Wild by Design: From Bombs to Biodiversity | Faculty Lecture Series 2024

2024 Faculty Lecture Series
Laura Martin, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Wild by Design: From Bombs to Biodiversity
February 8, 2024
Given the biodiversity and climate crises, many wild species will not survive without acts of human care. What should that care look like? Can wild nature be designed? Which environmental harms are truly irreversible, and how can ecological restoration be made socially just?
Laura Martin, associate professor of Environmental Studies, is a historian and ecologist who studies how people create and govern habitat for other species. She is author of Wild by Design: The Rise of Ecological Restoration. Her research on the global biodiversity crisis has been featured in The New York Times, Nature, and The Atlantic, and she has written essays and op eds for venues including TIME, The Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times.
The Faculty Lecture Series is organized by the faculty members of the Lecture Committee. The aim of the series is to present big ideas beyond disciplinary boundaries. The lectures are free and open to the public.
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