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UPCOMING SPEAKING EVENTS:

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PAST SPEAKING EVENTS:

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Author reading with Jonathan Franzen
May 29,2020 5 p.m.

Catamaran Literary Reader Author Reading
February 15, 2019 7 p.m.
Santa Cruz, CA

Watsonville Wetlands Watch
“The Sixth Extinction”
November 3, 2016 7 p.m.
Watsonville, CA

Friday Night Insight
Featured Speaker
Friday, January 15, 2016  7 to 9 p.m.
Insight Santa Cruz
1010 Fair Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA

Santa Cruz Homeschooling Program
Featured speaker
December 3, 2015
Santa Cruz, CA

Catamaran Literary Salon
October 6, 2015 7:30 p.m.
Gabriella’s Cafe
Santa Cruz, CA

“The Sixth Extinction”
New Teacher Center
January 9, 2015
Santa Cruz, CA

Santa Cruz Homeschooling Program
Featured Speaker
December 10, 2014

“Science and Nature Writing”
Catamaran Writing Conference
August 15, 2014
Pebble Beach, CA

Author Reading for phren-Z Literary Magazine
Bookshop Santa Cruz
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
7-8:30 p.m.
Santa Cruz, CA

Featured writer
Reading for phren-Z Online Literary Magazine 
Thursday, June 6, 2013 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Bookshop Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA

Author reading
Catamaran Literary Reader

Friday, March 1, 2013 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Tannery Arts Center
Santa Cruz, CA

“The Mighty California Condor”
Sonoma Birding Lecture Series
November 28, 2012 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Sonoma Veterans Memorial Building; Sonoma, CA

Acceptance speech at 2012 Writing Awards
American Society of Journalists and Authors
New York City
April 26, 2012

University of California, Santa Cruz
Science Writing Progam
Guest speaker
February 21, 2012

“Bringing Back the Condor” A Big Read Event
Santa Cruz Natural History Museum
October 27, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.

The Santa Cruz Big Read Kickoff Event
Louden Nelson Center
Santa Cruz, CA
October 1, 2011

University of California, Santa Cruz Science Writing Progam
Guest speaker
May 5, 2011

“The CA Condor and Preserving Biodiversity”
Santa Cruz Philosophical Society dinner
Santa Cruz, CA
March 12, 2011 from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.

“The Race to Save the CA Condor from Extinction”
Watsonville Wetlands Watch
Watsonville, CA
March 10, 2011 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
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“Condors, Lead Bullets, and Human Health: An Environmental Detective Story”Under Western Skies: Climate, Culture and Change in Western North AmericaEnvironmental conference at Mount Royal UniversityCalgary, Alberta
October 14, 2010

University of California, Santa Cruz Science Writing Progam
Guest speaker
May 13, 2010

To view a complete list of John’s previous events click here