Jim Tolisano

Jim Tolisano has worked with nature conservation projects in more than 50 countries and had the fortune to learn from indigenous communities in remote areas of northern Canada, Papua New Guinea, La Mosquitia in Central America, the Ecuadorian Amazon, central Congo, and northern Mexico. His first book, Boundless: A Journey to Love Through Shakespeare’s Italy, is a memoir recounting his odyssey by bicycle through the length of Italy in an exploration of nature, culture, and mortality. He has also recently completed a series of books for children exploring our unique abilities to experience and communicate our relationship to nature. He is currently at work on a novel, Castle of Light, an inquiry into the immigrant experience, and Eating the Last of the Wild, a collection of essays reflecting on his lifetime of work with nature conservation. Jim continues to work with nature conservation projects around the world, and is also Adjunct Professor and Advisor in the Gallatin School of Interdisciplinary Studies at New York University and Advisor to NYU’s Center for Sustainable Business. He divides his time between his home in upstate New York and central Italy.