The Walden Woods Project hosts the Stewardship Lecture Series to celebrate innovation and creativity in environmental stewardship and to highlight the work of those who are promoting the values and ideas embodied by Thoreau. The Lecture Series features talks, panel discussions or media presentations featuring individuals at the cutting edge of a renewed environmental and social justice movement. Programs are all free and open to the public, unless specified.
We are always seeking excellent candidates for the lecture series and welcome submissions on a rolling basis. We are typically able to offer a modest honorarium. Please fill out the Call for Presentations form and we will be in touch if we’re interested.
Recorded Virtual Events:
Earth Day Lecture with Dahr Jamail: CLICK HERE
Thoreau Q&A with Jeffrey S. Cramer: CLICK HERE
Jeffrey S. Cramer Solid Seasons reading: CLICK HERE
TEDxTheWaldenWoodsProject part 1 with Bill McKibben: CLICK HERE
TEDxTheWaldenWoodsProject part 2: view our selected presentations from Al Gore, HRH Prince William, Amanda Gorman, and more: CLICK HERE.
David Gessner Stewardship Lecture: CLICK HERE.
Writing Toward Resilience Lyceum: CLICK HERE.
Nathaniel Popkin and Gail Straub: TO REACH THE SPRING: CLICK HERE.
Thoreau and the Miracle of Poetry: CLICK HERE.
Earth Day: Ruth Mendelson and The Water Tree Way: CLICK HERE.
The Art of Perception: A Virtual Lyceum: CLICK HERE.
Now Comes Good Sailing: A Virtual Conversation: CLICK HERE.
Walden, a game: A Virtual Experience: CLICK HERE.
Six Walks: A Conversation with Ben Shattuck: CLICK HERE.
The Walden Woods Project presentation (by Executive Director Kathi Anderson) for Lincoln Conservation: CLICK HERE
Climate Change: What Would Thoreau Say w/ Bill Moomaw: CLICK HERE
Silent Spring Revolution: A Conversation with Douglas Brinkley: CLICK HERE
Fire Suppression & Climate Change: A Conversation with George Wuerthner: CLICK HERE
On Belonging In Outdoor Spaces Series (ongoing lectures): CLICK HERE
Bears of the West: Vital Ground Foundation & Douglas Chadwick: CLICK HERE
Bears of the East: Kilham Bear Center & Black Bear Behavior: CLICK HERE
FOWP MLK event: CLICK HERE
To the Temple of Tranquility…and Step On It!: A Conversation with Ed Begley Jr. and Kathi Anderson: CLICK HERE
A Virtual Lyceum: The Pursuit of Beauty: CLICK HERE
Thoreau, Landscape Scale Wildlands & Natural Democracy with Jamie Sayen: CLICK HERE
Each Town Should Have a Park:100 New National Parks for America: CLICK HERE
Special Presentation with Ali Taghdarreh: CLICK HERE
Becoming an Osprey with David Gessner: CLICK HERE
Potential for Wolf Restoration in New England with George Wuerthner: CLICK HERE
Upcoming Stewardship Lectures
The Cure at Walden Pond: Author Thomas Moore in Conversation with Richard Higgins
Wildlife in Focus: Matt Patterson’s Journey in Art and Conservation
View more videos of Stewardship Lectures:
Please visit Lincoln (MA) Public Television to see a selection of some of our past Lectures (select “Walden Woods” in the menu on the left side of the page). Refer to the top of this page for recordings from 2020 and beyond.
