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The history of Oakland can be told in different ways: a march of great men and women, a series of bloody clashes, a flood of progress. This presentation will tell Oakland’s history as a dialog between Earth and civilization, in which the land gave us wealth on terms that we’re paying off today. There will follow a review of the past 150 years with a glance seven generations ahead to the year 2173.

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oha-lecture-series-oakland-geology-and-oakland-history-tickets-558338173507

Bio: Andrew Alden is a geologist and geoscience writer who has worked for the US Geological Survey and reported for KQED and Bay Nature. Long fascinated with rocks and landscapes, Alden is one of the foremost experts on Oakland’s natural history and found inspiration for his debut book, Deep Oakland, in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, which, as he writes, “ripped the city open and revealed to us its heart and character.” Through his writing Alden raises awareness for what he calls the deep present: the appreciation of the ancient underpinnings that shape the modern-day surroundings of daily life. His website is oaklandgeology.com.