Organizer: The Walden Woods Project Join the Walden Woods Project to co-create an index of all of the animals mentioned in Thoreau’s Journals! Like Ray Angelo’s Botanical Index, this will become a valuable resource to Thoreau scholars for years to come. Reasons to join us: Researchers around the world will benefit from this resource. Everyone […]
Host: The Walden Woods Project Location: 44 Baker Farm Road Lincoln, MA Join the Walden Woods Project for our new Reading Circle! We will read and explore works by Thoreau as well as authors whose work contributes to an even deeper examination of Thoreau’s ideas. At our first Reading Circle we will discuss “Civil Disobedience,” […]
Organizer: The Walden Woods Project The Aurea Ensemble will perform “Of Nature Composed,” which explores the intersection of nature, science, the arts and humanities, and the sanctity of our environment. “Of Nature Composed” includes the words and music of 2014 Pulitzer Prize winner, John Luther Adams; American composers, Charles Griffes, John Cage, Lou Harrison, and […]
On Saturday, October 10, 2020, The Walden Woods Project will participate in the TEDx Countdown—a global initiative to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis, turning ideas into action. The goal is to build a better future by cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the race to a zero-carbon world—a world that is safer, cleaner […]
A Virtual Lyceum: The Art of Perception Perception connects us with our immediate environment, and yet perception is anything but immediate. We learn to perceive, and what we ordinarily perceive is conditioned by what we have learned to pay attention to. Our powers of perception must be cultivated. During this Lyceum, joined by scholars and artists […]
On Belonging In Outdoor Spaces: Scott Edwards Join us for a free series featuring speakers whose work is advancing efforts to strengthen belonging and connection between communities of color and the outdoors.March 2, 2022, Scott Edwards Bicycling, birding and #BLM Across America in a summer of chaos More information and registration details here: https://www.onbelongingoutdoors.org/ Date/Time Date(s) […]
About the event: Join The WWP and The Walden EDU Team of USC Game Innovation Lab for a special event about "Walden, a game". Developer Tracy Fullerton will discuss the evolution and intention of the classroom computer game as well as provide a brief demonstration of the newest module “Civil Disobedience.” Joining Tracy are educators […]
About the event: On an autumn morning in 1849, Henry David Thoreau stepped out his front door to walk the beaches of Cape Cod. Over a century and a half later, Ben Shattuck does the same. With little more than a loaf of bread, brick of cheese, and a notebook, Shattuck sets out to retrace […]
There is still time to register for "Climate Change: What Would Thoreau Say?" on September 14th at 7:00 pm! Henry David Thoreau was an astute observer of the natural world and kept careful records in his journal. Richard Primack at Boston University has compared Thoreau’s observations to those current in Walden Woods. Scientist Bill Moomaw […]
