FIRESIDE CHAT with Jim Tolisano: Healing Our Relationship With Nature Through Nature Conservation (Giraffe-Only)

​Over the past century, society has become disconnected with its relationship with nature. In this Fireside Chat, Jim Tolisano, a conservation biologist will share his thoughts and insights on what we need to do to heal our relationship with nature. He'll also talk about the practical work he does on the ground by helping to merge the work of social science, education, business, humanities and arts to help people create a relationship with nature that is mutually supportive. In this chat, we'll also discuss how natural science, business, economics, finance, social scientist and entrepreneurs play an integral role in creating and delivering practical conservation solutions.

ABOUT JIM TOLISANO

Jim Tolisano is a conservation biologist, writer, and New York University professor. He has worked with nature conservation projects in more than 50 countries and had the outrageous fortune to learn from indigenous communities in remote areas of northern Canada, Papua New Guinea, La Mosquitia in Central America, the Ecuadorian Amazon, central Congo, and northern Mexico. His first book, The Sea Change: Cycling through the Nature of Loss and Renewal, is a memoir recounting his odyssey by bicycle through the length of Italy in an exploration of nature, culture, and mortality. He recently completed a memoir, Beginner’s Map, and is now completing work on a new book exploring nature conservation in practice.  His books also serve as a companion to his forthcoming podcast, Love Songs to the Salient Earth - a collaborative inquiry with leading acoustical ecologists into the bridge between culture and nature . He is also Adjunct Professor and Advisor in the Gallatin School of Interdisciplinary Studies at New York University, and Director of Innovations4Conservation (I4C Nature), a non-profit consortium supporting entrepreneurial local nature conservation work worldwide. He divides his time between his home in upstate New York and central Italy.