Literary Event Series: An Evening with Lyanda Lynn Haupt
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
7:00 p.m.- 8:30 p.m.
Trinity Episcopal Church, Buffalo, NY
Free event
We are thrilled to welcome naturalist and acclaimed author Lyanda Lynn Haupt to Buffalo to discuss her book Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit. In this illuminating and important book, Haupt explores what it means to live with the earth in both simple and profound ways. She invokes the term "rootedness" as a way of living in concert with the wilderness--and wildness--that sustains humans and all of life.
Our human ancestors evolved with an intimate connection to their environment, nurtured and sustained by the earth. And yet today, one sobering estimate concludes that North Americans spend an astonishing 93% of their waking hours indoors or in cars. How do we find our way back to nature in a world that too often devalues the outdoors?
At the Land Conservancy, we envision a future in which forests, farms, meadows, and waterways are connected, cherished, and protected--where the many benefits of nature are shared by every living creature. In clear, precise, and beautiful prose, Haupt explores in Rooted the wonder of nature. In so doing, she provides a blueprint for how every one of us can transform even our simplest forays in nature into deep, lasting connections with the earth.
Join us on June 4th for this free event. Space is limited. Register for the in-person event below. This event will also be livestreamed. Stay tuned for details.
About
Lyanda Lynn Haupt is an award-winning author, naturalist, ecophilosopher, and speaker whose work explores the beautiful, complicated connections between humans and the wild, natural world. Her writing is acclaimed for combining scientific knowledge with literary, poetic prose. Previous books include Mozart’s Starling, The Urban Bestiary: Encountering the Everyday Wild, Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness, Pilgrim on the Great Bird Continent: The Importance of Everything and Other Lessons from Darwin’s Lost Notebooks, and Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds. She is a winner of the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, the Nautilus Book Award, a finalist for the Orion Book Award, and a two-time winner of the Washington State Book Award.
Praise for Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit
“With her deep Intuition and expansive attention as our guides, Lyanda Lynn Haupt’s gorgeous words create a path to the place where science and spirit meet."—Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass
“Radiant with reverence, sparkling with surprises, and brimming with insight, Rooted is a lyrical and intimate handbook on how to live a mindful, joyful, fruitful life in harmony with our sweet green earth.”—Sy Montgomery, author of How to Be a Good Creature
“Rooted feels like a literary love child of Rachel Carson and Mary Oliver. Find yourself a quiet place, preferably under a tree, and let Lyanda Lynn Haupt teach you how to embrace the ‘tangled empathy’ of living not as a dominant species, but as one of many.”—Erica Bauermeister, author of The Scent Keeper
“An extraordinary guide to wonder and belonging....In a time of isolation and fragmentation, her many insights are beautiful and much-needed invitations to wholeness and connection.”—David George Haskell, author of The Forest Unseen and The Songs of Trees