Join us to welcome Dr. Joe Roman, who will discuss his latest publication “Eat, Poop, Die: How Animals Make Our World.” Roman will highlight some of the research being conducted around the world on the role of animals in the nitrogen, phosphorous, and carbon cycles. He will also discuss his new research on the great whale conveyor belt—the movement of nitrogen and other elements by migrating whales—and the role of whales in the carbon cycle. Roman is a conservation biologist, marine ecologist, and editor ’n’ chef of eattheinvaders.org. Winner of the 2012 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award for Listed: Dispatches from America’s Endangered Species Act, Roman has written for the New York Times, Science, Audubon, New Scientist, Slate, and other publications. Lunch provided.