Nature and the Environment is a themed lectures series featuring presentations exploring nature and the environment. Year Presenter or Co-leaders Title Video 2024 Whitney Barlow Robles Curious Species: How Animals Made Natural History Yes 2024 Renée Bergland Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science Yes 2023 Lawrence Buell Henry David Thoreau: Thinking Disobediently Yes 2023 Camille T. Dungy Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden Yes 2023 Leila Philip Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America Yes 2023 Abby Goode Agrotopias: An American Literary History of Sustainability Yes 2022 Brece Honeycutt ‘A Bird to overhear--’ Yes 2022 Phoebe S.K. Young Campers, Veterans, Tramps, and More: Tracking the Hidden Origins of a National Outdoor Pastime in the 19th Century Yes 2022 Juliana Chow , Gillian Osborne New Readings in 19th-Century American Natural History Yes