{"id":50125,"date":"2020-07-28T16:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T23:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/?p=50125"},"modified":"2020-07-28T16:00:47","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T23:00:47","slug":"a-retrospective-on-our-town-green-initiative-in-the-2019-20-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/a-retrospective-on-our-town-green-initiative-in-the-2019-20-season\/","title":{"rendered":"A Retrospective on Town Hall&#8217;s 2019\/20 Season: Town Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we prepare for a new season of programming here at Town Hall, we also want to take the time to reflect on the past season. Although it did not end up looking as we had expected, there were many accomplishments to celebrate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of those accomplishments is a seventh year of our Town Green initiative. Town Green is a cross-disciplinary series devoted to the environment, sustainability, and local wildlife. In addition to events with scientists, activists, and policy experts, Town Green also sponsors days of service and provides a forum for all of us to share thoughts, voice opinions, and activate ideas in our community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We were pleased to present a wide range of over a dozen events during our 2019\/20 season that fell under the Town Green umbrella. Here\u2019s a look back at those:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kicking off the season on September 24 was journalist <strong>Naomi Klein<\/strong> with Seattle City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda in conversation about the idea of a Green New Deal, with insight from Klein\u2019s book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Fire:<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The [Burning] Case for a Green New Deal<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4aLThztWa1U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next day, writer <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/jonathan-safran-foer-2019\/\"><strong>Jonathan Safran Foer<\/strong><\/a> was in conversation with Town Hall correspondent Steve Scher about Foer\u2019s book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Foer discussed his assertion that catastrophic climate change has resulted from the production of meat, and presented a call for collective action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/11638796\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/00adef\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And in a third consecutive night of Town Green events, award-winning travel writer <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/isabella-tree\/\"><strong>Isabella Tree<\/strong><\/a> joined us on September 26 to enlighten us on the trials and outcomes of her bold plan to let her farm go wild, with thoughts from her book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wilding &#8211; The Return of Nature to an English Farm<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/11683133\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/00adef\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A week later, journalist and author <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/florence-williams-2019\/\"><strong>Florence Williams<\/strong><\/a> was in conversation with president\/CEO of The Trust for Public Land Diane Regas about the positive effects of nature on the brain, based on her Williams\u2019 book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/11817599\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/00adef\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most effective ways of helping the environment is public transportation. Writer <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/christof-spieler\/\"><strong>Christof Spieler<\/strong><\/a> was in the building to bring us his vision of some of the most important discussions in transportation, encapsulated in his book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/11849366\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/008c45\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mycologist <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/lawrence-millman\/\"><strong>Lawrence Millman<\/strong><\/a> introduced us to the remarkable universe of fungi, drawing from his book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fungipedia: A Brief Compendium of Mushroom Lore<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, combining ecological, ethnographic, historical, and contemporary knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/11876099\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/00adef\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are few remaining frontiers on our planet, but perhaps the wildest and least understood are the world\u2019s oceans. Investigative reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/ian-urbina\/\"><strong>Ian Urbina<\/strong><\/a> joined us to share from five years of perilous and intrepid research in his book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/12117797\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/00adef\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feeding a global population is an incredibly daunting endeavor. Senior researcher <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/tim-wise-with-million-belay\/\"><strong>Timothy A. Wise<\/strong><\/a> was in conversation with bio-cultural diversity expect Million Belay to assert their belief that we must rely on small-scale farmers to show the way forward as the world warms and the population increases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/12041237\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/008c45\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/just-food\/\">panel discussion<\/a> moderated by Northwest Harvest CEO <strong>Thomas Reynolds<\/strong>, Congresswoman <strong>Kim Schrier<\/strong>, entrepreneur <strong>Taylor Hoang<\/strong>, and PLU\u2019s Director of Multicultural Outreach and Engagement <strong>Melannie Cunningham<\/strong> discussed food as a human right, and hunger as an absence of justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/12115970\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/008c45\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To celebrate a new multimedia book and campaign, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/we-are-puget-sound\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We Are Puget Sound: Discovering and Recovering the Salish Sea<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we hosted an evening to hear from some of the book contributors, like <strong>Mindy Roberts<\/strong>, Director of Washington Environmental Council People for Puget Sound;<strong> Leonard Forsman<\/strong>, the Suquamish Tribal Chairman; and <strong>Les Purce<\/strong>, the co-chair for the Orca Recovery Task Force.<\/span><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4vOJ3fP9m7k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor and author <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/robert-frank\/\"><strong>Robert H. Frank<\/strong><\/a> drew our attention to the threat of climate change, and recommended a possible solution for creating action around it: peer pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/12837200\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/008c45\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elephants are one of the most charismatic of megafauna. However, their rapidly declining numbers are troubling. But photographer<a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/art-wolfe-and-dr-samuel-wasser\/\"><strong> Art Wolfe<\/strong> and author <strong>Dr. Samuel Wasser<\/strong><\/a> joined us to offer hope that all is not lost with inspiring accounts from their book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wild Elephants: Conservation in the Age of Extinction<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RBODmdXxLGk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an enlightening discussion, an <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/bees-guts-soil-and-cancer\/\">all-star panel of experts<\/a> answered the question: how are the health of soil, plants, bees, and humans connected? Panelists <strong>Elissa Arnheim<\/strong>, <strong>Anne Bikle<\/strong>, <strong>Dr. William DePaolo<\/strong>, and Dr. <strong>Jenifer Walke<\/strong> were joined by moderator <strong>Bob Redmond<\/strong> of Survivor Bee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/13100225\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/00adef\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In conversation with Town Hall correspondent Steve Scher, professor and author <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/dan-esty\/\"><strong>Daniel C. Esty<\/strong><\/a> joined us with excerpts from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Better Planet: Forty Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a collection of essays on ecology, environmental justice, Big Data, public health, and climate change, all with an emphasis on sustainability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5RCDdbVlIww\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We celebrated the magnificence of waterbird migration along the Pacific Flyway with authors <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/pacific-flyway\/\"><strong>Audrey DeLella Benedict, Dr. Robert Butler, Dr. Geoffrey Hammerson<\/strong>, and <strong>Gerrit Vyn<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/13585289\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/9050a0\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Horticulturalist <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/ross-bayton\/\"><strong>Ross Bayton<\/strong> <\/a>presented a crash course in plant history, ruminating on the origin and significance of scientific plant names.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fZfStiQYYPE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is organic food really worth it? What does it mean if something\u2019s labeled \u201cFair Trade,\u201d or \u201cBiodynamic,\u201d or \u201cCage Free\u201d? Health, nutrition and sustainability expert<a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/sophie-egan-with-tim-egan-2020\/\"> <strong>Sophie Egan<\/strong><\/a> joined us in conversation with environmental author <strong>Tim Egan<\/strong> to explore the world of ethical food choices, drawing from her book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Be a Conscious Eater: Making Food Choices That Are Good for You, Others, and the Planet<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G6KYH_AwFgI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acclaimed journalist<a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/dahr-jamail-the-end-of-ice-livestream\/\"><strong> Dahr Jamail<\/strong><\/a> joined us via livestream with a retrospective on his travels across the globe to observe the consequences of climate change, presenting his findings from his book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l7QEMM46QKs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And rounding out the season, we were joined by investigative science journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/sonia-shah-livestream\/\"><strong>Sonia Shah<\/strong><\/a> to discuss how migration is an essential part of history, and how migration should not be seen as a source of fear, but of hope.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8gshNm42hJ8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What were your favorites? Did you have any big takeaways from these events?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you know that one of the ways that you can think about sustainability is to have a more predictable energy bill? Our #powerfulpartner <strong>Puget Sound Energy<\/strong> allows customers to do just that by allowing customers to enroll in their Budget Payment Play, which spreads your estimated winter heating costs over a 12-month period and helps you plan your energy costs into your household budget. Learn how you can save money by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pse.com\/account-and-billing\/payment-options\/payment-ways?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=shorturl&amp;utm_campaign=corp-paymentoptions&amp;sc_camp=F2D067D167824B40937F9840D590444E\">pse.com\/paymentoptions<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we prepare for a new season of programming here at Town Hall, we also want to take the time to reflect on the past season. Although it did not end up looking as we had expected, there were many accomplishments to celebrate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of those accomplishments is a seventh year of our Town Green initiative. Town Green is a cross-disciplinary series devoted to the environment, sustainability, and local wildlife. In addition to events with scientists, activists, and policy experts, Town Green also sponsors days of service and provides a forum for all of us to share thoughts, voice opinions, and activate ideas in our community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We were pleased to present a wide range of over a dozen events during our 2019\/20 season that fell under the Town Green umbrella. Here\u2019s a look back at those:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kicking off the season on September 24 was journalist <strong>Naomi Klein<\/strong> with Seattle City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda in conversation about the idea of a Green New Deal, with insight from Klein\u2019s book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Fire:<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The [Burning] Case for a Green New Deal<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4aLThztWa1U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next day, writer <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/jonathan-safran-foer-2019\/\"><strong>Jonathan Safran Foer<\/strong><\/a> was in conversation with Town Hall correspondent Steve Scher about Foer\u2019s book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Foer discussed his assertion that catastrophic climate change has resulted from the production of meat, and presented a call for collective action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/11638796\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/00adef\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And in a third consecutive night of Town Green events, award-winning travel writer <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/isabella-tree\/\"><strong>Isabella Tree<\/strong><\/a> joined us on September 26 to enlighten us on the trials and outcomes of her bold plan to let her farm go wild, with thoughts from her book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wilding &#8211; The Return of Nature to an English Farm<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/11683133\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/00adef\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A week later, journalist and author <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/florence-williams-2019\/\"><strong>Florence Williams<\/strong><\/a> was in conversation with president\/CEO of The Trust for Public Land Diane Regas about the positive effects of nature on the brain, based on her Williams\u2019 book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/11817599\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/00adef\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most effective ways of helping the environment is public transportation. Writer <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/christof-spieler\/\"><strong>Christof Spieler<\/strong><\/a> was in the building to bring us his vision of some of the most important discussions in transportation, encapsulated in his book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/11849366\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/008c45\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mycologist <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/lawrence-millman\/\"><strong>Lawrence Millman<\/strong><\/a> introduced us to the remarkable universe of fungi, drawing from his book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fungipedia: A Brief Compendium of Mushroom Lore<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, combining ecological, ethnographic, historical, and contemporary knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/11876099\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/00adef\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are few remaining frontiers on our planet, but perhaps the wildest and least understood are the world\u2019s oceans. Investigative reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/ian-urbina\/\"><strong>Ian Urbina<\/strong><\/a> joined us to share from five years of perilous and intrepid research in his book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/12117797\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/00adef\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feeding a global population is an incredibly daunting endeavor. Senior researcher <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/tim-wise-with-million-belay\/\"><strong>Timothy A. Wise<\/strong><\/a> was in conversation with bio-cultural diversity expect Million Belay to assert their belief that we must rely on small-scale farmers to show the way forward as the world warms and the population increases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/12041237\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/008c45\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/just-food\/\">panel discussion<\/a> moderated by Northwest Harvest CEO <strong>Thomas Reynolds<\/strong>, Congresswoman <strong>Kim Schrier<\/strong>, entrepreneur <strong>Taylor Hoang<\/strong>, and PLU\u2019s Director of Multicultural Outreach and Engagement <strong>Melannie Cunningham<\/strong> discussed food as a human right, and hunger as an absence of justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/12115970\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/008c45\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To celebrate a new multimedia book and campaign, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/we-are-puget-sound\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We Are Puget Sound: Discovering and Recovering the Salish Sea<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we hosted an evening to hear from some of the book contributors, like <strong>Mindy Roberts<\/strong>, Director of Washington Environmental Council People for Puget Sound;<strong> Leonard Forsman<\/strong>, the Suquamish Tribal Chairman; and <strong>Les Purce<\/strong>, the co-chair for the Orca Recovery Task Force.<\/span><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4vOJ3fP9m7k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor and author <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/robert-frank\/\"><strong>Robert H. Frank<\/strong><\/a> drew our attention to the threat of climate change, and recommended a possible solution for creating action around it: peer pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/12837200\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/008c45\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elephants are one of the most charismatic of megafauna. However, their rapidly declining numbers are troubling. But photographer<a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/art-wolfe-and-dr-samuel-wasser\/\"><strong> Art Wolfe<\/strong> and author <strong>Dr. Samuel Wasser<\/strong><\/a> joined us to offer hope that all is not lost with inspiring accounts from their book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wild Elephants: Conservation in the Age of Extinction<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RBODmdXxLGk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an enlightening discussion, an <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/bees-guts-soil-and-cancer\/\">all-star panel of experts<\/a> answered the question: how are the health of soil, plants, bees, and humans connected? Panelists <strong>Elissa Arnheim<\/strong>, <strong>Anne Bikle<\/strong>, <strong>Dr. William DePaolo<\/strong>, and Dr. <strong>Jenifer Walke<\/strong> were joined by moderator <strong>Bob Redmond<\/strong> of Survivor Bee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/13100225\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/00adef\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In conversation with Town Hall correspondent Steve Scher, professor and author <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/dan-esty\/\"><strong>Daniel C. Esty<\/strong><\/a> joined us with excerpts from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Better Planet: Forty Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a collection of essays on ecology, environmental justice, Big Data, public health, and climate change, all with an emphasis on sustainability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5RCDdbVlIww\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We celebrated the magnificence of waterbird migration along the Pacific Flyway with authors <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/pacific-flyway\/\"><strong>Audrey DeLella Benedict, Dr. Robert Butler, Dr. Geoffrey Hammerson<\/strong>, and <strong>Gerrit Vyn<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/13585289\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/9050a0\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Horticulturalist <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/ross-bayton\/\"><strong>Ross Bayton<\/strong> <\/a>presented a crash course in plant history, ruminating on the origin and significance of scientific plant names.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fZfStiQYYPE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is organic food really worth it? What does it mean if something\u2019s labeled \u201cFair Trade,\u201d or \u201cBiodynamic,\u201d or \u201cCage Free\u201d? Health, nutrition and sustainability expert<a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/sophie-egan-with-tim-egan-2020\/\"> <strong>Sophie Egan<\/strong><\/a> joined us in conversation with environmental author <strong>Tim Egan<\/strong> to explore the world of ethical food choices, drawing from her book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Be a Conscious Eater: Making Food Choices That Are Good for You, Others, and the Planet<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G6KYH_AwFgI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acclaimed journalist<a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/dahr-jamail-the-end-of-ice-livestream\/\"><strong> Dahr Jamail<\/strong><\/a> joined us via livestream with a retrospective on his travels across the globe to observe the consequences of climate change, presenting his findings from his book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l7QEMM46QKs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And rounding out the season, we were joined by investigative science journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/sonia-shah-livestream\/\"><strong>Sonia Shah<\/strong><\/a> to discuss how migration is an essential part of history, and how migration should not be seen as a source of fear, but of hope.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8gshNm42hJ8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What were your favorites? 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