamy
Our parks, nature preserves and remaining wildlands — no matter how grand in scale — are too small and separated from one another to sustain the native trees, plants, insects and animals on which our ecosystems depend. We can fix this problem by practicing conservation where we live, work, shop and farm. This idea led to the concept of Homegrown National Park — a national challenge to create diverse ecosystems in our yards, communities and surrounding lands by reducing lawns, planting native species and removing invasive plants. The initial goal of Homegrown National Park is to create a national movement to restore 20 million acres with native plants, an area representing half of what is now lawn. We are at a critical point where we are losing so many native plant and animal species that our natural life support is in jeopardy. However, if many people make small changes, we can restore healthy ecological networks and weather the changes ahead.
About the speaker:
Doug is an American entomologist, ecologist, conservationist and New York Times best-selling author. A professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware, he has taught insect taxonomy, behavioral ecology and other related subjects. His research seeks to better understand how insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities. His work has received recognition from the Garden Writer’s Association, Audubon, The National Wildlife Federation, Western Carolina University, The Garden Club of America and The American Horticultural Association.
Doug’s latest book, The Nature of Oaks, was published in 2021.
What can we expect at Wild Learning Lectures?
- A lecture in the Ford Education Center Theater featuring Doug Tallamy
- Light refreshments
- A meet-and-greet with Professor Doug Tallamy
- Free parking
TICKET OPTIONS:
General admission | $20/person
DZS members | $15/person
How do Wild Learning Lectures support the Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) mission?
By attending events hosted by the Detroit Zoo, you are directly supporting the DZS mission of creating meaningful connections between people, animals and the natural world so all can thrive. Your event admission provides support so that the DZS can continue to demonstrate extraordinary leadership in conservation, animal welfare, education and environmental sustainability.