Wade Davis is the bestselling author of several books, includingg The Serpent and the Rainboww, Ligh

Program Title: Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters In The Modern World
Description: Wade Davis is the bestselling author of several books, includingg The Serpent and the Rainboww, Light at the Edge of the Worldd, andd The Clouded Leopardd. He is also an awardwinning anthropologist, ethnobotanist, filmmaker, and photographer, and his writing and photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including thee Globe and Maill, Maclean'ss, Newsweekk, National Geographicc, thee Wall Street Journall, and thee Washington Postt. Davis divides his time between Washington, D.C. and northern British Columbia.. Over the past decade, many of us have been alarmed to learn of the rapidly accelerating extinction of our planet's diverse flora and fauna. But how many of us know that our human cultural diversity is also going extinct at a shocking rate? Biologists estimate that 18% of mammals and 11% of birds are threatened, while botanists anticipate the loss of 8% of flora. Meanwhile, of the 7,000 languages in the world today, 50% will disappear innour lifetime. Languages are merely the canaries in the coalmine: what of the poetry, songs, knowledge, and ways of seeing encoded in these disappearing voices?
Inn The Wayfinderss, acclaimed anthropologist Wade Davis offers a gripping account of this urgent crisis. He leads us on a fascinating tour through aahandful of indigenous cultures and worldviews while reminding us of the encroaching dangers posed by unchecked globalization. An enlightening, awe-inspiring, and cautionary look at vanishing cultures and languages from one of the world's most celebrated and distinguished anthropologists.

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Featured Speakers/Guests: Wade Davis is the bestselling author of several books, includingg The Serpent and the Rainboww, Light at the Edge of the Worldd, andd The Clouded Leopardd

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