Michael Pollan offers a plant’s perspective of the world in The Botany of Desire and delivers a fascinating account about human nature. Inverting the natural tendency to believe that humans are somehow outside of nature, he asserts that plants actually manipulate our desires, in order to help them survive and proliferate. That we are, in essence, rendered “human bumblebees.” Leaping across many genres, the result is a joyful, informative, and fascinating exploration. (Clip below)
Location: Rice Media Center, Rice University
(located near corner of University Blvd and Stockton, entrance #8 on the Rice University Campus)
Schedule:
- 6:30PM- Meet & Greet w/light dinner ($5 – suggested donation)
- 7:00PM – Film screening: Botany of Desire
- 8:00PM – Expert Panel Discussion with…
- Mark Bowen, Executive Director, Urban Harvest
- Sharon Siehl, Co-Chair, Houston Food Policy Workgroup
- Charles Wemple, Economic Development Program Manager, H-GAC
- Justin Cleave Duncan, Prairie View A&M / TOFGA
This event is brought to you by the USGBC Emerging Professionals, Transition Houston, Houston Tomorrow and Rice University Environmental Club.
Light dinner kindly donated by Dr. Pat Speck and Dry Bones Cafe.