Events & Reunions

Sponsored by:

Tufts Alumni San Francisco

Location:
Samovar Tea Lounge
498 Sanchez Street, San Francisco
(Look for us in the back room.) | See Map

When: Sunday, October 25, 2009, 10:30 am (iCal)

Description

The San Francisco Tufts Alliance invites you to join our Book Club. Our third story is Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond. "Who hasn't gazed upon the abandoned temples of Angkor Wat or the jungle-choked cities of the Maya and wondered, could the same fate happen to us? In this riveting book, Jared Diamond - whose Guns, Germs, and Steel revolutionized our understanding of history - explores how humankind's use and abuse of the environment reveal the truth behind the world's great collapses, from the Anasazi of North America to the Viking of Greenland to modern Montana. What emerges is a fundamental pattern of environmental catastrophe - one whose warning signs surround us today and that we ignore at our peril. Blending the most recent scientific advances and a vast historical perspective into a narrative that is impossible to put down, Collapse exposes the deepest mysteries of the past even as it offers hope for the future."

Whether you've already read this insightful book or it's new to you, we would love for you to join our conversation. Please register for this event and start reading! Also, please share your interest in this book club and ideas for future reads with Bobbie at bobbie.peyton@gmail.com

RSVP

To attend, please email SFTA steering committee member Bobbie Peyton, G07, at bobbie.peyton@gmail.com and include your name, school/class year, and names of any guests.

Cost

There is no charge to attend this event.

Contact

SFTA steering committee member Bobbie Peyton, G07, at bobbie.peyton@gmail.com