NSNT Annual Dinner & Silent Auction

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The Nova Scotia Nature Nature Trust is honoured to have the keynote
address at our 5th Annual Silent Auction and Dinner delivered by
Canadian anthropologist and botanical explorer Wade Davis, the
Explorer-in-Residence for the National Geographic Society.Wade Davis
received his Ph.D. in ethnobotany from Harvard University and
subsequently through the Harvard Botanical Museum, he spent more than
three years in the Amazon and Andes as a plant explorer, living among 15
indigenous groups in eight Latin American nations while making some
6,000 botanical collections.

Davis's work later took him to Haiti to investigate folk preparations
implicated in the creation of zombies, an assignment that led to his
writing Passage of Darkness (1988) and The Serpent and the Rainbow
(1986), an international best-seller, which appeared in 10 languages and
was later released by Universal Studios as a motion picture. He is
author of five other books, including Shadows in the Sun (1998) and One
River (1996).

A research associate of the Institute of Economic Botany of the New York
Botanical Garden, he also is a board member of the David Suzuki
Foundation, Ecotrust, Future Generations, and Cultural Survival-all NGOs
dedicated to conservation-based development and the protection of
cultural and biological diversity.

Our Silent Auction and Dinner featuring Mr. Davis will take place on
Saturday, October 19th at the Sheraton in Halifax.  In addition to our
keynote address, Mary Jane Lamond will be performing. Attendants will be
able to participate in our popular silent auction featuring unique
adventure get-aways and eco-minded items, and will learn about how the
Nature Trust is protecting irreplaceable natural areas here in Nova
Scotia. 

Dinner Tickets are $75 with tables of 10 for $750 and are on sale now.
Just contact Karen at the Nature Trust office at (902) 425-5263 to
reserve yours. The Silent Auction is open to the public.

More information at http://www.nsnt.ca/current/dinner/



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