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Zombies on Kilimanjaro

Wed May 02, 2012. 12:00 pm - 01:00 pm
Ramaley N 240

Tim Ward Talk

Tim Ward, Author "Zombies on Kilimanjaro"

Join author Tim Ward for a fascinating talk and discussion about his climb up Mount Kilimanjaro, and what it was like to come face to face with some of the fastest-shrinking glaciers on earth. Ward’s book includes an analysis of the controversy over Kilimanjaro’s melting ice, and the difficulty sicientists face when attempting to communicate climate change – or any scientific findings that rocks the status quo.

On the journey to the “Roof of Africa,” a father and 20-year-old son traverse the treacherous terrain of divorce, rebellion, dark secrets and old grudges, as they forge an authentic adult relationship. The final all-night climb to the frozen summit becomes a rite of passage, as oxygen-deprivation turns them into shuffling, brain-dead zombies. The mountain too has a story to tell, a story about Climate Change and the future of humankind: a future clearly etched on Kilimanjaro’s retreating glaciers. Illuminates the power and the delusion of the stories we tell ourselves, and reveals the key to transforming our world - Carter Roberts, President, World Wildlife Fund, US

A high-altitude Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - James O’Reilly, Publisher, Traveler’s Tales”

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Paul Sutter

U.S. history, environmental history, history of soils and soil erosion.

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