Guest Lecture Series Matthew Dickerson – Tolkien as Early Environmentalist

        <h3>Matthew Dickerson</h3>
        <h4><b>Tolkien as Early Environmentalist</b></h4>
        <a href="http://mythgard.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2015/08/shapeimage_4.png"><img class=" size-medium wp-image-8828 alignleft" src="http://mythgard.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2015/08/shapeimage_4-223x300.png" alt="Matthew Dickerson" width="223" height="300" /></a><a href="http://matthewdickerson.net/Welcome.html"><strong>Matthew Dickerson</strong></a> is a Professor at Middlebury College in Vermont, associated with the Department of Computer Science, the Program of Environmental Studies, and the <a href="http://blogs.middlebury.edu/neywc/">New England Young Writers’ Conference at Bread Loaf</a> (which he directs). He has written or co-written several important books on Tolkien and other fantasy literature, including <em>Ents, Elves, and Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien</em>; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B8563F2/?tag=mythgainstit-20"><em>From Homer to Harry Potter: A Handbook on Myth and Fantasy</em></a>; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1587430851/ref=as_li_tl?tag=mythgainstit-20"><em>Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in The Lord of the Rings</em></a>; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813125227/ref=as_li_tl?tag=mythgainstit-20"><em>Narnia and the Fields of Arbol: The Environmental Vision of C. S. Lewis</em></a>; and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1587433001/ref=as_li_tl?tag=mythgainstit-20"><em>A Hobbit Journey: Discovering the Enchantment of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth</em></a>. He also writes novels, including a novelization of the "Finn and Hengest" story. In addition to his teaching and writing, he is a musicians, songwriter, and avid fly-fisherman. He lives on a 62-acre wooded hillside parcel of land, where he taps trees, makes his own maple syrup, raises honeybees, keeps a garden without pesticides, and heats his house using wood from his own property.

        Matthew Dickerson's guest lecture for the Mythgard Academy is titled "Tolkien as Early Environmentalist."

        <strong>Recordings from June 17, 2015:</strong>
        <em>Watch</em>: <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.mythgardacademy/GuestLectureSeries/2015-06-17_MatthewDickersononTolkienasEarlyEnvironmentalist.mp4">Guest Lecture Video</a>
        <em>Listen:</em> <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.mythgardacademy/GuestLectureSeries/2015-06-17_MatthewDickersononTolkienasEarlyEnvironmentalist.mp3">Guest Lecture Audio</a>