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Distinguished Speaker Series: David Helvarg
August 7 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Ocean Institute’s Distinguished Speaker Series, presented by the Nicholas Endowment, brings interesting innovations, real-world research, exotic experiences, and delightful discoveries to the surface through powerful presentations from an ocean of experts. Speakers present on a variety of topics ranging from ocean researchers, ocean authors, ocean artists, and ocean athletes.
Light snacks & refreshments available for purchase at event.
Distinguished Speaker: David Helvarg
Can California Lead the World on Ocean Climate Action?
A Talk by David Helvarg
In his presentation, author, journalist, podcaster, and Blue Frontier founder David Helvarg offers a unique perspective on changes to California’s coast and ocean in the decade since his book ‘The Golden Shore’ first came out. He’ll discuss his next book on Kelp and climate including the loss of 95 percent of northern California’s kelp forest and the documentary ‘Sequoias of the Sea’ his group is working on. He’ll talk about how they helped launch an Ocean Action Climate Plan adapted by the White House and reflect on sea otters, aquaculture, offshore wind and other challenges California now faces that he’s written about for the New York Times, LA Times, American Indian magazine and others. His public talks and Q&A offer an engaging balance of wonder, warning and wry humor.
Paperback copies of ‘The Golden Shore’ will also be available.
Wednesday, August 7
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Doors open at 5:30 pm, and talk begins at 6:00 pm
$10 – General
FREE – Members
FREE – Students (with Valid ID)
About David Helvarg:
David Helvarg is Executive Director of Blue Frontier, an ocean conservation group, the author of six non-fiction books, and co-host of the Rising Tide Ocean Podcast. He is the organizer of the Blue Vision Summit for ocean activists, the Peter Benchley Ocean Awards (with Wendy Benchley), the first global March for the Ocean, and helped launch the Ocean Climate Action Plan that contributed to major climate solution legislation.
Helvarg worked as a war correspondent in Northern Ireland and Central America, covered a range of issues from military strategy to the AIDS epidemic, and reported from every continent including Antarctica. An award-winning journalist, he produced more than 40 broadcast documentaries for PBS, The Discovery Channel, and others. His print work has appeared in The New York Times, LA Times, Smithsonian, National Geographic, and other outlets. He’s done radio work for Marketplace, AP and Pacifica radio and led workshops for journalists in Poland, Turkey, Tunisia, Slovakia, and Washington DC. He is also a licensed private investigator, bodysurfer and scuba diver.
