Tue, Apr 14
|Manchester Community Library
NEA Big Read: How to Love a Forest with VT Author Ethan Tapper
In this talk, Ethan Tapper, a forester, bestselling author and digital storyteller from Vermont, will draw from his work to discuss what it means to care for forests and other ecosystems at this moment in time.
Time & Location
Apr 14, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Manchester Community Library, 138 Cemetery Ave, Manchester Center, VT 05255, USA
About the event
NEA Big Read: How to Love a Forest with VT Author Ethan Tapper
Want to attend the talk, but don’t have something to keep your kids busy? Send them to the kids’ companion program, The Celebrate LAND Project: Trees are Terrific!
What does it mean to love a forest?
In this talk, Ethan Tapper, a forester, bestselling author and digital storyteller from Vermont, will draw from his work as a forester and his book How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World to discuss what it means to care for forests and other ecosystems at this moment in time. How do we respond to the harmful legacies of the past? How do we use our species’ incredible power to heal rather than to harm? How do we reach toward a better future? In a time in which many believe that “protecting” ecosystems means protecting them…