My love of nature has affected most of what I have done: where I went to school, what I studied, where I have worked, and what I do in my spare time. For the last 11 years, I have devoted myself to writing, speaking, and consulting on a variety of environmental topics. And of course I try to get out in the field as much as possible.
Since 2009, I have been immersed in all things passenger pigeon. This includes writing A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction (Bloomsbury USA, 2014) , the first major work on the bird in over fifty years, and co-producing with director David Mrazek the documentary From Billions to None: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction. This was the most abundant bird in the world, with a population likely in the billions, that was driven to extinction over the course of a few decades due mostly to unbridled killing for food and recreation. The web-site in its present form reflects many of the things that I have been doing to help mark 2014's centenary of the species' extinction. So in the photo above I am with Heinrich (named for the 19th century composer who wrote a major symphony devoted to the bird), the family's male passenger pigeon that I acquired in 2011.
For a complete resume, please contact me at mailto:joelrgreenberg@gmail.com
Since 2009, I have been immersed in all things passenger pigeon. This includes writing A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction (Bloomsbury USA, 2014) , the first major work on the bird in over fifty years, and co-producing with director David Mrazek the documentary From Billions to None: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction. This was the most abundant bird in the world, with a population likely in the billions, that was driven to extinction over the course of a few decades due mostly to unbridled killing for food and recreation. The web-site in its present form reflects many of the things that I have been doing to help mark 2014's centenary of the species' extinction. So in the photo above I am with Heinrich (named for the 19th century composer who wrote a major symphony devoted to the bird), the family's male passenger pigeon that I acquired in 2011.
For a complete resume, please contact me at mailto:joelrgreenberg@gmail.com
