Book Club

Join us on Thursday, September 5 at 6:30 pm, with the author Laura Evans to discuss her book Silent Seasons: Chasing Sustainability through the Law.

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About the Book

Do you care about what happens to life on Earth? Are you concerned that what we are doing is unsustainable? Do you want to practice sustainability, but aren’t clear how?

In Silent Seasons, author Laura Evans demystifies how current sustainability approaches are not working through the lessons she learned as an environmental law firm lawyer, government agency lawyer, consultant, nonprofit staffer, and human surviving a global pandemic.

This book combines thought leadership, personal stories, and legal information to teach you:Summaries of specific environmental laws like the Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.
How the current U.S. environmental law system is organized and failing us all.
How you can benefit from personal sustainability lessons Laura learned along the way.
How to create a broader framework for addressing current problems like climate change, water pollution, air pollution, species extinction, and more.
How to make chicken noodle soup.
The stories and lessons in this book will give you broader perspectives and new ways of thinking about sustainability, which will empower us all to move toward a more healthy and sustainable future together.

About the Author

Laura Evans is a planner, inactive environmental lawyer, and creator/host of the Keeping Things Alive Podcast. She has accumulated deep knowledge and understanding of environmental law, sustainability, and navigating environmental conflicts while working jobs in the private, nonprofit, and government sectors in both Western New York and Central Texas.

Laura is passionate about fostering a better relationship between humans and the Earth. She does this by sharing stories and information that motivate us all to implement more sustainable practices at both the individual and systemic levels.

In addition to writing and podcasting, she enjoys being outside, animals, gardening, and cooking with as many herbs and vegetables as possible.