Age of Union founder/environmentalist Dax Dasilva discusses & signs Echoes from Eden: A Daring Voyage to Protect Earth’s Last Wild Places

Canadian technopreneur & Age of Union environmentalist Dax Dasilva, discusses Echoes from Eden: A Daring Voyage to Protect Earth’s Last Wild Places with co-author Eric Hendrikx at WORD Bookstore in Brooklyn on September 15 at 7 pm. Signing to follow.

From the frontline protests of Clayoquot Sound to the helm of a global tech empire, Dax Dasilva’s path has always straddled two worlds–innovation and conservation. Echoes from Eden is not just the story of a man who walked away from business as usual; it is a call to arms for the wild. As the world reeled from the pandemic and conservation efforts collapsed, rangers were sent home, funding dried up, and poachers and loggers swept in like vultures. Instead of retreating, Dasilva launched the Age of Union Alliance, committing $40 million to safeguard the planet’s last wild places. What followed was a journey into the heart of the Earth’s most endangered landscapes–tracking Grauer’s gorillas in the Congo with Dr. Kerry Bowman, navigating Amazonian rivers with Paul Rosolie and Junglekeepers, braving militia-held territories in Haiti to protect community forests, and sailing with Sea Shepherd to shut down illegal fishing operations in the Bay of Biscay. Along the way, he met those who risk everything to defend the land: Dr. Jane Goodall and Juma Xipaya in the Amazon, Suzan Baptiste protecting the leatherback turtles of Trinidad, Dr. Russell Mittermeier conserving the endangered lemurs of Madagascar, and the fearless eco-warriors fighting in Indonesia, Canada, and beyond. But Echoes from Eden is more than an expedition log–it is a reckoning. Told with an urgency sharpened by experience, it asks us to see the world as it is: beautiful, brutal, and slipping through our fingers. This isn’t a plea for awareness–it’s a battle cry. The time to act isn’t tomorrow. It’s now. All proceeds from this book will be donated to the Jane Goodall Legacy Fund.

Visionary entrepreneur and environmental conservationist Dax Dasilva is the driving force behind publicly traded Lightspeed Commerce Inc. and the nonprofit Age of Union Alliance. Since establishing Lightspeed in 2005, Dasilva has transformed the company from a retail POS system into a global payments juggernaut, revolutionizing business operations in over 100 countries. His dedication to environmental preservation inspired him to write Age of Union in 2019, highlighting his commitment to mobilizing global activism. Following his $40 million pledge to support ten imperiled environmental projects worldwide, Dasilva embarked on a journey to the frontlines of conservation, producing several documentaries including The Corridor, CAUGHT, and Wildcat, with the latter winning the 2023 Emmy Award for Outstanding Nature Documentary.

Eric Hendrikx is an American author and journalist living in Canada. His work focuses on storytelling with purpose—covering subjects like environmental conservation, motorcycle culture, strength, adventure, and resilience. Eric has written for Rolling Stone, Men’s Journal, Robb Report, and Revolver, profiling people like Jason Momoa, Keanu Reeves, and Norman Reedus. Alongside his writing, Eric is Executive Creative Director at NKPR, a public relations and marketing agency working with global brands across media, luxury, and culture.He lives in Toronto with his wife Natasha and their two black Labs.