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ABOUT THIS EVENT
Take a once-in-a-lifetime virtual walk with Obi Kaufmann as he explores habitat recovery & restoration of a burned coast redwood forest.
PRESENTED BY HEYDAY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SEMPERVIRENS FUND
The story of the coast redwood is the story of a genetic lineage that stretches back to a time before the dinosaurs. Having evolved over the past several hundred million years to emerge as we find them today, the tallest tree to ever have lived on planet earth, coast redwoods are responsible for unique habitats that harbor a wealth of biodiversity found nowhere else. Although California's mighty redwood forests can survive fire, flood, and a slew of other natural stressors, the onslaught of climate breakdown and a cacophony of other human-made threats presents unprecedented challenges to these precious, irreplaceable ecosystems.
Join Obi Kaufmann, author of The Forests of California (Heyday/September 2020), as he journeys into an old-growth redwood grove, one owned and managed by Sempervirens Fund that burned just a few months ago, to reveal the ecological mechanisms already at work repairing the battered forest. Despite the compounded injuries of fire, fragmentation, climate, and poor-policy, Obi’s profound message of good stewardship and hope as an actionable tool is an important and timely perspective, not only towards the conservation of the forest, but to the future of our own human residency in this beautiful and perilous place, California.
Live Q&A with attendees following the event.
FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T MAKE THE LIVE EVENT: If you can't make the live program at 3pm, you can still join Obi on his walk and get all the perks of buying a ticket - but you need to register now! Just buy the ticket of your choice and you'll get the usual confirmation materials and perks along with directions on how to replay the event anytime.
Obi Kaufmann
is a conservationist, artist, and author of the #1 San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller The California Field Atlas. His new book, The Forests of California, is the first volume of his ambitious new California Lands Trilogy, featuring hundreds of Kaufmannʼs signature watercolor maps, diagrams, and trail paintings, weaving together an epic story of the extraordinary beauty and biodiversity of the Golden State and creates nothing less than a new understanding of the more-than-human world and our place in it. Connect with Obi at coyoteandthunder.com.
THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS
Heyday is an independent, nonprofit publisher founded in 1974 in Berkeley, California. They are a diverse community of writers and readers, activists and thinkers. Heyday promotes civic engagement and social justice, celebrates nature’s beauty, supports California Indian cultural renewal, and explores the state’s rich history, culture, and influence. Heyday works to realize the California dream of equity and enfranchisement. Learn more about their work and explore their authors at heydaybooks.com
Sempervirens Fund is California’s oldest land trust and the only organization dedicated exclusively to protecting the redwood forests of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Learn more about their work and initiatives here: sempervirens.org
Additional Partners:
AllTrails is building the largest collection of hand-curated trail guides, so you can explore the outdoors with confidence. Search over 100000 trails with trail info, maps, detailed reviews, and photos curated by millions of hikers, campers, and nature lovers like you.
Bookshop Santa Cruz is a large independent bookstore located in the heart of downtown Santa Cruz, California since 1966. Owned by the Coonerty family since 1973, Bookshop Santa Cruz is a multi-generational family business currently under the care of Casey Coonerty Protti who grew up in her parents' business.
Bay Area Redwood is a supplier of sustainably sourced live-edge redwood materials. Their mission is to give new purpose to logs that would otherwise enter the waste stream through incineration or the landfill.
Bay Nature connects the people of the San Francisco Bay Area to our natural world and motivates people to solve problems with nature in mind.
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space is an independent special district in the San Francisco area that has preserved a regional greenbelt system of nearly 65,000 acres of public land and manages 26 open space preserves.
Verve Coffee came to be through the serendipitous union of surf, sweat and a love of life and living. In 2007, founders Ryan and Colby built and opened the first Verve cafe on 41st Ave in Santa Cruz, California. Today, Verve has locations in cities from Los Angeles to San Francisco to Japan, but their roots remain planted in Santa Cruz, where they roast their coffee on vintage roasters and enjoy the endless surf of the rugged California coast.
Save the Redwoods League has protected and restored California redwood forests since 1918 and connected people with their peace and beauty so these wonders of the natural world flourish.
POST is creating a network of protected lands where people and nature connect and thrive. These lands are preserved forever so present and future generations benefit from the careful balance of rural and urban landscapes that makes our region extraordinary.
California Native Plant Society is on a mission to save California’s native plants and places using both head and heart. CNPS brings together science, education, conservation, and gardening to power the native plant movement.
NOTE ON BOOK SALES: In order to fulfill book orders, we will share your name, email, and shipping address with our bookstore partner. Your billing information will remain private. Please note that we can only ship within the United States. Books will be mailed following the event.
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