Pirate Read

 

2019-2020 Pirate Read Selection: The Nature Principle.

The Pirate Read Committee is pleased to announce The Nature Principle by Richard Louv as the 2019-2020 Pirate Read Selection.

The Nature Principle by Richard Louv
Campus Presentation, Nov. 5, 2019, 7:00pm, Hendrix Theatre

“The future will belong to the nature-smart—those individuals, families, businesses, and political leaders who develop a deeper understanding of the transformative power of the natural world and who balance the virtual with the real. The more high-tech we become, the more nature we need.”
—Richard Louv

Our society, says Louv, has developed such an outsized faith in technology that we have yet to fully realize or even adequately study how human capacities are enhanced through the power of nature. Supported by groundbreaking research, anecdotal evidence, and compelling personal stories, Louv shows us how tapping into the restorative powers of the natural world can boost mental acuity and creativity; promote health and wellness; build smarter and more sustainable businesses, communities, and economies; and ultimately strengthen human bonds. As he says in his introduction, The Nature Principle is “about the power of living in nature—not with it, but in it. We are entering the most creative period in history. The twenty-first century will be the century of human restoration in the natural world.”

(From richardlouv.com)

Activities will be planned for 2018-2019 and 2019-2020. LibGuides will be created and available here. Please refer to this page for more information as it develops. For more information contact Karen Smith at smithka@ecu.edu.

About the Pirate Read

A committee of faculty, staff and students selects the book and coordinates activities with departments within academic and student affairs.

Prior to the start of their first semester at East Carolina University, incoming students are expected to read a common book. The purposes of the summer read program are to:

Orient students to the academic community by encouraging intellectual dialogue and critical thinking.

Prepare students for the college-level environment.

Allow students to share a common reading experience with fellow classmates, faculty, and staff.

Enable students and faculty to discuss ideas from the book across the curriculum.

Past Pirate Read Selections
  • 2018 – The Last Ballad (Wiley Cash)
  • 2017 – Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
  • 2016 – Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
  • 2015 – Enrique’s Journey (Sonio Nazario)
  • 2014 – The Other Wes Moore (Wes Moore)
  • 2013 – It Happened on the Way to War (Rye Barcott)
  • 2012 – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
  • 2011 – Picking Cotton (Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton with Erin Torneo)
  • 2010 – The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009 (Edited by Dave Eggers)
  • 2009 – Three Cups of Tea (Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin)
  • 2008 – My Freshman Year (Rebekah Nathan)