• Obsessions Small and Mega: Best Books of 2009, New York Magazine, 20 December 2009.
• The 100 Best Books of 2009, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 December 2009.
• Best Books of 2009 - Editor’s Picks, Barnes & Noble Review, 4 December 2009.
• Best Science Books of the Year, Seed Magazine, 1 December 2009.
• Top 10 Books in Urban Planning, Design and Development, Planetizen, 23 November 2009.
• Best Books of 2009, Amazon.com, 27 October 2009.

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Dr. Eric Sanderson will speak about tools for living on Manhattan at Design Within Reach (DWR): Tools for Living” in Soho on Wednesday January 27, 2010 at 7:00pm. Because of the high demand, another event has been scheduled for Thursday February 4, 2010 at 7:00 pm.  Both events will be at DWR, located at 142 Wooster Street in NYC.   All are welcome – please RSVP to tflsohoevents@dwr.com to reserve your seat.

Resilience through Muir Webs, a seminar at the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, John Hopkins University, 234 Ames Hall, 23 February 2010 at 3 pm.  For information, call (410) 516-7092.

Wilderness in New York:  A Historical Portrait, at New Directions in the American Landscape conference.  Dr. Sanderson will speak about Native Americanlandscape practice on Mannahatta.  Haverford College, Haverford, PA on Friday, March 12, 2010, and Connecticut College, New London, CT on Wednesday March 17, 2010.  Registration required.

The Mannahatta Project, a public talk on the view of Mannahatta from the other side of the river, Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson Street, Hoboken, NJ, Sunday 21 March 2010 at 4 pm.

Past events

Fall 2009

At the H209 Forum at Liberty State Park, Eric Sanderson will speak about the waterways around Manhattan Island 400 years ago.  Wednesday September 9, 9 am - 4 pm.  Tickets required.

See ceramics inspired by the local environment 400 years ago at Greenwich House at the opening of artists, Ayumi Horie’s and Andy Brayman’s, new show in the Jane Hartsook Gallery, 27 Barrow Street, Manhattan.  Reception Thursday September 10, 5:30 pm.  Tickets required.  For more information, click here.

Come hear about Native American eating habits on Mannahatta at the opening of the Lenape Edible Estate:  Manhattan, part of artist and architect Fritz Haeg’s Edible Estates project, at the Elliott-Chelsea Housing at 26th Street and 10th Avenue, Monday September 14, 6 - 8 pm.  Free.

ParkTalk:  the Mannahatta Project - Come hear Dr. Eric Sanderson speak about the upper westside of Manhattan in a talk sponsored by the Riverside Park Fund, at Sockman Lounge at The Interchurch Center (475 Riverside Drive, between 119th & 120th Streets), Wednesday September 16, 7 - 9 pm.  Free.

Gallery Tour at the Mannahatta/Manhattan exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York with guest curator, Eric Sanderson.  Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue, Thursday September 17, 2 - 3 pm.  Free with admission.

In a “Tenement Talk“, Eric Sanderson will speak with author and reviewer Robert Sullivan about the Mannahatta book and project in a public program hosted by the Tenement Museum on Thursday, September 17, 6 - 8 pm.  108 Orchard Street, Lower East Side.  RSVP required.

As part of the 2009-2010 Earth Science Colloquium at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, on Friday, September 18, 3:30 pm, Dr. Eric Sanderson will speak “On Muir Webs and Mannahatta:  Ecological Networks in the Service of New York City’s Historical Ecology.” Auditorium of the Monell Building.  Click here for a map and directions.

National Park Service Summer Lecture Series on Governors Island.  Take the ferry to Governors Island National Monument to hear Dr. Eric Sanderson describe what New York harbor and surrounding islands looked like in 1609.  Saturday, September 19, 2:30 - 3:30 pm, Pershing Hall, Governors Island.  Free. For more information, click here.

Henry Hudson’s “Mannahatta.”  Battery Park City Park Authority will host a casual walk and talk by Eric Sanderson, describing Manhattan Island and the Hudson River Estuary, at Tear Drop Park on Sunday, September 20, at 2 pm.  Free, but pre-registration suggested.  For more information, click here.

Restoring Water Quality in the Hudson River Estuary - Program at the Museum of the City of New York in conjunction with Mannahatta/Manhattan exhibition.  Wednesday September 23, 6:30 pm.  Tickets required.  For more information, click here.

Mannahatta:  A Natural History of New York City - Lecture at Rutgers University.  Wednesday, September 30, 3:55 pm,  Alampi Room, Institute of  Marine & Coastal Studies, Cook Campus, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.  For more information, click here.

“The Hills and Valleys of Lower Manhattan” - Walking tour led by Eric Sanderson, sponsored by Museum of the City of New York.  Thursday, October 1, 2009, 6 - 8 pm.  Registration at www.mcny.org.

“The Hills and Valleys of Lower Manhattan” - Walking tour led by Eric Sanderson, sponsored by Museum of the City of New York.  Saturday, October 3, 2009, 11 am - 1 pm.  Registration at www.mcny.org.  MCNY members only.

Mannahatta Family Workshop - Museum of the City of New York.  Kids and parents will explore the museum exhibition, investigating the quiet wooded island of Mannahatta, 400 years ago.  Saturday, October 3, 2009, 2 pm.  Free with admission.

Shaping the Shoreline of Manhattan. Eric Sanderson of the Mannahatta Project will moderate a panel of experts on the forces shaping the shoreline of Mannahatta over the last 400 years, including landfill and climate change.  Wednesday, October 7, 6:30 pm.  Museum of the City of New York.  Tickets required.  For more information, click here.

Landscape Ecology:  Manhattan Island 1609 - 2009 - 2409.  Through the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC) at Columbia University, Dr. Eric Sanderson will teach a five part course based on the Mannahatta Project.  Begins Monday, October 5, 2009.  For a course description, click here; for more information about the certificate program at CERC, click here.

Mannahatta in the Berkshires - Join Dr. Eric Sanderson at the Berkshire Museum over the Columbus Day weekend.  Sunday, October 11, 5:30 pm.  Berkshire Museum, 39 South Street, Pittsfield.  For more information, click here.

Sanderson and Mann on New York before Europe - Join authors Eric Sanderson (Mannahatta:  A Natural History of New York City) and Charles Mann (1491) to discuss the ecology of Manhattan Island before Henry Hudson.  Tuesday, October 27, 6:30 pm.  New York Academy of Sciences, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, 40th floor.  A jointly sponsored program of the Urban Green Council and the New York Academy of Sciences.  Free to Urban Green and NYAS members; non-members, $15; students, $10.

Author @ New York Public Library - Dr. Eric Sanderson will discuss the Mannahatta Project at the Grand Central Branch of the New York Public Library, 135 East 46th Street (between Lexington & Third Aves.) Wednesday, October 28, 5:00 pm.  Free.  For more information, click here.

Manhattan at the Mouth of the Hudson River:  Views from the Mannahatta Project.  Eric Sanderson gives a presentation as part of Ramblings on the River, the speaker series at the  Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, NY.  Sunday, November 1, 2 - 3 pm.  For more information, click here.

“Infrastructures for Change Workshop“  - On Thursday, November 5, join Dr. Sanderson and other prominent architects and thinkers at the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), 233 South Wacker Drive (Willis Tower), Suite 800, Chicago for this workshop on urban planning.  For more information and to register, click here.

Chicago Nature & Wildlife Research Summit. Dr. Eric Sanderson will give the public keynote address for the Chicago Nature & Wildlife Research Summit at the Regenstein Center, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe on Friday, November 6 at 4 pm.  For more information and to RSVP, click here.  The summit is organized by Mayor Daley’s Nature & Wildlife Advisory Committee and the Chicago Botanic Garden and as part of the celebration of 100 years of Daniel Burnham’s Plan for the Chicago metropolitan area.

Mannahatta on CUNY TV. Brian Lehrer, well-known for his morning radio interview program on WNYC, will interview Dr. Eric Sanderson of the Wildlife Conservation Society on Brian Lehrer Live, CUNY TV, Cable Channel 75, Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 7:30 pm.  Click here for the rebroadcast schedule.

Mannahatta at Greenburgh Nature Center, Scarsdale. Eric Sanderson will give a lecture on the Mannahatta Project on Sunday November 14, at 2 pm.  Greenburgh Nature Center, 99 Dromore Road, off Central Park Avenue, in Scarsdale, NY. For more information, click here.

In the Wake of the Half Moon:  Environmental Transformation in the New York Metropolitan Region, 1609 - 2009.  Hear leading experts on environmental change - past, present and future - discuss the New York City region, including a presentation on the Mannahatta Project.  Organized by the CUNY Institute on Sustainable Cities. Hunter College.  Monday, November 16, 2009.  For registration and information, click here.

Mannahatta:  A Natural History of New York City. Eric Sanderson will discuss the environment of Manhattan Island in 1609 and how it changed over the last 400 years, sponsored by the Gotham Center for New York History.  Tuesday, November 17, 6:30 pm.  Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan.  For more information, click here.

Mannahatta on Long Island - Join Dr. Eric Sanderson for a presentation about the Mannahatta Project at the Port Washington Public Library, on Tuesday December 8, 2009, at 7:30 pm.  The Port Washington Public Library is found at One Library Drive, Port Washington, NY 11050.  Free.  For more information, click here.

The Hudson Since Henry:  A Natural and Unnatural History

Celebrate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s arrival by exploring the eponymous river’s history from its pristine days, through its decline during the industrial revolution, to its heartening rebirth as an environmental success story. The program will include a special presentation by Eric Sanderson of his remarkable Mannahatta Project, a 3D computer recreation of 1609 Mannahatta, and dramatic readings by acclaimed storyteller and poet David Gonzalez. Join New York Times environmental reporter Andrew Revkin in a lively conversation with Riverkeeper President Alex Matthiessen and noted experts on American art history and the Hudson’s rich aquatic life.  For tickets, visit www.worldsciencefestival.com/2009/hudson-since-henry