EVENT CANCELLED
Award-winning climate journalist, Dahr Jamail, will give a presentation on his book “The End of Ice” in the Arts A1 Lecture Theatre, UNE on the 2nd July 2019.
In The End of Ice readers follow Jamail as he scales Denali, the highest peak in North America, dives in the warm crystal waters of the Pacific only to find ghostly coral reefs, and explores the tundra of St. Paul Island where he meets the last subsistence seal hunters of the Bering Sea and witnesses its melting glaciers. Accompanied by climate scientists and people whose families have fished, farmed, and lived in the areas he visits for centuries, Jamail begins to accept the fact that Earth, most likely, is in a hospice situation. Ironically, this allows him to renew his passion for the planet’s wild places, cherishing Earth in a way he has never been able to before.
It is a firsthand chronicle—with photographs—of the catastrophic reality of our situation and the incalculable necessity of relishing this vulnerable, fragile planet while we still can.
The event starts at 7pm and tickets can be bought at the door. The cost is $10 per person. Copies of Jamail’s book will be for sale at the event.