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As part of its continuing quest to raise awareness of historical and current conservation, research and stewardship on the Oregon Coast, the Cape Perpetua Collaborative presents the 8th Annual Cape Perpetua Land-Sea Symposium on Thursday, Nov. 19.
The virtual two-hour event will include short and less short films, following a welcome from State Senator Arnie Roblan and State Representative David Gomberg.
Keynote presenter Michael Posner, University of Oregon Professor Emeritus of Psychology, will take the audience on a visual journey to provide some understanding of the important influence of forest and sea on human well-being.
Next, director and producer Rose Madrone will present a screening of her film “Interconnections,” which examines how different cultures and faiths from around the world have a common, time-honored awareness of an interconnected way of being. By shedding light on these connections and seeing how science is catching up with this understanding, viewers can see how their actions and ways of being impact much more than can even be measured.
Two short films will follow; the first “Red Knots: One Shared Home,” by artist Janet Essley.
Essley will introduce one of the furthest migrating species in the world, Calidris canutus, a sandpiper commonly known as the Red Knot, then take viewers on a journey from Arctic breeding grounds to non-breeding sites and back again, through a series of original paintings. One of the messages in the film is that conserving habitat for shorebirds, as global events have so recently shown, is also a means for protecting human communities.
Research for this project has immersed Essley in shorebird scientific studies and an astounding variety of human artistic expression from around the world.
The second short film is “Sharks Of the Oregon Coast,” with Dr. Taylor Chapple of the OSU Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station.
Chapple explores the key role that sharks play in healthy and productive coastal marine ecosystems and what we know (and don’t) about sharks off our coasts.
The evening will end with a panel discussion featuring all the presenters.
The free event begins at 5:30 pm. For more information and to register, go to capeperpetuacollaborative.org.