The PMA is pleased to co-present UNE North’s community event with Icelandic author, filmmaker and activist Andri Snaer Magnason on April 14, 2021. The Maine North Atlantic Institute at the University of Southern Maine is co-sponsoring the event which is free for all participants.

The 90-minute interactive event will celebrate Mr. Magnason’s latest book, On Time and Water, slated for US release in March of 2021. The event will feature a presentation by Mr. Magnason as well as opportunities for guided small group discussions of passages from On Time and Water and Q&A with the author.

Of On Time and Water, Jacob Dykes of Geographical writes, “Magnason explores a disconnect unique to our present generation, when nature no longer exists as an immutable force of its own governance. His solution is to adopt a more romantic reverence for nature’s beauty and but instead on our elemental affinities with the natural world.”

Magnason achieves this by weaving a tapestry of climate science, myth, family memoir and even interviews with the Dalai Lama. Magnason’s work reflects UNE North’s core values of interdisciplinarity and co-creation of knowledge across cultures and communities. We hope you will join us for a vibrant discussion of his work and how it can inform our own work as leaders for sustainable development here in Maine and beyond.

For more information on Andri Snaer Magnason, On Time and Water, and his other work, click here. For questions about the event, please email Holly Parker.

Thank you to our co-sponsor, the Maine North Atlantic Institute at the University of Southern Maine