Framed by dinosaur fossils and elephant taxidermy, Harrison Ford recalled his childhood in suburban Chicago, spending his weekends at the Lincoln Park Zoo and wandering outdoors during his free time.

It was on one of those adventures in his neighborhood that he came face-to-face with a red fox, and that encounter led to a revelation, the actor and environmental activist said during a Field Museum conversation Wednesday evening.

“Then the fox left, and I walked away having discovered a connection to nature,” Ford said. “I knew that I was a part of nature.”

Ford, known for his roles as Han Solo in “Star Wars and Indiana Jones, has long been one of Hollywood’s most vocal advocates for the environment.

On Wednesday, he became the inaugural recipient of the Transformative Conservation Leade

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