Thanks go out to our wonderful 2013 sponsors!
FCBF official booksellers:
The 2013 Fox Cities Reads is underway! Pick up a copy of Last Child in the Woods and the Nature Priniciple by Richard Louv at your local library and join in community-wide discussions about the book. The author will visit the Fox Cities April 22-24 during the Fox Cities Book Festival.
This presentation will take place in the Somerset Room in the Warch Campus Center.
Art meets science in this stunning look at our changing planet.
James Balog has been a leader in photographing, understanding and interpreting the natural environment for three decades. Extensively published in National Geographic and other international media, James and the Extreme Ice Survey team are the subjects of the award-winning feature documentary, “Chasing Ice,” which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
Braving treacherous conditions—crevasses, rockslides, avalanches, temperatures down to -40 F., and frigid river crossings—James takes us on an inspiring quest to document spectacular arctic and alpine glaciers. He and his Extreme Ice Survey team bring back to civilization extraordinary documentation of how quickly the ice is vanishing.
These fast-changing glacial landscapes are the canary in the coalmine, the most tangible, visible evidence of climate change anywhere in the world today. Building on his early career training as an earth scientist and mountaineer, James is uniquely qualified to make an informative presentation mixing astounding scientific facts with otherworldly beauty.
This is a passionate story of devotion, commitment and creativity. But it goes even further: it alters our perception of what it means to be human at this historic moment of geologic time.
Tags: Art meets science in this stunning look at our changing planet.
James Balog has been a leader in photographing, understanding and interpreting the natural environment for three decades. Extensively published in National Geographic and other international media, James and the Extreme Ice Survey team are the subjects of the award-winning feature documentary, “Chasing Ice,” which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
Braving treacherous conditions—crevasses, rockslides, avalanches, temperatures down to -40 F., and frigid river crossings—James takes us on an inspiring quest to document spectacular arctic and alpine glaciers. He and his Extreme Ice Survey team bring back to civilization extraordinary documentation of how quickly the ice is vanishing.
These fast-changing glacial landscapes are the canary in the coalmine, the most tangible, visible evidence of climate change anywhere in the world today. Building on his early career training as an earth scientist and mountaineer, James is uniquely qualified to make an informative presentation mixing astounding scientific facts with otherworldly beauty.
This is a passionate story of devotion, commitment and creativity. But it goes even further: it alters our perception of what it means to be human at this historic moment of geologic time.
This session will be held in the Student Union. See the campus map for location. The closest exit to the Union is either Exit 1W or 5W.
Art meets science in this stunning look at our changing planet.
James Balog has been a leader in photographing, understanding and interpreting the natural environment for three decades. Extensively published in National Geographic and other international media, James and the Extreme Ice Survey team are the subjects of the award-winning feature documentary, “Chasing Ice,” which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
Braving treacherous conditions—crevasses, rockslides, avalanches, temperatures down to -40 F., and frigid river crossings—James takes us on an inspiring quest to document spectacular arctic and alpine glaciers. He and his Extreme Ice Survey team bring back to civilization extraordinary documentation of how quickly the ice is vanishing.
These fast-changing glacial landscapes are the canary in the coalmine, the most tangible, visible evidence of climate change anywhere in the world today. Building on his early career training as an earth scientist and mountaineer, James is uniquely qualified to make an informative presentation mixing astounding scientific facts with otherworldly beauty.
This is a passionate story of devotion, commitment and creativity. But it goes even further: it alters our perception of what it means to be human at this historic moment of geologic time.
A brief reading, discussion, and slideshow drawn from A Storied Wilderness: Rewilding the Apostle Islands.
1000 Miles in 100 Minutes: Transforming a Journey of Two Months to a Book, then to a Movie.
By way of photographs, brief readings, and video clips, Steven Faulkner will describe his two-month journey along Lake Michigan, up the Fox River, down the Wisconsin River, and on down the Mississippi to St. Louis.
A Storied Wilderness: Rewilding the Apostle Islands by James Feldman is an examination of the unique intersection of human activity, the physical environment, and the changing values we place on each of them. The book tells the history of people's interaction with the Apostle Islands.
Balog is the author of six books, including Tree: A New Vision of the American Forest and Survivors: A New Vision of Endangered Wildlife, which was widely hailed as a major conceptual breakthrough in nature photography. Recent work includes the Extreme Ice Survey, a project that brings image-makers and scientists together to create a photographic record of global climate change.
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