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Lessons from Plants (Free Virtual Conversation)

By Harvard Museums of Science & Culture and Harvard Museum of Natural History

In this free virtual talk, Dr. Beronda Montgomery discusses her recent book, Lessons from Plants, examining our interdependence with plants and the lessons plants hold about human community building.

a light green book cover with the title, Lessons from Plants, in dark green cursive on the left; a picture of Dr. Beronda Montgomery with a smaller thumbnail of Brenda Tindal on the right

.: Wed, February 23 2022 6pm – 7pm.

Ages: Adults.

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Harvard Museums of Science and Culture
hmscpr@hmsc.harvard.edu
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  • Only virtual (online or over the phone).

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  • Beronda L. Montgomery, Foundation Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University
  • In conversation with Brenda Tindal, Executive Director, Harvard Museums of Science & Culture

Plants are essential to humans and the environment: they provide food, absorb carbon dioxide, produce oxygen, serve multiple ecosystem functions, and beautify landscapes. In Lessons from Plants (Harvard University Press, 2021) Beronda Montgomery invites us to appreciate our interdependence with plants and the many lessons that can be gained from a better understanding of the ways in which plants grow, adapt, and thrive. In this conversation with Brenda Tindal, she will address what plants can teach us about relating to one another, building diverse communities and being resilient.

Visit the Harvard University Press website to purchase Lessons from Plants.

Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History and Harvard Museums of Science & Culture