exploratorium

Conversations About Landscape

Check upcoming programs for dates and times

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.

 

Sign up for our newsletter

Upcoming Programs

Sep
18
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.

Past Programs
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.

Conversations About Landscape: Nature in the City

Wednesday, April 18, 2018 6:00–9:00 p.m.

This event officially launches the third edition of the Nature in the City map. Intended for the public, educators, and nature-lovers, the map presents a rich, artistic, and scientific depiction of the San Francisco Peninsula.
Conversations About Landscape: Measurement and Metaphor

Wednesday, October 18, 2017 • 6:00–9:00 p.m.

Join us for a discussion about the relationship between poetry, citizen science, and the state of our brains.
Conversations About Landscape: Library of Earth Anatomy

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 • 7:00 p.m.

Join us for the debut of Exploratorium Artist-in-Residence Ilana Halperin’s Library of Earth Anatomy, a collection of remarkable geological artifacts that invite and inspire us to see rocks in new ways.
The Science of Community-Based Designs for a Resilient Bay Shore

Tuesday, September 12, 2017 • 6:00–9:00 p.m.

Sea level rise offers a rare opportunity to redesign the Bay. Catch up on the science of shoreline restoration and adaptation as the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) prepares design teams for the Resilient By Design Challenge.

Pages