MVEFF: EVERY LITTLE THING

Followed by a discussion with Luanne Johnson, conservation biologist and the founder of BiodiversityWorks

Amid the glamour of Hollywood, Los Angeles, a woman finds herself on a transformative journey as she nurtures wounded hummingbirds, unraveling a visually captivating and magical tale of love, fragility, healing, and the delicate beauty in tiny acts of greatness.

Luanne Johnson is a conservation biologist and the founder of BiodiversityWorks, a non-profit on Martha’s Vineyard focused on wildlife research, monitoring, and community outreach. She earned a B.S. in Zoology from Butler University and a PhD in Environmental Studies/Conservation Biology from Antioch University New England. Her doctoral research focused on the behavior of striped skunks; a significant predator of beach-nesting bird eggs on Martha’s Vineyard. She has been working to recover endangered species and to prevent others from being listed for over 30 years. Focal species have included palila on the island of Hawaii and piping plovers, eastern willet, northern long-eared bats, black racers, spotted turtles, eastern spadefoots, and tiger beetles on Martha’s Vineyard.