Jason Mark

Editor, Sierra Magazine; Author, Satellites in the High Country: Searching for the Wild in the Age of Man

www.earthisland.org

Jason Mark is a writer/farmer with a deep background in environmental politics. He is currently the editor of Sierra Magazine. Previously he was the Editor for Earth Island Journal. There, Mark combined investigative journalism and thought-provoking essays that made the subtle but profound connections between the environment and other contemporary issues. In addition, his writings have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, The Nation, and The Progressive.

Mark is the author of Satellites in the High Country, co-author of Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grassroots, and also co-author of Insurrection: Citizen Challenges to Corporate Power.

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Live Event Appearances

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Canada's Oil Sands

Since August 20, some 600 people have been arrested at White House protests organized to highlight opposition to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The 1,700-mile project would carry heavy crude oil from Alberta to America’s Gulf Coast refineries. On Friday, August 26, the U.S. State Department released its final environmental review of the pipeline; the Obama administration will issue its final decision by the end of the year. On August 30, Climate One hosted a debate between two experts for and two against the Keystone XL.

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Cli-Fi 2015

Novelists and filmmakers have been mining the rich world of science for generations. Throughout the last century, science fiction has turned to real-world threats, such as nuclear war and plague, for its post-apocalyptic scenarios. More recently, environmental issues have moved to front and center in the narrative, in films such as Interstellar, Snowpiercer, and Wall-E and best-sellers from Margaret Atwood, Nathaniel Rich, and Jennifer Egan.

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Voices of the Wild

Is any place on Earth still wild? Join us for a conversation about inspiring sights and sounds of nature and how they can guide us toward a healed climate.

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California Greenin': Shaping America’s Environment

Over the course of its 150-year history, California has successfully protected its scenic wilderness areas, restricted coastal oil drilling, regulated automobile emissions, preserved coastal access and improved energy efficiency. Back in 1963 when the Clean Air Act was written, legislators acknowledged that California was ahead of the curve and wrote a waiver into the law allowing the Golden State to set its own stricter standards. In 2018, that exception is being used in fighting—and so far winning—the loosening of national CAFE standards.

Podcast Guest Appearances

C1 Revue: Climate Control

When talking about the natural world, we often refer to the beauty that we see around us. But what do we smell, touch, taste – and most importantly hear? Today we’ll take a look at what nature sounds like. We’ll also explore the role of imagination in finding solutions to environmental threats – from fantasy films to engineering the sky to control the Earth’s climate.

California’s Story: How Did It Get Here?

California has long been on the frontlines of environmental protection. These days, however, the state is also on the frontlines of a destabilized climate, careening between record drought and extreme rainfall, while its largest electric utility shuts off power to more than a million residents to avoid more damage from climate-amplified megafires.