What is our responsibility to our planet and future generations? What can we do to promote sustainable practices and be good stewards of our environment? Join us for a conversation with director Sarah Elizabeth Wansley and Ecologist Dr. Bala Chaudhary from Dartmouth College’s Environmental Studies Department following the 2 p.m. matinee performance.

About Dr. Bala Chaudhary:
Dr. Bala Chaudhary is an Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College. She is a National Science Foundation CAREER Awardee and a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Continent Scale Biology. Research in her lab focuses on mycorrhizas, underground networks between plants and fungi, and how they can be incorporated into nature-based environmental solutions. Her work spans dozens of ecosystems, from cities to deserts to rainforests, and has applications in climate change mitigation and adaptation, soil conservation, ecosystem restoration and sustainable agriculture. Prior to academia, Dr. Chaudhary worked as an environmental consultant in Los Angeles restoring drastically disturbed urban areas to create habitat for endangered species. She is an award-winning advocate for antiracist strategies in STEM and the founder of WOCinEEB, an international organization for racial and gender minorities in ecology and evolutionary biology.

Admission is Free to the Public.