The After the Fire USA Wildfire Leadership Summit
September 20-22, 2022 in Sonoma, CA
KEYNOTE: "I Wish You Water" SPEAKER: Wallace 'J' Nichols, Ph.D., CZU Fire Survivor and Author, Blue Mind and Dear Wild Child
About Wallace "J" Nichols, Ph.D., best selling author of Blue Mind and the new children's book, Dear Wild Child, a story inspired by a letter from a father to his daughter about wildfire, loss, and learning that we carry our homes inside us wherever we go.
Shared here by permission of the author.
Dear Wild Child
Publication Date: August 9, 2022
Imprint: Cameron Kids
Trim Size: 9 1⁄2 x 10 1⁄2
ISBN: 9781951836467
Page Count: 32
Illustrations: Full-color illustrations throughout
Rights: World/All
About the Keynote:
Dr. Nichols helps people reestablish healthier, more creative and regenerative relationships with themselves, each other and their environment through water, wonder, wellness and wildlife.
His keynote speech focused on his personal loss with the CZU Complex Fire. His home burned and he took that extreme feeling of emotion to write a book for his daughter, which details the passage of time from before and after the fire. The touching story is just one of many that fire-survivors can tell, but the poetic words move us in ways that water and fire are connected, and in truth, everything is.
Selected Bio:
Nichols has authored more than 200 scientific papers, technical reports, book chapters, and popular publications; lectured in more than 30 countries and nearly all 50 states; and appeared in hundreds of print, film, radio, and television media outlets including NPR, BBC, PBS, CNN, MSNBC, National Geographic, Animal Planet, Time, Newsweek, GQ, Outside Magazine, USA Today, Elle, Vogue, Fast Company, Surfer Magazine, Scientific American, and New Scientist, among many others.
His research interests span ocean and aquatic ecosystems, migratory species, marine protected areas, fisheries management, and plastic pollution with special emphasis on building new action networks and developing novel interdisciplinary solutions, sometimes involving so-called enemies. He takes a slow, collaborative approach with leaders in businesses, government, non-profits, and academia to inspire a deeper connection with nature and inventive approaches to pressing issues ranging from supplies of fresh water to improved hospice care for our aging population.
Please find out more about Dr. Nichols at his website www.bluemind.net.
J. lives with his partner Dana, two daughters and some cats, dogs, and chickens on California's Slow Coast, a rural stretch of coastal mountains overlooking the Monterey Bay where organic strawberries rule, mountain lions roam and their motto is "In Slow We Trust". The Nichols chose to settle down in this area after trekking the entire 1,800-kilometer coast from Oregon to Mexico. "We liked it here", Nichols said. They are slowly restoring the land after the summer 2020 wildfires took their beloved home.
Contact Wallace J Nichols:
Post Office Box 2242
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921 USA
Email: info@wallacejnichols.org
Social media: @wallacejnichols
https://www.wallacejnichols.org/122/bluemind.html