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Friday, September 11
 

11:00am EDT

To Move Like a Mushroom: The Naturalist In An Apocalypse
Friday September 11, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
What can the underground networks of Harriet Tubman and Amanita phalloides (the death cap mushroom) teach us about a naturalist education at a time when knowing one's environment is increasingly a matter of life and death? How might a "fungal lens" help us to create coherent narratives out of climate chaos in collaboration with the more than human world?
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Maria Pinto

Fiction Writer
Maria Pinto is a writer, teaching artist, and mycophile. Her work has appeared in several publications, including Frigg, Necessary Fiction, Word Riot, The Butter, and Dostoevsky Wannabe Cities: Boston. She has been awarded fellowships and residencies by the Mass Cultural Council... Read More →
Friday September 11, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
McKimmon - 2C
 
Saturday, September 12
 

10:45am EDT

Strange Bait: Teaching Through the Weird and Spooky
Saturday September 12, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am EDT
Fairy-crosses, blue honey, and carnivorous plants found in the Carolinas are just a few of the natural wonders that storyteller Liz Z Pardue explores in this talk. Hear why the strange, the eerie, and the wonderful are the most powerful teaching tools we have, and how curiosity sparked through story makes lessons last.  

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Saturday September 12, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am EDT
McKimmon - 2C
 
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