# Event Details - **Event Name**: Life Explorers Speaker Series: Henry David Thoreau - Documentary Film - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 am – Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 11:30 am (-04:00) - **Event Description**: The Life Explorers series will feature programs for adults interested in expanding and sharing their knowledge on a variety of topics.About this EventJoin us! Life Explorers Speaker Series: Henry David Thoreau - Documentary Film WUCF, Central Florida’s PBS Station, will host a free community screening event at Mead Botanical Garden featuring a preview of the upcoming documentary, Henry David Thoreau. The program will include selected clips from the film followed by a community conversation exploring Thoreau’s enduring ideas about nature, attention, and living deliberately.Local voices will help guide the discussion, connecting Thoreau’s reflections from places like Walden Pond to the landscapes we experience here in Central Florida. Together, we will explore how our region’s wetlands, springs, and native habitats invite us to slow down, pay attention, and consider our relationship with the natural world. Guests will also be invited to reflect on their own connections to nature and community as we launch Earth Month with a thoughtful gathering in one of Central Florida’s most beautiful gardens.Chris Doucette is the Education Manager at WUCF, where he develops engaging educational resources and experiences designed to connect families with public media content. In his work, Chris focuses on helping parents, grandparents, and caregivers turn everyday moments into opportunities for curiosity and learning. Drawing inspiration from Henry David Thoreau’s ideas about observation and reflection, he encourages families to practice noticing, wondering, and reflecting as simple ways to engage more deeply with the world around them. Chris also helps lead WUCF’s efforts to create educational materials that families and educators across the country can use to spark meaningful conversations and exploration together.Brooke Rudow is an assistant professor of philosophy. Her research stands at the intersection of environmental ethics, philosophy of technology, and aesthetics. She is interested in considerations of ethical responsibility, justice, and the role of technologies in mediating relationships with nature. Brooke has published most recently in Environmental Philosophy and Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology. In addition to being a philosopher, she is a lover of hiking and surfing.Topic: Henry David Thoreau - Documentary Film Speaker: WUCF PanelDate: Thursday April 16, 2026Doors open: 9:30 A.M.Program Time: 10:00 - 11:30 A.M.Location: Azalea Lodge, Mead Botanical Garden, 1300 S. Denning Drive Winter Park, FL Cost: Free - Join us for refreshments and conversationThe Life Explorers Speakers Series is held in the Azalea Lodge of Mead Botanical Garden from 10-11:30 a.m. The program is free of charge with light refreshments and coffee served.To reserve a spot, please visit eventbrite.com. For additional informationon Mead Botanical Garden and the Life Explorer’s Series, please visit www.meadgarden.orgMajor funding for HENRY DAVID THOREAU was provided by The Better Angels Society and its members: The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment and Mark A. Tracy. Major funding was also provided by Jeff Skoll, the Mansueto Foundation, Tyson Foods, Inc., and The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. Additional funding was provided by the Tyson Family Foundation Inc, The Neil and Anna Rasmussen Foundation, Roxanne Quimby Foundation Inc, Jim and Mona Mylen through The HeartSpace Fund, and Elizabeth Kenny. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/448a6ab0-2ee0-11f1-b66b-c789a2302db1-rimg-w572-h740-dcf5f6f6-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/winter-park/life-explorers-speaker-series-henry-david-thoreau-documentary-film/100001986328752770 - **Event Categories**: entertainment, art, fine-arts, trips-adventures, trekking - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Flife-explorers-speaker-series-henry-david-thoreau-documentary-film-tickets-1986328752770 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Winter Park - **state**: FL - **country**: United States - **location**: 1300 S Denning Dr - **lat**: 28.58431 - **long**: -81.35756649999996 - **full address**: 1300 S Denning Dr, 1300 South Denning Drive, Winter Park, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Mead Botanical Garden, Inc. 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