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Alan Weisman
In association with Science City Bristol *At-Bristol is offering a special discount rate (£10.00 / £7.00) for this event and the Gary Marcus / Susan Blackmore talk (same night, 19.30-20.30) when they are purchased at the same time. Click here to find out more about the Marcus / Blackmore event. To book, contact At-Bristol on: 0117 915 5000 or visit in person
Would the world be better off without human beings? "On the day after humans disappear, nature takes over and immediately begins cleaning house - or houses, that is. Cleans them right off the face of the earth. They all go". Alan Weisman looks to the future to discover what the world might be like, and how it would change if humans disappeared right now for good. In the current age of anxiety over our impact on the earth's climate and environment, he offers an intriguing glimpse of what the real legacy of our time on the planet may be. How would the natural world respond if it were suddenly relieved of the burden of humanity? Would the climate return to where it was before we fired up our engines? Could nature ever obliterate all traces of human civilization? How would it undo our largest buildings and public works, and could it reduce our myriad plastics and synthetics to benign, basic elements? And what about architecture and art? What will be our most enduring legacy? Weisman wrestles with some of the key concerns of our time and reveals a picture of the future that is both illuminating and terrifying. Weisman is in discussion with environmental writer and activist Mark Lynas, author of Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet. |
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