From Mike Carberry, local chapter president of Sierra Club and all-around good chap.
WHAT: Cornelia Mutel reads from her new book "The Emerald Horizon - The History of Nature in Iowa.” Free and open to the public.
WHEN: Monday, April 8, 2008 from 7:00-9:00 p.m.
WHERE: Iowa City Public Library room A, 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City IA
WHO: Sponsored by the Iowa City Area Group of the Sierra Club.
Cornelia Mutel will read from her new book: The Emerald Horizon. Mutel “combines lyrical writing with meticulous scientific research to portray the environmental past, present, and future of Iowa. In doing so, she ties all of Iowa’s natural features into one comprehensive whole.”
“Cornelia Mutel’s passionate dedication to restoring this damaged landscape—and by extension the transformed landscape of the entire Corn Belt—invigorates her blend of natural history and human history. Believing that citizens who are knowledgeable about native species, communities, and ecological processes will better care for them, she gives us hope—and sound suggestions—for the future.” The reading is sponsored by the Iowa City Area Group of the Sierra Club and is free and open to the public.
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