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I’ll be giving the keynote at the Sierra WordFest in Grass Valley.
Reciprocity In Place
This talk explores how our emotional bonds with landscapes — what psychologists call ‘place attachment’ — shape identity and well-being. Drawing from history, philosophy, and lived experience in the oak woodlands, rivers, and canyons of the Sierra Nevada, it traces how ordinary people have defended these lands against threats, and asks how we, in turn, can give back. At its core, it is a call to transform love of place into reciprocity: to move from consuming nature to caring for it, so that people and landscapes can flourish together.
PLACE: 250 Sierra College Dr, Grass Valley, CA 95945
TIME: 9:15am to 10:15am