Wallace J. Nichols, Author of Blue Mind, Speaking at Sierra Club Event

Do you feel happier and more engaged with your life when you’re in Santa Cruz compared with when you’re in places without large bodies of water nearby? Have you ever swam in the ocean or spent time in a mountain lake and felt more alive and happy afterward?

You’re not the only one. The Santa Cruz Group of the Ventana Chapter of the Sierra Club will be hosting an event featuring Wallace J. Nichols, renowned scientist and author of New York Times’s best seller, Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do, on Thursday, February 19th, at the Live Oak “Green“ Grange, 1900 17th Ave., Santa Cruz, CA, 95062.

His research explores how water makes us happier, healthier, and more connected.

6:30 pm: Social time, snacks
7:00 pm: Presentation

This event is free and open to the public. Donations accepted.

Please try to arrive sustainably by walking, biking, taking the bus, or carpooling. To offer or request a carpool ride, please post in the comments on our MeetUp event page: http://www.meetup.com/Santa-Cruz-Sierra-Club/events/220193591/

Dr. Nichols has worked to restore and understand our blue planet, and his research has taken him to coasts across the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe. He has published over fifty scientific papers, articles, and reports on sea turtle ecology and ocean conservation, as well as helped start numerous organizations.

Witness Dr. Nichols as he works to inspire a deeper connection with nature within ourselves by sharing how he is continually enlightened and influenced by his emotional connection and passion for water.

Wallace J. Nichols is author of best seller, Blue Mind, which is a fascinating study of how water can make us happier, healthier, and more successful and connected to what we do best. Dr. Nichols enriches our minds as he shares his knowledge about how by merely being near a body of water our lives and mind set can drastically alter for the best.

Nichols uses neuroscience to explain the cognitive process our minds go through whenever we encounter water, drawing from his own personal experiences and stories of others. This book will revolutionize how one thinks about water, as it reveals the remarkable truth about the benefits of being in, on, or near water and our deep connection with it. He will be selling copies of his book at the event.

Though he travels all over the world he has settled his family in Davenport after trekking the coast form Oregon to Mexico. Wallace J. Nicholas is continuing to work on merging the fields of cognitive science with marine exploration. Learn more about Wallace J. Nichols at http://www.wallacejnichols.org/

The event is sponsored by the Santa Cruz Group of the Ventana Chapter of the Sierra Club. The mission of the Sierra Club is “To explore, enjoy and protect the planet.

To practice and promote the responsible use of the earth’s ecosystems and resources; to educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; and to use all lawful means to carry out those objectives.