USC Belser Arboretum Book Club: "Underland" by Robert Macfarlane
Schedule
Sun Jan 18 2026 at 03:00 pm to 04:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
W. Gordon Belser Arboretum | Columbia, SC
About this Event
Welcome all nature lovers to the Belser Arboretum Book Club!
Book club is for everyone.
Interested in reading and talking about our world? Please join us for fun, thoughtful, informal book talks under the tall trees in the arboretum.
Meet Sunday, January 18, 2026, at 3 p.m. in the Arboretum's Outdoor Classroom.
The Bloomwood gate opens at 2:30 p.m., so please enjoy a walk before we begin.
PLEASE REGISTER in case we must change venue due to weather.
Discussion led by Jennifer Pournelle, Distinguished Professor Emerita in USC's School of the Earth, Ocean, and Environment
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ABOUT THE BOOK
In Underland, Robert Macfarlane delivers an epic exploration of the Earth’s underworlds as they exist in myth, literature, memory, and the land itself. Traveling through the dizzying expanse of geologic time—from prehistoric art in Norwegian sea caves, to the blue depths of the Greenland ice cap, to a deep-sunk "hiding place" where nuclear waste will be stored for 100,000 years to come—Underland takes us on an extraordinary journey into our relationship with darkness, burial, and what lies beneath the surface of both place and mind.
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We'll have snacks and beverages, and you're welcome to bring your own.
Note that trails are natural and hilly, and restrooms are not available.
Please leave pets at home.
Where is it happening?
W. Gordon Belser Arboretum, 4080 Bloomwood Road, Columbia, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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