An Evening on the Lake

If you have questions about the benefit, or would like more information on becoming an Advocate Donor Circle member please click here or email ACES Development Director, Christy Mahon at cmahon@aspennature.org.
We also invite you to join us for the free, public William A. Nitze Community Lecture with Robin Wall Kimmerer on Friday, July 18 at 5 pm at Paepcke Auditorium. Registration will be open June 1. More information here.
About Robin Wall Kimmerer:
Robin Wall Kimmerer is an esteemed botanist, author, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. A SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, she is the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, which bridges Indigenous wisdom and scientific knowledge for sustainability.
She is the author of the bestselling Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, as well as Gathering Moss, which won the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. Her latest book, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World (November 2024), explores how gratitude, reciprocity, and community can shape a more sustainable future.
A MacArthur Fellow, Robin has addressed the United Nations on “Healing Our Relationship with Nature” and been featured on NPR’s On Being. Her work inspires a deeper connection to the land, emphasizing both ecological restoration and the renewal of our relationships with the natural world. She lives in upstate New York, where she tends gardens both cultivated and wild.

An Evening on the Lake
Price
Tickets are available in May of 2025 to ACES Donor Circle members at the Advocate Level and above.
Thursday, July 17
Upcoming Date:
July 17, 2025 from 6–9:30pm