Our signature series Science & Society grapples with our relationships with nature and each other. Each leads us deep into humanity’s timely and intersectional challenges, from biodiversity, to plastics, public knowledge, the high seas, farming, climate, and love.

Science & Society: AI and Us

Science & Society: Visions of Climate Futures

Science & Society: Climate Futurism

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

The Simons Foundation

Science and Society: Toxic Progeny

Science & Society 7: Sexing the Body

Science & Society 6: The Future of Coastal Cities

Science & Society 5: 
Capitalism vs. Climate 
All We Can Save

The quest for short-term profits has been to the detriment of a habitable planet. Mining, overfishing, and clear cutting have led to pollution, extinctions, and loss of nature. By combusting fossil fuels, we’ve gone beyond changing ecology to changing the very chemistry of the atmosphere and ocean. Extractive capitalism has upended our climate. Yet, might it also, given the power of markets, help us find a way forward? This moment in human history requires nothing less than transformation—of electricity, transportation, agriculture, buildings—of our relationships to nature and to each other. But we actually have most of the solutions we need, from renewable energy to regenerative farming. Can we implement them at scale within a financial system that maximizes quarterly profits? How might banks, insurance companies, corporations, and the like become an intentional and engaged part of the solution? And what is the role of governments? Of communities? Of artists and storytellers? Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson will host journalist and activist Naomi Klein and finance expert Régine Clément, both contributors to the climate anthology All We Can Save, for a conversation grappling with how we might transform our economy in order to address the climate crisis.
Signed copies of <a href="https://pioneerworks.org/store/all-we-can-save-signed" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">All We Can Save </a>are now available for purchase in our online store.
<span data-slate-fragment="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">This program is co-presented with Cooper Climate Coalition.
Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, columnist, and author of the New York Times and international bestsellers The Shock Doctrine, No Logo, This Changes Everything, and No Is Not Enough. A Senior Correspondent for The Intercept, reporter for Rolling Stone, and contributor for both The Nation and The Guardian, Klein is the inaugural Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture, and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University. She is co-founder of the climate justice organization The Leap. More at <a href="https://twitter.com/NaomiAKlein" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@NaomiAKlein</a>.
Régine Clément is an entrepreneur and expert resource for investors in the climate and sustainability financing space. She is currently the CEO of CREO, an organization focused on catalyzing capital into sustainability solutions across sectors and asset classes. Prior to joining CREO, Régine was Trade Commissioner and Head of Energy and Environment at the Canadian Consulate General in New York. She co-founded and co-managed the Canadian Technology Accelerator for Cleantech. Previously she was Executive Director of SENS Production; a Trade Policy Analyst with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, Canada; and an Analyst with Fundación Futuro Latino Americano on trade and environmental policy.
Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, policy expert, and writer. She is co-founder of the nonprofits <a href="http://www.urbanoceanlab.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Urban Ocean Lab</a>, a think tank for the future of coastal cities, and <a href="http://allwecansave.earth" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The All We Can Save Project</a>, an initiative to support feminist climate leadership. She hosts the Spotify/Gimlet podcast <a href="https://gimletmedia.com/shows/howtosaveaplanet" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How to Save a Planet </a>and is a science scholar at Pioneer Works and a Brooklyn native. Her mission is to build community around climate solutions. Find her at <a href="https://twitter.com/ayanaeliza" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@ayanaeliza</a>.
<span data-slate-fragment="JTdCJTIyb2JqZWN0JTIyJTNBJTIyZG9jdW1lbnQlMjIlMkMlMjJkYXRhJTIyJTNBJTdCJTdEJTJDJTIybm9kZXMlMjIlM0ElNUIlN0IlMjJvYmplY3QlMjIlM0ElMjJibG9jayUyMiUyQyUyMnR5cGUlMjIlM0ElMjJwYXJhZ3JhcGglMjIlMkMlMjJkYXRhJTIyJTNBJTdCJTdEJTJDJTIybm9kZXMlMjIlM0ElNUIlN0IlMjJvYmplY3QlMjIlM0ElMjJ0ZXh0JTIyJTJDJTIybGVhdmVzJTIyJTNBJTVCJTdCJTIyb2JqZWN0JTIyJTNBJTIybGVhZiUyMiUyQyUyMnRleHQlMjIlM0ElMjJpbnRlcmRpc2NpcGxpbmFyaXR5JTIyJTJDJTIybWFya3MlMjIlM0ElNUIlNUQlN0QlNUQlN0QlNUQlN0QlNUQlN0Q=">The Cooper Climate Coalition is an open body of students, faculty, and staff at The Cooper Union, facilitating conversations, events, and student projects within the institution that center the climate crisis and its intersections with races, classes, genders, sexualities, histories, economies, political structures and more. Along with organizing Cooper Union’s Climate Week programs and events in the fall, the Climate Coalition takes responsibility for fostering interdisciplinarity throughout The Cooper Union in support of environmental action
The Pioneer Works Broadcast is supported in part by <a href="https://www.simonsfoundation.org/outreach/science-sandbox/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.simonsfoundation.org/outreach/science-sandbox/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598652254695000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEEA-W2MirVoN72iSz8G5-lTYs0LA">Science Sandbox</a>, a Simons Foundation initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science, and the <a href="https://sloan.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://sloan.org/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598652254695000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGGpxUIvUTB1tluW-CY7-ac_iSvCg">Alfred P. Sloan Foundation</a> Program in Public Understanding of Science and Technology, bridging the two cultures of science and the arts.
<img loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7201" src="https://sunset.pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/SS-logo-primary-brick-BACILLUS-144px-300x228-2-300x228-1-300x112.png" alt="" width="300" height="228" />      <img loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-12956" src="https://sunset.pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/APSF-horizontal-black.png" alt="" width="287" height="91" srcset="https://sunset.pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/APSF-horizontal-black.png 1986w, https://sunset.pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/APSF-horizontal-black-300x95.png 300w, https://sunset.pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/APSF-horizontal-black-768x244.png 768w, https://sunset.pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/APSF-horizontal-black-1024x325.png 1024w, https://sunset.pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/APSF-horizontal-black-1600x508.png 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px" />  <img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-13783 alignnone" src="https://sunset.pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/CCC-Logo-stacked-copy.png" alt="" width="77" height="89" srcset="https://sunset.pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/CCC-Logo-stacked-copy.png 1612w, https://sunset.pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/CCC-Logo-stacked-copy-259x300.png 259w, https://sunset.pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/CCC-Logo-stacked-copy-885x1024.png 885w, https://sunset.pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/CCC-Logo-stacked-copy-768x889.png 768w, https://sunset.pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/CCC-Logo-stacked-copy-1327x1536.png 1327w, https://sunset.pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/CCC-Logo-stacked-copy-1600x1852.png 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 77px) 100vw, 77px" />

Science & Society is an event series that grapples with our relationships with nature and each other. Series curator and host Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson guides experts in conversations that lead us deep into humanity’s timely and intersectional challenges, from biodiversity, to plastics, public knowledge, the high seas, farming, climate, and love.

Science & Society

Science &#038; Society 5: Capitalism vs. Climate

The quest for short-term profits has been to the detriment of a habitable planet. Mining, overfishing, and clear cutting have led to pollution, extinctions, and loss of nature. By combusting fossil fuels, we’ve gone beyond changing ecology to changing the very chemistry of the atmosphere and ocean. Extractive capitalism has upended our climate. Yet, might it also, given the power of markets, help us find a way forward? This moment in human history requires nothing less than transformation—of electricity, transportation, agriculture, buildings—of our relationships to nature and to each other. But we actually have most of the solutions we need, from renewable energy to regenerative farming. Can we implement them at scale within a financial system that maximizes quarterly profits? How might banks, insurance companies, corporations, and the like become an intentional and engaged part of the solution? And what is the role of governments? Of communities? Of artists and storytellers? Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson will host journalist and activist Naomi Klein and finance expert Régine Clément, both contributors to the climate anthology All We Can Save, for a conversation grappling with how we might transform our economy in order to address the climate crisis.
Signed copies of <a href="https://pioneerworks.org/store/all-we-can-save-signed" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">All We Can Save </a>are now available for purchase in our online store.
<span data-slate-fragment="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">This program is co-presented with Cooper Climate Coalition.
Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, columnist, and author of the New York Times and international bestsellers The Shock Doctrine, No Logo, This Changes Everything, and No Is Not Enough. A Senior Correspondent for The Intercept, reporter for Rolling Stone, and contributor for both The Nation and The Guardian, Klein is the inaugural Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture, and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University. She is co-founder of the climate justice organization The Leap. More at <a href="https://twitter.com/NaomiAKlein" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@NaomiAKlein</a>.
Régine Clément is an entrepreneur and expert resource for investors in the climate and sustainability financing space. She is currently the CEO of CREO, an organization focused on catalyzing capital into sustainability solutions across sectors and asset classes. Prior to joining CREO, Régine was Trade Commissioner and Head of Energy and Environment at the Canadian Consulate General in New York. She co-founded and co-managed the Canadian Technology Accelerator for Cleantech. Previously she was Executive Director of SENS Production; a Trade Policy Analyst with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, Canada; and an Analyst with Fundación Futuro Latino Americano on trade and environmental policy.
Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, policy expert, and writer. She is co-founder of the nonprofits <a href="http://www.urbanoceanlab.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Urban Ocean Lab</a>, a think tank for the future of coastal cities, and <a href="http://allwecansave.earth" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The All We Can Save Project</a>, an initiative to support feminist climate leadership. She hosts the Spotify/Gimlet podcast <a href="https://gimletmedia.com/shows/howtosaveaplanet" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How to Save a Planet </a>and is a science scholar at Pioneer Works and a Brooklyn native. Her mission is to build community around climate solutions. Find her at <a href="https://twitter.com/ayanaeliza" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@ayanaeliza</a>.
<span data-slate-fragment="JTdCJTIyb2JqZWN0JTIyJTNBJTIyZG9jdW1lbnQlMjIlMkMlMjJkYXRhJTIyJTNBJTdCJTdEJTJDJTIybm9kZXMlMjIlM0ElNUIlN0IlMjJvYmplY3QlMjIlM0ElMjJibG9jayUyMiUyQyUyMnR5cGUlMjIlM0ElMjJwYXJhZ3JhcGglMjIlMkMlMjJkYXRhJTIyJTNBJTdCJTdEJTJDJTIybm9kZXMlMjIlM0ElNUIlN0IlMjJvYmplY3QlMjIlM0ElMjJ0ZXh0JTIyJTJDJTIybGVhdmVzJTIyJTNBJTVCJTdCJTIyb2JqZWN0JTIyJTNBJTIybGVhZiUyMiUyQyUyMnRleHQlMjIlM0ElMjJpbnRlcmRpc2NpcGxpbmFyaXR5JTIyJTJDJTIybWFya3MlMjIlM0ElNUIlNUQlN0QlNUQlN0QlNUQlN0QlNUQlN0Q=">The Cooper Climate Coalition is an open body of students, faculty, and staff at The Cooper Union, facilitating conversations, events, and student projects within the institution that center the climate crisis and its intersections with races, classes, genders, sexualities, histories, economies, political structures and more. Along with organizing Cooper Union’s Climate Week programs and events in the fall, the Climate Coalition takes responsibility for fostering interdisciplinarity throughout The Cooper Union in support of environmental action
The Pioneer Works Broadcast is supported in part by <a href="https://www.simonsfoundation.org/outreach/science-sandbox/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.simonsfoundation.org/outreach/science-sandbox/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598652254695000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEEA-W2MirVoN72iSz8G5-lTYs0LA">Science Sandbox</a>, a Simons Foundation initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science, and the <a href="https://sloan.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://sloan.org/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598652254695000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGGpxUIvUTB1tluW-CY7-ac_iSvCg">Alfred P. Sloan Foundation</a> Program in Public Understanding of Science and Technology, bridging the two cultures of science and the arts.
<img loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7201" src="https://pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/SS-logo-primary-brick-BACILLUS-144px-300x228-2-300x228-1-300x112.png" alt="" width="300" height="228" />      <img loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-12956" src="https://pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/APSF-horizontal-black.png" alt="" width="287" height="91" srcset="https://pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/APSF-horizontal-black.png 1986w, https://pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/APSF-horizontal-black-300x95.png 300w, https://pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/APSF-horizontal-black-768x244.png 768w, https://pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/APSF-horizontal-black-1024x325.png 1024w, https://pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/APSF-horizontal-black-1600x508.png 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px" />  <img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-13783 alignnone" src="https://pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/CCC-Logo-stacked-copy.png" alt="" width="77" height="89" srcset="https://pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/CCC-Logo-stacked-copy.png 1612w, https://pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/CCC-Logo-stacked-copy-259x300.png 259w, https://pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/CCC-Logo-stacked-copy-885x1024.png 885w, https://pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/CCC-Logo-stacked-copy-768x889.png 768w, https://pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/CCC-Logo-stacked-copy-1327x1536.png 1327w, https://pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/CCC-Logo-stacked-copy-1600x1852.png 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 77px) 100vw, 77px" />

Science & Society 4: 
Our Plastic Problem

We can&#8217;t go back to a world free of plastic pollution.
We designed a material that essentially lasts forever, and we throw it away, all day, every day. Each year, 270 million metric tons of plastic (and rising) are produced, and 8 million metric tons (and rising) enter the ocean. There are 500 times more pieces of plastic in the ocean than there are stars in our galaxy. It has infiltrated our food chain—there is plastic in our seafood, sea salt, drinking water, and beer. By 2050 there may be more plastic in the ocean than fish. What is this proliferation doing to ecosystems, society, and our bodies? How can we break our addiction to this modern material convenience? Our guests Professor Jenna Jambeck, professor at University of Georgia, and Dr. Dune Ives, executive director of Lonely Whale, join series host Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Pioneer Works science scholar and founder of Ocean Collectiv, to grapple with the cultural, governmental, and corporate shifts needed to address our plastic problem.
<a href="https://www.lonelywhale.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dune Ives</a> is the executive director of Lonely Whale, where she designs and leads initiatives that address environmental degradation and species decline, with a focus on single-use plastics. Her expertise is in sustainability and environmental business issues for corporate, municipal, nonprofit, and philanthropic institutions.
 <a href="http://jambeck.engr.uga.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jenna Jambeck</a> is a National Geographic Fellow and an associate professor at University of Georgia College of Engineering. She has been conducting research on solid waste issues for over 20 years with related projects on marine debris since 2001, specializing in global waste management issues and plastic contamination.
This project is supported by Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science.
<img loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7201" src="https://sunset.pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/SS-logo-primary-brick-BACILLUS-144px-300x228-2-300x228-1-300x112.png" alt="" width="300" height="228" />

Prof. Jenna Jambeck

Dr. Dune Ives

Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

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Science &#038; Society 4: Our Plastic Problem

We can&#8217;t go back to a world free of plastic pollution.
We designed a material that essentially lasts forever, and we throw it away, all day, every day. Each year, 270 million metric tons of plastic (and rising) are produced, and 8 million metric tons (and rising) enter the ocean. There are 500 times more pieces of plastic in the ocean than there are stars in our galaxy. It has infiltrated our food chain—there is plastic in our seafood, sea salt, drinking water, and beer. By 2050 there may be more plastic in the ocean than fish. What is this proliferation doing to ecosystems, society, and our bodies? How can we break our addiction to this modern material convenience? Our guests Professor Jenna Jambeck, professor at University of Georgia, and Dr. Dune Ives, executive director of Lonely Whale, join series host Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Pioneer Works science scholar and founder of Ocean Collectiv, to grapple with the cultural, governmental, and corporate shifts needed to address our plastic problem.
<a href="https://www.lonelywhale.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dune Ives</a> is the executive director of Lonely Whale, where she designs and leads initiatives that address environmental degradation and species decline, with a focus on single-use plastics. Her expertise is in sustainability and environmental business issues for corporate, municipal, nonprofit, and philanthropic institutions.
 <a href="http://jambeck.engr.uga.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jenna Jambeck</a> is a National Geographic Fellow and an associate professor at University of Georgia College of Engineering. She has been conducting research on solid waste issues for over 20 years with related projects on marine debris since 2001, specializing in global waste management issues and plastic contamination.
This project is supported by Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science.
<img loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7201" src="https://pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/SS-logo-primary-brick-BACILLUS-144px-300x228-2-300x228-1-300x112.png" alt="" width="300" height="228" />

The urgency of the climate crisis has permeated public consciousness. How bad might things get? Our fossil-fuel economy has created a global emergency, and the Green New Deal has thrust the issue, and the magnitude of changes needed, to the political forefront. Where does the latest science point us? What are the most promising solutions? And what does our changing climate mean for New York City? Our guests Rhiana Gunn-Wright, a director at New Consensus and policy lead for the Green New Deal, and Dr. Kate Marvel, climate research scientist at NASA and Columbia University, join series host Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Pioneer Works science scholar and founder of Ocean Collectiv, to grapple with the scientific realities of the cultural, governmental, and corporate shifts needed to mitigate our climate crisis.
Rhiana Gunn-Wright is policy director for New Consensus, the think tank developing the Green New Deal. Previously, she was policy director for Abdul El-Sayed’s 2018 gubernatorial campaign. She has also worked on policy for the Detroit Health Department, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, and for former First Lady Michelle Obama. She was a Rhodes Scholar, and her gif game is on point.
Dr. Kate Marvel is a climate scientist at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University. Her research focuses on how human activities affect the climate, using satellite observations, computer models, and basic physics to study the human impact on variables from rainfall patterns to cloud cover. Earth is her favorite planet.
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This project is supported by Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science.
<img loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7201" src="https://sunset.pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/SS-logo-primary-brick-BACILLUS-144px-300x228-2-300x228-1-300x112.png" alt="" width="300" height="228" />

Rhiana Gunn-Wright

Dr. Kate Marvel

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Science &amp; Society 3: Our Climate Crisis

The urgency of the climate crisis has permeated public consciousness. How bad might things get? Our fossil-fuel economy has created a global emergency, and the Green New Deal has thrust the issue, and the magnitude of changes needed, to the political forefront. Where does the latest science point us? What are the most promising solutions? And what does our changing climate mean for New York City? Our guests Rhiana Gunn-Wright, a director at New Consensus and policy lead for the Green New Deal, and Dr. Kate Marvel, climate research scientist at NASA and Columbia University, join series host Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Pioneer Works science scholar and founder of Ocean Collectiv, to grapple with the scientific realities of the cultural, governmental, and corporate shifts needed to mitigate our climate crisis.
Rhiana Gunn-Wright is policy director for New Consensus, the think tank developing the Green New Deal. Previously, she was policy director for Abdul El-Sayed’s 2018 gubernatorial campaign. She has also worked on policy for the Detroit Health Department, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, and for former First Lady Michelle Obama. She was a Rhodes Scholar, and her gif game is on point.
Dr. Kate Marvel is a climate scientist at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University. Her research focuses on how human activities affect the climate, using satellite observations, computer models, and basic physics to study the human impact on variables from rainfall patterns to cloud cover. Earth is her favorite planet.
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This project is supported by Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science.
<img loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7201" src="https://pioneerworks.org/wp-content/uploads/SS-logo-primary-brick-BACILLUS-144px-300x228-2-300x228-1-300x112.png" alt="" width="300" height="228" />

Knowledge is power. Power to the people. Knowledge for the people.
We live in a world of increasingly digitized, editable, and bifurcating information sources, of exponentially accelerating knowledge production. We live in a world of increasing inequality, and of spin and fabrications finding megaphones so large they spread further than facts. While the terms “open access,” “open source,” and “open data” proliferate, so too do paywalls, patents, and information deemed proprietary. Access to reliable information is fundamental. Experts increasingly find themselves undervalued. The role of libraries is evolving. Our guests Katherine Maher, executive director of Wikimedia Foundation (which runs Wikipedia), and Nick Higgins, chief librarian of Brooklyn Public Library, join series host Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson to grapple with the future of public knowledge in a changing technological and socio-political landscape.
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<a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/katherine-maher/">Katherine Maher</a> is executive director of Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia. Her expertise is at the intersection of technology, human rights, democracy, and international development.
<a href="https://www.bklynlibrary.org/about/leadership" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.bklynlibrary.org/about/leadership&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1546705446829000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFHNkYYrABDS5iSwArIwxBahDELhg">Nick Higgins</a> is chief librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library, in charge of public services across Brooklyn’s 59 libraries. He created a citywide library-based video visiting service for kids with incarcerated parents.
<a href="https://www.oceancollectiv.co/ayana">Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson</a> is a marine biologist, science scholar at Pioneer Works, adjunct professor at NYU, and founder and CEO of the conservation consultancy Ocean Collectiv.
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This project is supported by Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science.
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Science &#038; Society 2: Knowledge for the People

Knowledge is power. Power to the people. Knowledge for the people.
We live in a world of increasingly digitized, editable, and bifurcating information sources, of exponentially accelerating knowledge production. We live in a world of increasing inequality, and of spin and fabrications finding megaphones so large they spread further than facts. While the terms “open access,” “open source,” and “open data” proliferate, so too do paywalls, patents, and information deemed proprietary. Access to reliable information is fundamental. Experts increasingly find themselves undervalued. The role of libraries is evolving. Our guests Katherine Maher, executive director of Wikimedia Foundation (which runs Wikipedia), and Nick Higgins, chief librarian of Brooklyn Public Library, join series host Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson to grapple with the future of public knowledge in a changing technological and socio-political landscape.
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<a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/katherine-maher/">Katherine Maher</a> is executive director of Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia. Her expertise is at the intersection of technology, human rights, democracy, and international development.
<a href="https://www.bklynlibrary.org/about/leadership" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.bklynlibrary.org/about/leadership&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1546705446829000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFHNkYYrABDS5iSwArIwxBahDELhg">Nick Higgins</a> is chief librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library, in charge of public services across Brooklyn’s 59 libraries. He created a citywide library-based video visiting service for kids with incarcerated parents.
<a href="https://www.oceancollectiv.co/ayana">Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson</a> is a marine biologist, science scholar at Pioneer Works, adjunct professor at NYU, and founder and CEO of the conservation consultancy Ocean Collectiv.
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This project is supported by Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science.
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We have reached peak fish. Despite fishing farther from shore, in deeper waters, and using ever more high-tech equipment, the global catch has been declining since 1996. Overfishing, habitat destruction, and pollution have rendered a once abundant and healthy food depleted and contaminated. Meanwhile, aquaculture production has increased dramatically, from providing 7% of fish for human consumption in 1974 to 53% in 2016. So what could a future of sustainable seafood look like, both wild and farmed, for a human population approaching 8 billion?
Sean Barrett, fisherman and founder of Dock to Dish, and Bren Smith, ocean farmer and founder of Greenwave and Thimble Island Ocean Farm, join host Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson to share their visions and grapple with the uncertainties.
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, science scholar at Pioneer Works, adjunct professor at NYU, and founder and CEO of the conservation consultancy Ocean Collectiv.
This project is supported by Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science.
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Science &#038; Society 1: The Future of Seafood

We have reached peak fish. Despite fishing farther from shore, in deeper waters, and using ever more high-tech equipment, the global catch has been declining since 1996. Overfishing, habitat destruction, and pollution have rendered a once abundant and healthy food depleted and contaminated. Meanwhile, aquaculture production has increased dramatically, from providing 7% of fish for human consumption in 1974 to 53% in 2016. So what could a future of sustainable seafood look like, both wild and farmed, for a human population approaching 8 billion?
Sean Barrett, fisherman and founder of Dock to Dish, and Bren Smith, ocean farmer and founder of Greenwave and Thimble Island Ocean Farm, join host Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson to share their visions and grapple with the uncertainties.
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, science scholar at Pioneer Works, adjunct professor at NYU, and founder and CEO of the conservation consultancy Ocean Collectiv.
This project is supported by Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science.
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Science &#038; Society is an event series that grapples with our relationships with nature and each other. Series curator and host Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson guides experts in conversations that lead us deep into humanity’s timely and intersectional challenges, from biodiversity, to plastics, public knowledge, the high seas, farming, climate, and love.

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Science & Society: AI and Us

Science & Society: Visions of Climate Futures

Science & Society: Climate Futurism

Science and Society: Toxic Progeny

Science & Society 7: Sexing the Body

Science & Society 6: The Future of Coastal Cities

Science & Society 5: Capitalism vs. Climate

Science & Society 4: Our Plastic Problem

Science & Society 3: Our Climate Crisis

Science & Society 2: Knowledge for the People

Science & Society 1: The Future of Seafood