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Conversations About Landscape

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Exploratorium, Pier 15, Fisher Bay Observatory Gallery

Free, RSVP required. Email reserve@exploratorium.edu, or call 415.528.4444 and choose option 5.

Conversations About Landscape brings together practitioners from the fields of geography, ecology, environmental sciences, policy, design, and the arts to grapple with issues that shape contemporary landscapes. Speakers present their work and engage in a conversation that includes members of the audience.

The series is staged in the Fisher Bay Observatory Gallery, which explores environmental change in the Bay Area and beyond. An informal reception before each talk offers time to explore exhibits and engage with the speakers, Observatory staff, and other guests.

 

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Upcoming Programs

Past Programs
Laying a Foundation for the Future: Investigating Waterfront Risks and Consequences

Wednesday, December 11, 2019 • 5:30–7:00 p.m.

Join the Port of San Francisco and the Exploratorium’s Fisher Bay Observatory at the fifth in a series of Embarcadero seawall community meetings.

Conversations About Landscape: People and the Baylands: Public Learning and Equitable Access During Climate Adaptation

Wednesday, November 13, 2019 • 7:00–9:00 p.m.

As the Bay Area gears up for climate change, how can we engage and include a broad public for increased dialogue in the planning of, and access to, our future resilient shorelines?

Conversations About Landscape: Feel the Heat – Climate Impacts on Communities, Workers, and Vulnerable Populations

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 • 6:00–8:30 p.m.

The most direct consequence of climate change for human health is the projection of more severe heat waves in the future. Join public health, policy, and climate experts in a conversation about human health and climate change.

Conversations About Landscape
Conversations About Landscape: Roles for Emerging Mobility in Sustainable Transportation

Wednesday, September 18, 2019 • 6:00–8:30 p.m.

The Bay Area’s transportation system is running at capacity. Join transportation experts, urban planners, and equity advocates in a conversation about transportation solutions that serve a growing demand but are also sustainable, accessible, and safe.

Hidden Nature SF Kickoff: Exploring San Francisco's Ecological Past

Tuesday, July 23, 2019 • 6:00–8:30 p.m.

Climate change is creating a "new normal" for wildfire in California—join us for a discussion of the ecological, management, and human systems that affect how we can take care of our forests and our communities.

Hidden Nature SF Kickoff: Exploring San Francisco's Ecological Past

Tuesday, July 23, 2019 • 6:00–8:30 p.m.

Climate change is creating a "new normal" for wildfire in California—join us for a discussion of the ecological, management, and human systems that affect how we can take care of our forests and our communities.

Conversations About Landscape: Living With Fire in a Changing Climate

Wednesday, June 12, 2019 • 6:00–8:30 p.m.

Climate change is creating a "new normal" for wildfire in California—join us for a discussion of the ecological, management, and human systems that affect how we can take care of our forests and our communities.

Conversations About Landscape: Deal or No (Green New) Deal?

Monday, May 13, 2019 • 6:00–8:30 p.m.

The Green New Deal calls for eliminating fossil fuels and switching to renewable energy sources within a decade—but is it feasible? Join us to discuss how the United States has confronted grand challenges past and present.

Conversations About Landscape: Reading the City

Wednesday, March 27, 2018 6:00–8:30 p.m.

Join a discussion of current projects exploring how urban symbols deepen our interactions with the city, connect us with diverse forms of knowledge, and help us imagine possible futures.

Conversations About Landscape: Artistic Practice Toward Urban Resilience

Wednesday, November 28, 2018 6:00–8:30 p.m.

Join a lively conversation between scientists studying how the Bay Area will cope with sea level rise, and artists engaging the public's imagination of our climate future.

Conversations About Landscape: Beyond the Polar Bear

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 6:00–8:30 p.m.

Since Al Gore’s 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth propelled climate change into the mainstream, communicators have tried numerous strategies for informing and educating the public. Join a discussion about the evolution and the psychology of climate change communication.

Beautiful design in deposited sand
Conversations About Resilience: Muddy Waters to Resilient Shorelines

Wednesday, April 25, 2018 • 6:00–8:30 p.m.

Learn how the mud and sand that’s carried downstream by local rivers affects the Bay, and how that has changed over time, from the Gold Rush era to today.

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