Homesick for A World Unknown

Join author and environmental thinker Miriam Horn in conversation with conservationist Rodney Jackson and anthropologist Cari Borja.

Horn’s newest work, Homesick for a World Unknown, is a deeply human portrait of legendary field biologist George B. Schaller, a man who spent over seventy years living among the world’s most elusive and endangered animals, forever reshaping how we see and protect the natural world. From his early, radical immersion among mountain gorillas in the Belgian Congo to his groundbreaking studies of tigers, lions, pandas, and snow leopards, Schaller’s life invites us to reconsider the boundaries between human and animal, participant and observer, exile and belonging.

Joining the conversation will be renowned snow leopard conservationist Rodney Jackson, whose decades of fieldwork in the Himalayas carry forward the very legacy of immersive wildlife observation and protection that Schaller helped pioneer.

Together, Horn, Jackson, Borja will explore the deeper narrative arc of Horn’s work, from political rebellion and female activism in Rebels in White Gloves, to climate futurism in Earth: The Sequel, to Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman. Framed through Clio’s ongoing exploration of the history of ideas, the evening will consider how humans learn to live responsibly within systems larger than themselves and what our enduring fascination with the wild reveals about our own search for meaning and belonging.

Copies of Homesick for a World Unknown are available for purchase in advance with your ticket.

Miriam Horn is a bestselling author, environmental advocate, journalist, and filmmaker. Her previous books include Rebels in White Gloves, Earth: The Sequel (coauthor), and Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman. She has produced two documentary films, with one premiering at Sundance. Before turning to books, Horn worked at the Environmental Defense Fund and the US Forest Service, and wrote for magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times. She lives in Colorado in the South San Juan Mountains.

Rodney Jackson grew up in Africa. He was the first scientist to radio-collar wild snow leopards; his 1980 ground-tracking study was the seminal study for nearly 20 years, until the invention of GPS tracking collars. Rodney and wife Darla Hillard authored the cover story for the June 1986 National Geographic Magazine, and Darla her book Vanishing Tracks. A world renown authority on this rare feline, Rodney founded the Snow Leopard Conservancy, which is now based in San Francisco. He is recipient of the 1981 Rolex Award for Enterprise and 5-time finalist for the prestigious Indianapolis Prize. Rodney has traveled widely across Asia’s remote, high mountains, home to the elusive ghost-like snow leopard.

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