Over the past four years, Ferris Jabr and his partner Ryan transformed a derelict grass lawn on their property in Portland, OR into a thriving wildlife garden. At the same time, Ferris was writing a book about how microbes, plants, fungi, and animals have transformed the continents, atmosphere, and oceans, turning what was once just a lump of orbiting rock into our cosmic oasis: a vast interconnected living system that pulses, breathes, and regulates its climate. He ultimately came to see our planet as a garden that sowed itself, watered itself, and has kept itself alive in the vacuum of space for more than four billion years. Join our February Speaker Series as Ferris will explain how his personal experiences with gardening became an important part of his book and take us on a journey through the hidden wonders that bring our planet to life.
Image courtesy of Ryan G.
Ferris Jabr is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and the author of Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life, which reviewers have described as an “electrifying” and “infectiously poetic” “masterwork of journalism” that “earns its place alongside the best of today’s essential popular science books, as well as acknowledged classics.” He has also written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper’s, National Geographic, and Scientific American, among other publications.
He is the recipient of a Whiting Foundation Creative Nonfiction Grant, as well as fellowships from MIT and UC Berkeley. His work has been anthologized in several editions of The Best American Science and Nature Writing series.
He has an MA in journalism from New York University and a Bachelor of Science from Tufts University. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his partner, Ryan, their dog, Jack, and more plants than they can count. His surname rhymes with neighbor.
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