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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Obi Kaufmann—The State of Fire: Why California Burns
Description: How do we live with fire? Join us for a talk about stewardship, resilience and hope.Fire is an essential part of California's ecology. Humans have been using it to shape the California landscape for thousands of years. But today many Californians' relationship to fire is one of fear. Obi Kaufmann, author of the best-selling California Field Atlas, now asks: How do we live with fire? What makes fire essential to a healthy and biodiverse Golden State, and how do we benefit from its teachings? With the same solution-minded ethic as his much-admired The State of Water...