Jason Mark

Jason Mark's writings on the environment have appeared in The New York Times, TheAtlantic.com, The Nation, and Salon.com, among many other publications. He is the editor in chief of SIERRA magazine, was the longtime editor of Earth Island Journal, a quarterly magazine, and is a co-founder of San Francisco's largest urban farm. Time has called him "a rebel with a cause." For more, visit jasondovemark.com.

Litquake: Braving the Elements

Friday, October 14, 2016 - 7:00pm PDT

Jason Mark, editor of Sierra Magazine, and the author of Satellites in the High Country, and Nathanael Johnson, author of Unseen City:: The Majesty of Pigeons, the Discreet Charm of Snails, and Other Wonders of the Urban Wildernessview nature from different perspectives, but they both tackle the same question – How do we value nature?

Jason Mark at the Center for the Arts

Thursday, September 22, 2016 - 7:30pm PDT

An Evening with Jordan Fisher Smith, author of Nature Noir and Engineering Eden, in conversation with Jason Dove Mark The Center for the Arts presents Thursday, September 22, 2016 7:30pm $20 Member, $22 General Public, $12 Student (Ticket price includes $2 facility fee. Does not include applicable fee for online purchases.)

An Evening with Jordan Fisher Smith, author of Nature Noir and Engineering Eden, in conversation with Jason Dove Mark

Thursday, September 22, 2016 - 7:30pm PDT

Jordan Fisher Smith, author of the national bestseller Nature Noir, will read from and discuss his new book. The second half of the program will feature a conversation between Jordan, Jason Mark, Executive Editor of Sierra, the Sierra Club’s national magazine, and the audience.

Jessica Catto Dialogue with Jason Mark

Tuesday, June 21, 2016 - 6:00pm MDT

Environmental journalist Jason Mark will present a Jessica Catto Dialogue at the Hotel Jerome in Aspen on Tuesday, June 21st. In the free lecture, entitled "Where in the Wild," Jason will discuss whether there is anything remaining that is still really, truly wild in the twenty-first century. He will explore how to hold onto wildness as a touchstone for our relationship with the rest of nature.

Webinar: Searching for Wild in the Age of Man

Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 3:30pm EST

Join Jason Mark and Lucy Moore for a webinar on Thursday, March 10 at 3:30 pm EST.

Jason Mark at Book Passage

In Satellites in the High Country: Searching for the Wild in the Age of Man, journalist and adventurer Jason Mark travels beyond the bright lights and certainties of our cities to seek wildness wherever it survives. In California's Point Reyes National Seashore, a battle over oyster farming and designated wilderness pits former allies against one another, as locals wonder whether wilderness should be untouched, farmed, or something in between.