Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 7:30 – 9:00pm
Great Hall; enter on Eighth Avenue. $5.
As part of Sightline Institute’s 20th-anniversary speaker series, Seattle photographer Chris Jordan shares his photos documenting the environmental tragedy on Midway Island, where thousands of albatrosses starve after mistaking our floating plastic trash for food.
Thursday, June 20, 2013, 7:30 – 9:00pm
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $5.
Fagan, author of The Attacking Ocean, explains the rising complexity of the relationship between humans and the sea at their doorsteps: It’s a complexity created not by the oceans, which have changed little, but by us, and our numbers on Earth.
Charles Wolfe: ‘Urbanism Without Effort’
Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 6:00 – 7:30pm
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $5.
Seattle attorney Wolfe, author of the e-book Urbanism Without Effort, argues that to create vibrant, sustainable cities, we must understand what happens naturally when people congregate in cities before applying government policies or initiatives.