Twelve Trees: A Conversation with Daniel Lewis & Alan Marcus

About the Book

A compelling global exploration of nature and survival as seen via a dozen species of trees, offering “extensive insight into the ways in which humans and trees are interconnected” (BookPage), revealing the challenges facing our planet and how scientists are working urgently to save our forests and our future. Learn More

About the Speakers

Dan Lewis is the Dibner Senior Curator for the History of Science and Technology at the Huntington Library. He is a writer and an environmental historian. His exhibition “Beautiful Science: Ideas That Changed the World” was named the best exhibition in America by the American Association of Museums the year after it opened. His most recent book, Twelve Trees: The Deep Roots of Our Future, explores the relationship between humans and nature and our interconnected future.

Alan Marcus is a professor in Creative and Cultural Practice at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. As a filmmaker and cultural historian, he often explores themes associated with the impact of mass tourism and urbanization on iconic post-traumatic sites. Works include films on the U.S.-Mexican border controversy, the environmental impact of overdevelopment in Waikiki, and a current project about the effects of climate change on a Canadian Inuit community near the Arctic Ocean.