Obi Kaufmann with Josh Jackson: California Inside Out

Naturalist, artist, and bestselling author Obi Kaufmann discusses California Inside Out: Mapping an Ecology of Mind, a new exploration of California that challenges familiar ideas of the state as a commodity, frontier, or fantasy. Combining personal reflection, ecology, and Kaufmann’s signature watercolor artwork, the book examines belonging, land, climate, and the interconnected systems shaping California.

Kaufmann will be joined by writer and photographer Josh Jackson, whose own work explores the public lands of the American West. Their conversation promises a thoughtful look at environmental change, cultural memory, conservation, and the ways people might develop a deeper relationship with the landscapes they inhabit.