Mary Ellen Hannibal has alerted us to several upcoming talks being held in the United States that might interest readers concerned about the environment.
“Into the Wilderness.” Litquake is a gas. This event honors the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act is at the fabulous Brower Center in Berkeley. I’ll be joining three brainiac UC professors with incredibly interesting new books. October 13, 6:30 p.m.
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“Citizen Scientists are Our First Line of Defense against Extinction.” The California Naturalist program trains regular people to observe and know nature in the grand tradition. October 18, Asilomar.
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“The Art and Science of Restoring the World We Want.” Bioneers is an annual rite. I’ll be hosting a panel with Ellie Cohen, firecracker, and Robin Grossinger, understated wizard. Their work is SO AMAZING and cool and full of maps and data points and new narratives. October 19, 4:30 p.m. Marin Civic Center.
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Check out how Jon Christiansen and Eve Bachrach are curating cultural ascendency in BOOM! A Journal of California. I contributed a piece on Native California burning practices to this issue on “Thinking with Nature,” and I’m still not over it. September 24, California Historical Society.
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