Mnemonic Ecologies online talk with Merryspring
Sonja Pleck, PhD, will lead an online presentation called Mnemonic Ecologies, hosted by Merryspring Nature Center, Tuesday, February 4, at 12 p.m.
Since the Cold War's end in 1989, German conservationists have transformed the once-militarized border between East and West Germany into an extensive protected area. Yet as forests, meadows, and wetlands replace fences, minefields, and guard towers, ecological recovery must reckon with the pain of the borderlands' brutal past. The lessons gained by conservationists here, Pieck argues, have profound practical and ethical implications far beyond Germany.
Amid our rampant biodiversity crisis, Mnemonic Ecologies shows why conservation must include humanized landscapes in its purview, thus helping to craft a new conservation ethos that is collaborative, empathetic, and more sensitive to the connections between humans and the places they inhabit.
This talk is part of Merryspring’s Online Winter Talk series, co-sponsored by Camden Riverhouse Hotel, Renys, A Maine Adventure, and Camden National Bank.
This one link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83922205228 will allow access to all of Merryspring's online talks and can also be found on the calendar https://merryspring.org/calendar/, or you may request the link by sending an email to info@merryspring.org.
Online talks are held as Zoom webinars and are open to everybody, free of charge.
Merryspring is your community nature center offering walking trails, cultivated gardens, wildlife, and ecology and horticulture educational programs all year round. The park is located at the end of Conway Road, just off of Route 1 in Camden behind Hannaford Shopping Plaza. For more information on this program, please contact info@merryspring.org or call 207-236-2239.