Secret Science Club Online presents Award-winning Science Writer Ferris Jabr on Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life, FREE!
Join us live via ZOOM on TUESDAY, July 9 @ 8PM (Eastern Time USA) "Doors" open at 7:30PM
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The notion of a living world is one of humanity’s oldest beliefs. Though once scorned by some scientists, the concept of Earth as a vast interconnected living system has gained acceptance in recent decades. A relatively young field called Earth system science now studies the living and nonliving components of the planet as an integrated whole.
We, and all living things, are more than inhabitants of Earth—we are an outgrowth of Earth’s structure and an engine of its evolution. Life and its environment have coevolved for billions of years, transforming a lump of orbiting rock into a cosmic oasis—a planet that breathes, metabolizes, and regulates its climate.
At the next Secret Science Club Online, Ferris Jabr—the author of Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life—discusses this radical new view of our planet, where lush forests spew water, pollen, and bacteria to summon rain; giant animals engineer the very landscapes they roam; microbes chew rock to shape continents; and microscopic plankton remake the air and sea.
Humans are one of the most extreme examples of life transforming Earth. Through fossil fuel use, agriculture, and pollution, we have altered more layers of the planet in less time than any other species, pushing Earth into a crisis. But we are also uniquely able to understand and protect the planet’s wondrous ecology and self-stabilizing processes. How well we play our part will determine what kind of Earth our descendants inherit for millennia to come.
Before & After-- Mix up our eco-cocktail & mocktail of the evening, the "Pale Blue Dot"… (recipe below!)
--Groove to wild & wonderful tunes
--Bring your questions for the live Q&A
--Snag a copy of Ferris Jabr’s critically acclaimed new book, Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life
Ferris Jabr is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and Scientific American. He has also written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper’s, National Geographic, Wired, Outside, Lapham’s Quarterly, McSweeney’s, and The Los Angeles Review of Books, among other publications. He is the recipient of a Whiting Foundation Creative Nonfiction Grant, as well as fellowships from UC Berkeley and the MIT Knight Science Journalism Program. His work has been anthologized in several editions of The Best American Science and Nature Writing series.
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Cocktail Recipe for the “Pale Blue Dot” (created by the Secret Science Club Experimental Mixology Lab)
Ingredients: 5 Mint Leaves; 8 Fresh Blueberries; ½ oz Simple Syrup*; 1 oz Fresh-squeezed Lime Juice; 2 oz White Rum; Ice Cubes; Sparkling Water (to top off); plus a Mint Sprig, Slice of Lime, and a few more Blueberries for garnish
- Combine mint leaves, lime juice, blueberries, and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker, and gently muddle
- After muddling, add the rum and a handful of ice, then shake until chilled
- Strain the mixture into a highball glass filled with ice cubes and top off with sparkling water
- Garnish with the mint sprig, lime slice, and blueberries
*Simple Syrup Recipe:
- Mix 1 part water and 1 part sugar in a pot. Simmer until sugar dissolves. Let cool.
**(For a mocktail version, skip the rum and substitute lemon-lime soda or ginger ale for the sparkling water.)
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
