IN WILDNESS IS THE PERPETUATION OF THE WORLD

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Mon, 12/14/2015 - 10:15am to 11:00am
Jason Mark on the importance of protecting and preserving the remaining wild places on our planet.
On our overheated and overcrowded planet, are wild places now extinct? Civilization’s fingerprints are everywhere, from plastic trash on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, to the effects of global climate change on the most remote landscapes. How do wild places maintain their value in this Age of Humans? In his new book Satellites in the High Country, journalist and urban farmer Jason Mark travels beyond the bright lights and certainties of our cities to seek wildness wherever it survives.

On this episode of Locus Focus we talk with Jason about the importance of protecting and preserving the remaining wild places on our planet. That to paraphrase Thoreau, "In wildness is the perpetuation of the world."

Jason Mark's writings on the environment have appeared in The New York Times, TheAtlantic.com, The Nation, and Salon.com, among many other publications. He is the longtime editor of Earth Island Journal, a quarterly magazine, and a co-founder of San Francisco's largest urban farm.
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