Fire weather

IN PERSON: Let's meet and talk about the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind based on Pulitzer Prize finalist John Vaillant's [book](https://a.co/d/0097yNnu). "For hundreds of millennia, fire has been a partner in our evolution, shaping culture, civilization, and, very likely, our brains. Fire has enabled us to cook our food, defend and heat our homes, and power the machines that drive our titanic economy. Yet this volatile energy source has always threatened to elude our control, and in our new age of intensifying climate change, we are seeing its destructive power unleashed in previously unimaginable ways. "With masterly prose and a cinematic eye, Vaillant takes us on a riveting journey through the intertwined histories of North America’s oil industry and the birth of climate science, to the unprecedented devastation wrought by modern forest fires, and into lives forever changed by these disasters. John Vaillant’s urgent work is a book for—and from—our new century of fire, which has only just begun." Everyone is welcome to participate in our IN PERSON conversation, whether you have explored the topic before or not. You can: [read sample](https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Wave-Technology-Twenty-first-Centurys-ebook/dp/B0BSKW45KB/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.UEySEuu_O2sfZhDEmjruRmVHCcqvTRviXkLLoVkNYQ852rMsLX-5UjDId30WD5lgZn_mwh4tS6nD5-FFzZPCzD72fIIIheY9iYBR6yse9BdolyP_hyQcgjkOyDjsZvY_QyJrNzdi4rRPCudMTi_nfLgCJhbFrBD0WyxxJ8ZdQMnneaVTnIcKqcNcS1V5lRXR8f8I8xu8UYkM7XfSggqJsaHl88HfSCBORDgzTv8zbOg.WLTCEbbbY9XYrpSMm9o3F5zJD31tq5tOl3jvFIr0aik&qid=1789915635&sr=8-1&asin=B0BSKW45KB&revisionId=dddc6194&format=3&depth=1) view past selections [view pool of candidates](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1obtqw5MLQU5LCB2O53-_r1cmwwigvPlY-o36UomzzgQ/edit#gid=1700718540) [add your ideas to the pool of…