Tourists are obnoxious … unless you’re one of them. We all want adventure, but every adventure happens in someone else’s backyard. Hawai’i knows this better than anyplace. In this nerdy and interactive travelogue of Hawai’i, Ben ties together tropical science, Polynesian history, and personal stories to explore questions like, “How can we go to paradise without paving it?” and “What do we owe the places we visit?” Less of a talk, and more of a curated conversation, Ben shares a vision of travel that is filled with compassion, insight, and humor. (Okay, maybe not a ton of humor. Ben isn’t really that funny, but you should come anyway.)
Thursday, April 10th at the Putney Library