Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Thursday 04 July
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
Climate change. Pandemics. Peak oil.
These days, many of us have grimly accepted the fact that the human species is hurtling towards oblivion – if not in our lifetime, in that of our children or grandchildren.
There doesn’t seem much that we, as individuals, can do to turn the tide before it’s too late.
Enter Annalee Newitz, a renowned science journalist determined to deliver a much-needed dose of pragmatic optimism (administered with sense of humour).
Her brilliantly speculative and hopeful book, Scatter, Adapt and Remember, focuses our attention on humanity’s long history of dodging the bullet of extinction – and suggests practical ways to keep doing it.
Be disarmed – and then armed (scientifically, intellectually and emotionally) to face the considerable challenges ahead.
Hosted by Tanya Ha.
Featuring
Annalee Newitz
Annalee Newitz is the founding editor of the science website io9.com and a journalist with a decade’s experience in writing about science, culture and the future for such publications as Wired, Popular Science and the Washington Post.
Analee’s latest book is Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction. She is the editor of the anthology She’s Such a Geek: Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Geeky Stuff (2006), and was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. She lives in San Francisco.
Tanya Ha
Tanya Ha is an award-winning Australian environmentalist, best-selling author, broadcaster, science journalist and sustainable living advocate. She is also a media commentator on environmental issues, a behaviour change researcher and was a delegate to the Australia 2020 Summit.
Tanya has featured on TV as a reporter for ABC’s science show Catalyst, the environment presenter for Can We Help?, the host of WIN Tasmania’s Warm TV and the ‘eco coach’ in the landmark SBS series Eco House Challenge. Tanya has written for several magazines, newspapers and blogs. In 2010 she won the United Nations Association of Australia Media Award for Environmental Reporting.
Tanya spent many years working for the environment group Planet Ark, is a past board member of Keep Australia Beautiful and Sustainability Victoria, and is an ambassador for the LivingSmart program.
Tanya’s books include the best-selling Greeniology, Green Stuff for Kids, The Australian Green Consumer Guide and Greeniology 2020.