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Sierra Club Program ONLINE: Coral Reefs
June 13, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Our monthly Austin Sierra Club meeting will be online via Zoom.
We’ll start off with Announcements on current events… Tonite’s main program is Championing Coral Reefs, with Juli Berwald.
Coral reefs are a microcosm of our planet: diverse, interconnected, full of wonders, and threatened by our actions on land. Owing to their profound symbiosis with algae, coral are also responsible for the world’s largest green-powered construction project. Berwald’s most recent book, Life on the Rocks, is an inspiring ode to the reefs and the undaunted scientists working to save them against almost impossible odds, intertwined with her own daughter’s struggle with mental illness. She explores fighting battles with uncertain outcomes and the beauty of small victories.
Science writer Juli Berwald is a lifelong student of the ocean, obsessed with jellyfish, passionate about coral. She received her PhD in ocean science from The University of Southern California. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, Texas Monthly, The New York Times and more. She is the author of many science textbooks, Spineless – a science-memoir about jellyfish, and her latest book – Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs. She lives in Austin with her husband and two children.
Find many of her articles and talks at www.juliberwald.com