“…On a more personal note, co-editing The Nature of Our Times was a way to bring my own story and diaspora into America’s story of land and water, and to help make room for voices that don’t always find their way into official records. Societal shifts often take shape through narratives we tell about our world. For too long, the cultural and community experience of nature has been
underrepresented in policy.
“The task at hand now is to make nature legible in ways that resonate with our everyday experience, and ultimately, politically hard to ignore.”
I wrote an op-ed about sea level rise in San Mateo County and what it means to make local knowledge count in a national scientific assessment. It connects to The Nature Record which is open for public comment now.
Aileen Cassinetto 