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“We are the source of rising sea levels. We are the melting glaciers and the threatened coastal communities.” – Ana Teresa Fernández
As the Bay Area experiences more frequent weather extremes, from devastating floods to scorching droughts, the impact of climate change on our communities has become all too clear. With sea levels projected to rise by nearly seven feet by 2100, we must start exploring what it means for our future and what we can do to protect it.
Join us as we bring together a trio of visionary thinkers—the internationally renowned Bay Area artist Ana Teresa Fernández, architect Liz Ranieri, and scientist Letitia Grenier—to delve into the crucial topic of rising sea levels and its effects on the Bay Area. The event will include some of Fernández’ art work, On the Horizon and Under Pressure that invites the audience to experience the reality of a planet under pressure.
This event will not only display the speakers’ achievements and discoveries, but also encourage a meaningful discussion about the part each of us can play in making a positive impact. By the end, you will feel motivated, educated, and equipped to bring about change. Let’s join forces and build a more resilient future for both the environment and our societies.
Program
- 5:30pm – Doors open
- 6:00pm – Event starts
- 6:40pm – Moderated panel discussion
- 7:10pm – Q&A
- 7:30pm – Networking & light refreshments
- 8:30pm – Event ends
iCal / Outlook
Event start time
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Switzerland + San Francisco
5:30PM -
California
5:30PM -
USA
7:30PM -
Boston and New York
8:30PM -
Brazil
10:30PM -
China
9:30AM -
India
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Switzerland
2:30AM -
Boston
8:30PM -
San Francisco
5:30PM
Speakers
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Bio
Ana Teresa Fernández
ArtistAna Teresa Fernández is an internationally-renowned Mexican performance artist, painter and activist based in San Francisco. Her practice centers on exploring psychological, physical and sociopolitical themes while analyzing and challenging issues related to land, history, gender, race, climate and culture.
Her 2021 traveling environmental sculpture and performance project, On The Horizon, aims to provoke dialogue around the impacts of climate change and rising sea levels on diverse, global, coastal communities. “Where unimaginable conditions are the reality, I seek to portray dreamscapes of what’s possible. The courage to transform is up to us,” states Fernández.
She studied at the Alliance Française II Diplome, École Brillantmont in Lausanne, Switzerland and has her BFA and MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. She is represented by Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco, and shows her multidisciplinary works in museums, galleries and public sites around the world.
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Bio
Jennifer Frazier (Moderator)
Senior Director, Science Communication Lab | Adjunct Professor, UC San FranciscoJennifer Frazier is the founding director of the Public Data Initiative at the nonprofit Science Communication Lab and an adjunct professor at the University of California San Francisco. For eighteen years Jennifer was a scientist at the Exploratorium, where she co-led the museum’s program in biological sciences.
Jennifer has a Ph.D. in Cell Biology from the University of California at San Francisco and a B.S. in Bioethics from the University of California, Davis. She has been a National Science Foundation Fellow, a AAAS Mass Media Fellow, UCSF Alumni of the Year, and winner of the NSF/AAAS Scientific Visualization Challenge.
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J. Letitia Grenier, PhD
Resilient Landscapes Program Director at SFEILetitia Grenier directs SFEI’s Resilient Landscapes Program. She is the science lead for the 2015 State of the Estuary Report (a SF Estuary Partnership project) and the 2015 update to the Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals (a California Coastal Conservancy project).
She holds a PhD in Conservation Biology from UC Berkeley and has previously worked on investigating bioaccumulation of contaminants in estuarine food webs, the condition of California’s wetlands. Her focus now is to work with partners to conserve California’s living resources by developing landscape-scale, collaborative, science based visions and solutions.
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Liz Ranieri, FAIA
Architect at Kuth Ranieri ArchitectsLiz Ranieri, FAIA, is a LEED accredited architect and co-founder of Kuth Ranieri Architects, which has earned a national reputation for innovative expressions of sustainable systems at a building and planning scale. She has led the firm’s research in water conservation, water treatment, and adaptive strategies to rising seas.
Together with her partner, Byron Kuth, they launched the Deep Green Design Alliance, a green think-tank committed to generating visionary design solutions to environmental challenges. Their proposal for a dynamic adaptive levee, “Folding Water,” was winner of the San Francisco BCDC’s International Rising Tides Competition.