The Atlas of Disappearing Places: Christine Conklin

~Co-presented with Point Reyes Books~

Our planet is in peril. Seas are rising, oceans are acidifying, ice is melting, coasts are flooding, species are dying, and communities are faltering. Despite these dire circumstances, most of us don’t have a clear sense of how the interconnected crises in our ocean are affecting the climate system, food webs, coastal cities, and biodiversity, and which solutions can help us co-create a better future.

Join Mesa Refuge Alum Christine Conklin for a virtual introduction to, and reading from, her book: The Atlas of Disappearing Places: Our Coasts and Oceans in the Climate Crisis (July 2021: The New Press).

The Atlas of Disappearing Places is a beautiful and engaging guide to global warming’s impacts around the world. From the introduction:

“The direction in which our planet is headed isn’t a good one, and most of us don’t know how to change it. The bad news is that we will experience great loss. The good news is that we already have what we need to build a better future.”

Christina Conklin is an artist and writer who investigates the intersection of belief systems and natural systems during our time of rapid cultural and climatic change. Her writings, interactive exhibitions, and public events engage audiences in reflection about the challenges we face, asking how we create regenerative, transilient communities.

Born in Portland, Oregon, she received a B.A. from Middlebury College in Vermont and an M.F.A. in Sculpture and Textiles from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. The Atlas of Disappearing Places: Our Coasts and Oceans in the Climate Crisis, which is illustrated throughout with her unique ink-on-dried-seaweed maps, is her first book.

Register on the Point Reyes Books website.