Think Like A Forest: An evening with Ben Rawlence

Think Like a ForestHow do we raise children in a climate emergency? What should we teach them - and what kind of future are we preparing them for?Beautiful and thought-provoking Cal FlynA delightful and important book. Every parent should read this Merlin Hanbury-TenisonBen Rawlence began writing to his eldest daughter before she was born, trying to understand what it means to bring a child into a world facing ecological breakdown. Over the next twelve years, these letters written to his two daughters as they grow chart one fathers attempt to live with the central contradiction of our age: raising children within a system that threatens all life, including our own.By turns moving and funny, and always bracingly honest, Think Like a Forest explores love, fear and responsibility in perilous times. Rawlence finds the answers might lie in learning to see the world again through the eyes of a child so that we may embrace interdependence and regain our place in nature. To think like a forest, he shows us, may be the key to how we parent, how we live, and even whether we have a future on our planet at all.'A gift, not just for the authors daughters, but for all of us who want to replace ecocide anxiety with the glimmerings of a better future Sophy RobertsA thoughtful, tender way to make a map of new and frightening territory Jay Griffiths
Ben Rawlence is the author of The Treeline, City of Thorns and Radio Congo. Rawlence has written for the Guardian, London Review of Books, New York Times, New York Times Book Review, New Yorker and many other publications. He lives in Wales and is the founder and director of Black Mountains College, an institution dedicated to preparing people for the changes to come.This event is brought to you by FOLDE Dorset [http://www.foldedorset.com]in partnership with theGrosvenor Arms [https://grosvenorarms.co.uk/].If you dine at the Grosvenor on the day of this talk, you'll receive 10% off your food bill on presentation of your ticket. We strongly recommend booking in advance.