Aquarium of the Pacific

Aquarium Event

Ensuring The Future Of Humans On Earth Is A Design Problem

A Panel Discussion Sponsored by the Aquarium of the Pacific and 5D

Human activities have set Earth onto a trajectory that will lead to a very different Earth by 2050 and certainly by 2100. It may be an Earth that will be inhospitable to support life as we know it, including human life.

The two biggest challenges are the ways we grow and harvest our food and the kinds and amounts of energy we use. To avoid the collapse of ecosystem services needed to support human life, we will have to challenge conventional wisdom and employ bold strategies including geoengineering the Earth’s climate system and producing genetically-modified crops.

Panelists:

• Tom Bowman, Designer, Founder And President Of Bowman Design Group; Creator Of The Climate Solutions Project; Designer, Climate Change Interpreter, Communication Strategist.
• Stewart Brand, Founder and Editor, The Whole Earth Catalog Winner Of The National Book Award In 1972; Founder, Global Business Network; Latest Book, “Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto;” Ecologist, Pragmatist, Writer, Futurist.
• Dr. Sylvia Earle, Explorer In Residence, National Geographic; Former NOAA Chief Scientist; Noted Scientist, Conservationist, Underwater Explorer, Writer; 2009 TED Prize Winner.
• Jerry Zucker, Award Winning Film Writer/Director/Producer; Films Include “Airplane”, “Rat Race”, “Ghost”, “My Life”, and Others; Master Story Teller; Co-Chair Of The Science-Entertainment Exchange.

This panel discussion is open to the first 150 reservations. If you would like to attend this free event, please email (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by February 1 to confirm your attendance. Please have the email subject line refer to February 14 Panel Discussion. Feel free to invite one guest and please include the guest’s name on your email reservation.

There will be a one hour reception with light refreshments following the panel discussion. The parking fee in the Aquarium Parking Garage is currently $7 and can not be covered by the Aquarium.

We look forward to hearing from you and to having you join us for this discussion of a critically important issue.

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