Dr. Edward O. Wilson, SavingSpecies Science Board Member, Professor Emeritus and Honorary Curator in Entomology, Harvard University
Nelson Mandela once said that “education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” We could not agree more. Only by providing all young people with core scientific knowledge about the interconnectedness of all life on earth, can humanity reverse the extinction crisis, stave off global warming, or restore polluted waters and degraded lands.
And as of today, there is a powerful new tool—a state of the art biology textbook—written by SavingsSpecies’ Science Board member Dr. E.O. Wilson. It’s titled Life on Earth. Using compelling graphics, animation, and other digital media it conveys biology and ecology in ways that young people are more likely to retain and even engage.
The book is being distributed for free by the E.O. Wilson Foundation! That ensures that students across the socio-economic spectrum have access to the book’s technology and science.
So we congratulate Dr. Wilson, and applaud him for his generous gift to science and to environmental education. Just like E.O. Wilson’s conservation work with SavingSpecies, we look forward to it bearing fruit for generations to come!
I am interested to know more on biodiversity.
Kunal, that is great to hear! The world needs more people engaged in the science of biodiversity and in fighting to protect habitat for wildlife and endangered species. You can learn a lot about biodiversity and conservation by browsing the SavingSpecies blog, where you can learn about how science-based conservation gets done in the most important biodiversity ‘hot-spots’. You can also follow conservation and environmental news sources like mongabay.com Please keep up your curiosity about biodiversity and the natural world and stay active with SavingSpecies–and don’t forget to spread the word to your family and friends!