Book Reading by Alice Irene Whittaker

Name: Book Reading by Alice Irene Whittaker
Start: 2024-10-16T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-16T21:00:00-04:00
Location: 877a Boyd Avenue,Ottawa,K2A 2E2,CA

Schedule

Wed Oct 16 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

877a Boyd Avenue,Ottawa,K2A 2E2,CA | Ottawa, ON

To celebrate Circular Economy Month, join author Alice Irene Whittaker speaking about her new book at OTL.
To celebrate Circular Economy Month, join author Alice Irene Whittaker speaking about her new book, Homing: A Quest to Care for Myself and the Earth . This book explores a range of ways to live a more circular life - from Repair Cafés to sustainable fashion to regenerative agriculture - while looking at the human side of living during climate change, from anxiety to grief to perfectionism to hopefulness.
About Homing
Overwhelmed by obsessive productivity and environmental anxiety, recovering perfectionist Alice Irene Whittaker and her family decide to retreat to a cabin in the woods. Surrounded by creek, forest, and woodland animals, Alice Irene begins a lifelong journey of repairing her fractured relationship with both herself and the natural world. She asks herself, “How can I take care of the Earth if I don’t know how to take care of myself?”
Her quest takes her to meet a renowned economist-rancher in Colorado, to stand at the side of a runway at a sustainable fashion show in Portland, and to witness firsthand rewilding of wolves in Yellowstone. She interviews and learns from dozens of people who are building homes, growing food, making clothes, raising families, and living their lives in regenerative ways.
Our co-founder Bettina is featured in this book elaborating on our tool library and the services we offer.
About Alice Irene Whittaker
Alice Irene Whittaker is an author and environmental communications leader. Her debut book Homing is forthcoming in Fall 2024 from Freehand Books.
Alice Irene is the creator and host of the Reseed podcast. She has been published in national and international publications. She was longlisted for the CBC Nonfiction Prize in 2021 and the CBC Poetry Prize in 2022.
Alice Irene has spent over a decade in leadership and executive roles, with a focus on gender and environment. She co-founded, and was Executive Director of, Mother Nature Partnership. Alice Irene is a member of Nature Canada’s Women for Nature and sits on the Board of Directors of Régénération Canada. Awards include the Nelson Mandela and Graca Machel Award, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Innovation Award.