The Light Eaters
with Zoe Schlanger, author and environmental journalist
Wednesday, October 9, 7-8 p.m. ET
Virtual
$15 AHS members/$20 non-members
In her talk, Zoë Schlanger will dive into the fascinating realm of plant behavior research, where scientists are uncovering just how complex and capable plants really are. Plants can process information, make wise choices, and adapt to the ever-changing environment in incredibly specific ways. They can communicate, remember, recognize their relatives, and manipulate other species to their benefit. Using insights from her book The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth, Zoë will introduce us to the scientists—and the plant species—who are reshaping our ideas about intelligence, consciousness, and the agency of nonhuman life.
Zoë Schlanger is currently a staff reporter at the Atlantic, where she covers climate change. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the New York Review of Books, Time, Newsweek, The Nation, Quartz, and on NPR among other major outlets, and is cited in the 2022 Best American Science and Nature Writing anthology. A recipient of a 2017 National Association of Science Writers’ reporting award, she is often a guest speaker in schools and universities. Zoë graduated with a B.A. from New York University. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and The Light Eaters is her first book.
