SOLD OUT! Love, Grief, and Octopuses in the Monterey Bay

How do we hold climate grief and our love of beautiful places we call home at the same time?  Are we destroying ecosystems before we even know they exist? In this event we’ll explore the Monterey Bay Canyon – through science, art and music. This massive fissure starts at the Elkhorn Slough and stretches 292 miles. It’s as long and deep as the Grand Canyon and plays a central part of the Monterey Bay ecosystem, and yet we know very little about it.

Dr. Gul Dolen is a pioneering neuroscientist who is leading research into the brain's "critical periods" finite windows of opportunity that enable more rapid learning. According to an article in the New York Times, She found that "humans and octopuses share parts of an ancient messaging system involved in social behaviors, one enhanced by the presence of MDMA in both animals. These shared lineages may have been…