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David Helvarg
06/10/2010 7:30 pm
06/10/2010 9:00 pm
David Helvarg, long time ocean enthusiast, journalist
and founder of the Blue Frontier Campaign, will talk about his life’s
journey to the sea as documented in his latest book, Saved by the Sea,
which Kirkus Reviews calls, “an elegant memoir of a meaningful
life.”
From bodysurfing in Central American war zones, diving barrier reefs with his tragically fated love, Nancy, or being bumped by a whale off Antarctica, David Helvarg has lived a life often as endangered as the ocean he now works to protect. Saved by the Sea is the story of this longtime journalist's personal love, loss, and redemption in the free-flowing heart of our blue-marble planet. This eloquent and honestly told tale of the changes in one man's journey and the world's ocean over the last half-century is also a profound, startling, and sometimes surprisingly funny reflection on the state of our seas and the intimate ways in which our lives are all linked to the natural world around us.
Recently, Helvarg has been writing eloquently and passionately about the Gulf oil spill disaster for The Huffington Post. Among other calls to action, Helvarg says that now is the time for President Obama "to admit that his call for expanded offshore drilling was a mistake, and find his greatness."
We hope you will join us in welcoming an important voice in the discussion of the health of our oceans and our planet.
