Sign up now to participate in Swem’s kickoff event for Earth Day. We invite all students, faculty, and staff to read Donovan Hohn's Moby-Duck for a book discussion on April 16.
In Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them, journalist Hohn sets out to discover what happened to 28,000 plastic animals that fell off a ship en route from China to Seattle in 1992. The review journal Booklist calls the author “like Bill Bryson on hard science, or John McPhee with attitude.” Part science, part travelogue, Moby-Duck fits in perfectly with the environmental themes of Earth Day.
We will supply the books, but hurry: there are only 15 copies. Just sign up at the circulation desk to get one for yourself.
Join us for a book discussion on Monday, April, 16, from noon – 1pm to share your thoughts about Moby-Duck. Lunch provided!
--Sponsored by the campus Committee on Sustainability (COS) and by Swem’s Sustainability Committee (SASSY)