The Light Eaters with Best-Selling Author Zoë Schlanger: Pollinator Pathway Lecture

Award-winning Atlantic staff writer Zoë Schlanger speaks about her groundbreaking work of popular science that probes the hidden world of the plant kingdom, called “a masterpiece of science writing”.  

To survive and thrive while rooted in a single spot, plants have adapted ingenious methods of survival. Scientists have learned about their ability to communicate, recognize their kin and behave socially, hear sounds, morph their bodies to blend into their surroundings, store useful memories that inform their life cycle, and trick animals into behaving to their benefit, to name just a few remarkable talents. Eye-opening and informative, this book challenges us to rethink the role of plants—and our own place—in the natural world. This lecture is co-sponsored by the organizations comprising New Canaan’s Pollinator Pathway. Elm Street Books will be on site for book sales and signing.  

Zoë Schlanger is a staff writer at the Atlantic. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, NPR, and The New York Review of Books, among other major outlets. She was the recipient of a 2017 National Association of Science Writers reporting award for coverage of air pollution in Detroit, and a finalist for the 2019 Livingston Award for a series on water politics at the Texas-Mexico border. 

Photo: Yael Malka