World Science Festival

Exciting news! I will be a featured speaker at the World Science Festival in NYC, speaking at Columbia University on Friday evening, May 30th. This is the first of its kind event and I will tell of my adventure through the NW Passage and the disappearance of the ice in the Arctic Ocean. It is a great honor, and quite humbling, to be selected to speak with Dr. Richard Leakey and other renowned scientists, artists, actors, etc, at this event.

Here is my event listing. Clicking on any of the highlighted links will take you to the official website. Thanks for checking it out.

Friday, May 30, 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM , Columbia University - Miller Theatre

Celebrated paleontologist and conservationist Richard Leakey sounds the alarm: life on Earth is under siege. From disappearing bees and deformed frogs to diseased crops, the evidence is everywhere. Leakey is joined by famed oceanographer Sylvia Earle, who takes us underwater for an equally vivid call to arms.

Featuring presentations of sounds now extinct from the wild, as well as recent video footage from the Arctic, this astonishing and moving picture of the planet today presents in no uncertain terms what’s at stake in the fight to preserve our planet’s rich biodiversity.

Participant(s):

• Sylvia Earle
  

  Sylvia Earle is an oceanographer, marine botanist, ecologist, and writer. The National Geographic Society's explorer-in-residence since 1998, she tirelessly works for the preservation and exploration of the world's marine ecosystems. She has led more than 50 expeditions and spent more than 6,500 hours of her life underwater.

• Bernie Krause
  

  Bernie Krause is a bioacoustician — an expert on the sounds of nature — who has traveled the world recording and archiving the sounds of endangered creatures and environments. He is President and CEO of Wild Sanctuary, Inc., one of the world’s largest archives of natural sounds.

• Richard Leakey
  

  Paleontologist Richard Leakey’s discoveries have helped shape our understanding of human origins. He is a committed conservationist and staunch advocate for the protection of Kenyan wildlife. A former director of Kenya’s Wildlife Service, he is the author of several books including The Sixth Extinction.

• David Thoreson
  

  David Thoreson is an adventurer, photographer and sailor who has bicycled 10,000 miles around North America; sailed 36,000 miles around the planet; and crossed the Atlantic three times by sail. In the summer of 2007, he completed the Northwest Passage, where he filmed a documentary about the effects of climate change.