Are fungi and plants intelligent? How does animal intelligence relate to human intelligence? Many popular books today address such questions, and intelligence in nature is the focus of ardent debate within mainstream science. With the current discussion as a starting point, Craig Holdrege will explore what intelligence could mean in plants, animals, and humans. His guiding question is: How can we gain understanding in a way that does justice to the diverse ways of being found in the world?

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Craig Holdrege, Ph.D., is co-founder and director of The Nature Institute in Ghent, NY, an organization dedicated to developing a phenomenological and participatory understanding of the natural world (natureinstitute.org). He is deeply interested in the interconnected nature of things and how we can understand life in truly living ways as a basis for responsible human action. His studies of plants and animals, as well as his commentaries scientific thinking and new developments in the biological sciences, aim to stimulate a transformation in human thinking and perception. Craig is the author of many articles, monographs, and books, including Thinking Like a Plant: A Living Science for Life and Seeing the Animal Whole – And Why It Matters. He gives talks, workshops, and courses nationally and internationally.