A MINISTRY OF
ST. COLUMBA'S INVERNESS
COUNCIL FOR ECOLOGICAL DISCIPLESHIP
P R E S E N T S
AN ONLINE BOOK STUDY
Facilitated by CED Member
Sylvia Timbers
Wednesdays
September 24,
October 29 & November 12
4:00 - 5:30 PM PT
What if plants are not only alive but communicating, strategizing, even remembering, challenging everything we thought we knew about the natural world?
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In her groundbreaking book The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth, science journalist Zoë Schlanger takes us on a journey into the astonishing lives of plants. Through vivid storytelling and cutting-edge research, she reveals how plants sense, adapt, and respond to their environments in ways that border on the miraculous.
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The Council for Ecological Discipleship invites you to join a three-week online book study exploring The Light Eaters. Together we’ll encounter the mystery and wonder of the more-than-human world, asking what it means to live with reverence for the intelligence woven through creation.
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In a time when our relationship with the earth is strained and urgent, The Light Eaters offers not only scientific insight but also an invitation: to see creation anew, to be humbled, and to learn again what it means to belong in a world alive with God’s presence.
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This book study will be a space of curiosity, awe, and conversation as we consider how deepening our attention to the living world might transform our faith, our ethics, and our future.
Online discussions will be facilitated by Sylvia Timbers, CED member. Discussions will be held on Zoom from 4:00-5:30 PM PT on September 24, October 29 & November 12.
Zoë Schlanger is a journalist covering science, health, and the environment, and a staff writer at The Atlantic. She is the author of The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth, an exploration of the surprising ways plants sense, adapt, and communicate.
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Her reporting has been recognized with numerous honors, including being named a finalist for the 2019 Livingston Award and winning the 2017 National Association of Science Writers’ Science Reporting Award. With a keen interest in chemicals, climate, and the wonders of the plant world, Schlanger’s work invites readers to encounter the natural world with renewed awe and curiosity.
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Learn more about her work at zoeschlanger.com.
Photo Courtesy of zoeschlanger.com