Jason Dove Mark ~ Thursday, October 15th ~ 5-6PM ~ Back of Beyond Books
October 15th, 2026

Thursday, October 15th from 5-6PM
As the climate emergency worsens and biodiversity shrinks, we somehow get used to it. We adapt, we normalize. Scientists call this “shifting baseline syndrome,” and they warn that it’s why we are increasingly sleepwalking toward disaster.
This book offers an antidote.
Jason Dove Mark is a veteran journalist who has written about a wide range of environmental topics. He has served as editor in chief of Sierra and editor of Earth Island Journal. He is the author of Satellites in the High Country, and his writing has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and the Atlantic, among many other publications. He lives with his family in the Pacific Northwest.