Belonging: The Natural History of People in the Southwest Fall 2023 - Winter 2024 The Natural History Institute presents a series of lectures, workshops, and a film screening exploring the relationship between people and place. Cultivate an appreciation for belonging, and discover the cultural diversity of the Mogollon Highlands. Traveling the Artistic Road Thursday, July […]
The Natural History Institute Gallery presents Art in the Service of Conservation Walt Anderson October 27th, 2023 - January 12th, 2023 Biophilia means love of life, an inherent affiliation with the natural world in which our species evolved. Modern humans have often moved away from our natural connections, but most of us still respond to […]
Fall 2023 – Winter 2024 A webinar series hosted by Dr. Tom Fleischner E.B. White famously said, “I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” In our current time of devastating […]
Join the Natural History Institute for a virtual conversation with poet and Zen Buddhist practitioner Jane Hirshfield, ‘one of American poetry’s central spokespersons for the biosphere’. This webinar moderated by Dr. Tom Fleischner will explore the role of natural history in navigating the compounding environmental crises we face today. Jane Hirshfield is a poet, essayist, and […]
Join the Natural History Institute for an online conversation with environmental and human rights activist Laurel Sutherlin, who currently serves as Senior Communications Strategist for the Rainforest Action Network. This webinar will explore the relationship between natural history and activism. Laurel Sutherlin, the Senior Communications Strategist for the Rainforest Action Network, has been an environmental, […]
Join the NHI community and founding director Tom Fleischner for a discussion of takeaways from the "Savoring and Saving" webinar series. Register Here In this community dialogue lead by Dr. Tom Fleischner, we will dive deeper into the questions opened up by the recent series of webinars "Saving and Savoring the World: Facing the […]
Join NHI for a special film screening of Gather at the Elks Theatre, with opening remarks by Indigenous food sovereignty advocate Twila Cassadore. Gather is an intimate portrait of a growing movement amongst Indigenous Americans to reclaim their spiritual and cultural identities through obtaining sovereignty over their ancestral food systems, while battling against the historical […]