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Wade Davis Opens 2021-22 Chautauqua Lecture Series - "The Wayfinders"

  
WADE DAVIS
"The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World"
Thurs, Sept. 9, 7:30 pm
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/fa4VZk1tRLU

The opening presentation of the 2021-22 EKU Chautauqua series features Dr. Wade Davis, renowned cultural anthropologist, bestselling author, National Geographic explorer and Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia. The author of 23 books, including The Wayfinders, One River and Into the Silence, Davis holds degrees in anthropology, biology and ethnobotany, all from Harvard. In 2016, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada and in 2018 he became an Honorary Citizen of Colombia. Named by the National Geographic Society as one of the Explorers for the Millennium, Dr. Davis has been described as “a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet and passionate defender of all of life’s diversity.”

Event Date: September 09  7:30 PM  Location: https://youtu.be/fa4VZk1tRLU  Cost: Free