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Human/Nature in the Anthropocene
September 15, 2015, 7:00 PM
FreeColby Professor of Science, Technology, and Society Jim Fleming has written extensively on the social, cultural, and intellectual history of weather, climate, technology, and the environment. In this talk he will consider the neologism "anthropocene" (age of humans), which has struck a cultural nerve, pointing to what may be the decisive epoch of our planet. Part of Colby 2015-16 annual humanities theme, Human/Nature.