Cary Environmental Symposium – From Wasteland To Wonder; A presentation by Basil Camu

The way we currently manage the suburban and urban landscape is creating a wasteland and harming the well-being of Earth. Fortunately, we have an alternative path: We can work with natural systems instead of working against them. By doing so, we can help heal Earth. We also save time and money because we perform fewer tasks and use fewer products. Best of all, these are simple things that anyone can do regardless of their knowledge or experience.

When you ask Basil what he thinks about himself, he’ll tell you he is incredibly lucky. He has family he loves dearly, friends and colleagues who inspire him, and every day he gets to care for trees, soil, and flowers. He pursues his purpose and passions as the co-founder of Leaf & Limb and Project Pando. He is a Treecologist, ISA Board Certified Master Arborist, Duke University graduate, Wizard of Things, and author of “From Wasteland to Wonder – Easy Ways to Help Heal Earth in the Sub/Urban Landscape.”

MUSIC: Lisa Liske on cello. Lisa performs music from the Renaissance through the present day. She enjoys bringing multiple genres of music to audiences in a range of settings from the formal classical concert hall to schools and jams and live music for silent film. Lisa holds a Master of Music in cello performance from the San Francisco Conservatory. Since moving to Cary in 2019, she has joined the faculty of Meredith College and started a private cello studio, Community Cello Works Cary, serving ages four to adult. Lisa frequently performs with North Carolina Baroque Orchestra and the Raleigh Camerata. Her Philadelphia-based New River Ensemble plans a North Carolina tour in March of 2025.

Lisa is an ardent environmentalist.

For the 2024 Cary Environmental Symposium, before Basil’s presentation begins, she will offer fifteen minutes of nature-themed traditional and composed music (as well as a few selections from the essential Bach Suites for solo cello). At 7:00 pm, she will introduce and perform a piece by North Carolina composer J. Mark Scearce titled Gaea’s Lament,, which Dr. Searce wrote in 1989 as the Exxon Valdez, which had run aground, spilled 10 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound in Alaska.

Lisa’s set honors the long partnership of music and nature, and its offering of hope.

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