All of us have heard that we are connected to nature and how important these connections are, but do we always realize when we are using natural resources in our lives? 

Products from the natural environment are not only in our food, fuel, and clothing, but also vital in places such as our medicine cabinets or even the solutions used in a genetics lab. Nature shapes our modern lives in unexpected ways. It can give us the tools to help not only ourselves but to restore the ecosystems around us. 

Grace Forthaus is an invasive species biologist and conservationist who became interested in these intertwined relationships after working in environmental restoration and later in an ecological genetics lab. 

Lecture begins at 7pm.