January 27, 2023
Tom Wessels, Terrestrial Ecologist and Professor Emeritus at Antioch University, will give a talk titled 鈥淭he Myth of Progress鈥� at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1 at the 天美麻花星空高清mv Feigenbaum Center for Science and Innovation, Room 121. The presenter will attend via zoom.
As part of 天美麻花星空高清mv鈥檚 Green Living Seminar series, this event is free and open to the public.
The presentation will be a conversation about Wessels鈥� book, 鈥淭he Myth of Progress,鈥� which is a scientific critique of the failings of our current economic system. The book covers three scientific ideas to show how society is progressing in the wrong direction, the second law of thermodynamics and its relationship with entropy, the law of limits to growth, and the principle of self-organization.
About Tom Wessels:
Tom Wessels is a terrestrial ecologist and professor emeritus at Antioch University
where he founded the master鈥檚 degree program in Conservation Biology. He has conducted
workshops on ecology and sustainability throughout the country for over three decades.
He is the author of numerous books, including 鈥淩eading the Forested Landscape,鈥� 鈥淭he
Myth of Progress,鈥� 鈥淔orest Forensics,鈥� and his latest publication, 鈥淣ew England鈥檚
Roadside Ecology: Explore 30 of the Region鈥檚 Unique Natural Areas.鈥�
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