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Annual SCCF lecture to feature award-winning writer, journalist

By SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION 2 min read
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SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION Science writer and journalist Elizabeth Kolbert will be the guest speaker for the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation's 6th annual Paul McCarthy Memorial Lecture Series on Feb. 15.
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SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION “The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History” by Elizabeth Kolbert
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SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION The annual Paul McCarthy Memorial Lecture Series was conceived by the Boler Family Foundation, which underwrites the events to honor its dear family friend, Paul McCarthy.

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation will present its 6th annual Paul McCarthy Memorial Lecture Series on Feb. 15 at 6 p.m. at The Community House, at 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel.

It will feature Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer and journalist Elizabeth Kolbert as the guest speaker. The program will include a conversation with SCCF Chief Executive Officer James Evans.

Kolbert is best known for her book, “The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History,” which has amassed awards from the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction and No. 1 on The Guardian’s list of 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time, to a New York Times 2014 Top Ten Best Book of the Year. She traveled from Alaska to Greenland and visited with top scientists to write the book about mass extinctions.

Kolbert also wrote “Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change.” Her most recent book, “Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future,” is about humanity’s harmful impact on the environment and ideas to rectify that harm. A national bestseller, it was named one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post, Time, Esquire, Smithsonian Magazine, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews and Library Journal. The book was also recommended by Barack Obama and Bill Gates.

Kolbert is working on her next book, “H Is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z.” She has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1999 and was a political reporter for The New York Times.

SCCF is partnering with MacIntosh Books to sell copies of Kolbert’s books at the lecture.

The Paul McCarthy Memorial Lecture Series was conceived by the Boler Family Foundation, which underwrites the series to honor its dear family friend. McCarthy was the founder of Captiva Cruises, an SCCF trustee and an active presence on the islands for many years.

Event tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for students; ages 12 and under are free.

For more information or tickets, visit https://sccf.org/events-programs/fundraising-events/mccarthy-lecture-series/.