In 2018 Lynda Mapes, award-winning Seattle Times environment reporter, brought to worldwide audiences the story of Tahlequah, the mother orca whale who circled the Salish Sea for more than 1,000 miles and for 17 days with her pod while clinging to the dead newborn calf she would not give up.
Now readers of Lynda’s previously acclaimed books, Breaking Ground, The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Unearthing of Tse-whit-zen Village; Elwha, A River Reborn; and Witness Tree, Seasons of Change with a Century-Old Oak, can welcome:
Orca: Shared Waters, Shared Home
(Braided River/Mountaineers Books co-published with The Seattle Times)
The virtual launch hosted by the Seattle Public Library. Tuesday, June 1, 2021, 6:00 p.m. PDT
Order the book and register for the Zoom launch here (hosted by the Seattle Public Library). With more information and additional book purchase options here.
Lynda exposes the roots of the extinction crisis facing the southern resident orca pods who call the Salish Sea home. Their story is inseparable from the story of Chinook salmon, the orcas’ primary food source, who also now are struggling to survive. Where orcas and salmon have prospered for eons, now a fast-changing human-dominated world has shattered their environment. Drawing from experts’ accounting of history, biology, ecology, and animal and human culture, enriched by her own eyewitness reporting, Lynda raises the fundamental question. What does it mean – and what will it take – for humans, orcas and salmon to live successfully together in the place we species all call home.
The virtual launch will feature Lynda and three eminent guests deeply attuned to the southern resident orcas, their past, their present and their future: Jay Julius, lifelong fisherman and former chairman of the Lummi Nation; Deborah Giles, research director of Wild Orca, and Jason Colby, environmental historian and chairman of the history department at the University of Victoria. The launch event will be moderated by Seattle broadcast journalist Jeff Renner, who personally met his first orca face-to-face through a scuba mask years ago.
Orca: Shared Waters, Shared Home is a stunning book. Rich in Lynda’s deeply personal natural history writing based on travels across the southern residents’ entire range and reporting with the researchers who know them best. Enriched with Steve Ringman’s unmatched photographs. Elevated with Emily Eng’s elegant scientific illustrations.
Orca: Shared Waters, Shared Home builds on, updates and expands the Hostile Watersspecial series published by The Seattle Times that won the international 2019 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Gold Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
ROSE SANTOS SHARES HOW HER DAUGHTER’S LIFE WAS TRANSFORMED THROUGH A PLANT-BASED DIET
My 16-year-old daughter, Raquel, was always the most high energy, happiest, and self-confident among of all of her friends.
But, then, all of a sudden, things started changing. Her school nurse sent me a letter saying that my daughter needs special one on one attention. Yes, I couldn’t believe my ears that Raquel was being labeled as having ‘Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder”. The school nurse immediately put my daughter on medications. As, as you can imagine my life went upside down. It was devastating news to my husband and me, as well as to Raquel. Her classmates and kids at school started to label her as “special needs”. It was sad watching my daughter deal with all this at such a young age.
More hurtful was watching Raquel take the meds and have the most horrible side effects from them. As time went by, the medications’ side effects were showing up in her behavior as sadness, sleepiness, loneliness, and moodiness. For 7 years Raquel was medicated until one day when I met a wonderful Functional Medicine doctor who had Raquel’s blood tested. The blood tests showed that she was having a disequilibrium of her hormones that could affect her forever. So, one day a friend who is a certified Eat to Thrive Health Educator and now is a “Holistic Nutrition Coach, advised me to introduce my daughter to plant-based supplements and a gluten-free diet, as well as fresh organic foods. These not only corrected her mineral deficiencies, but also her mental acuity. I took that advice with all my heart because I did not want Raquel to suffer anymore.
After a year on an organic plant-based diet, Raquel no longer needed the medications and stopped taking them.
Shortly after that, Raquel’s teacher sent me a letter requesting that I attend a meeting with her at school. My heart was pumping with anxiety. A thousand thoughts came to my mind. What could it be this time? Was Raquel needing to take meds again? To my surprise, it was the most wonderful news that I had since her birth. The teacher wanted to know what I was doing differently with my daughter. The teacher told me that for the first time, Raquel scored 100 on her tests! And from that day she has always scored 100. She is now is a happy teenager. I am thankful to have good people in this world that opened my eyes regarding my daughter’s health. Thanks to healthy food, Raquel is now off all medications and has a beautiful future ahead!
I signed up for this class at the last minute and even hesitated since I only recently moved back to the area, wasn’t settled yet, and other nutrition studies and work on my plate. Betsy encouraged me to dive in and I’m only so glad she did. I have been interested in raw foods for several years, been reading about it, doing some internal cleansing, and trying my hand at a few new raw dishes.
Even though I am an experienced cook, I felt intimidated by the new methods and chemistry of raw food preparation. Even with all my books and online resources, I’m a kinesthetic learner and really did need hands-on experience to learn. Betsy provided this through live demos, her teachings in the class, and in her internship (which I did). She is very generous and shares so many resources and much information. She also made it all seem easy and approachable.
She is a library of nutritional knowledge and knows the best of the best. If there is anything she doesn’t know Betsy is always willing to learn or find out. Her energy and enthusiasm are boundless. As a class, we got to share each other’s new experiments and recipes which allowed me to learn raw food preparation exponentially through the variety of dishes shared. It was delightful to taste so many new, delicious raw food samples, to hear what worked methods best for people (and ones that didn’t), and to get new, creative ideas. This was a very inspiring part of the course. As a class, we also had discussions that were interesting and provocative. Food and eating can be a loaded topic and we shared our experiences with passion and vulnerability.
Even though some of our speakers had to cancel, it was wonderful to meet the speakers who were able to attend. They all had a wealth of information and shared their own, unique experience and opinions. Food for thought! The course is very rich, dense, and thorough. I understand why many people attend two and three times over because one time through is not nearly enough to absorb all of the information on the DVD’s, in the book, in the class, and from the speakers. This course holds a wealth of resources for all those in the Boston area (and beyond).
I had first heard about the Hippocrates Institute while living in Hawaii. Many friends would often refer to the Hippocrates perspective and teachings, and to Ann Wigmore. Even with all of the wonderful “offspring,” the new raw teachers and chefs with their own take on this lifestyle, it seems like the Hippocrates approach is foundational and extremely important to learn more about this lifestyle. It’s important to learn from the source even if one decides to vary some elements to suit individual preferences. All artists learn fundamentals before they develop their own style. The raw food lifestyle in an art de vie, the art of life. This course should be a required fundamental for conscious, healthy living.
The three primary reasons I chose to come to this class was 1) to learn how to shop, prepare, and sustain healthier eating habits; 2) to share with family, friends, and others the knowledge I’ve gained with confidence; and 3) to learn how the body can heal itself naturally with a healthy diet. I learned all of that and so much more! This class was very informational, interactive and the pace was good. It taught me how simple and easy the raw food lifestyle is. The Manual and DVD’s are easy to follow and contain a wealth of information. I appreciated the Q & A section in each chapter to further enhance my learning experience. Having a ‘coach’ to share the raw-experience with, who has been through the class, was encouraging and beneficial to help put things in perspective. It was interesting and exciting to learn how much more nutritional and beneficial sprouting and juicing are.
I also enjoyed the raw food recipes and was pleased to discover that raw food is easy, tasty and flavorful, (and so much healthier).
The guest speakers were living; breathing examples of what a raw based diet can do for you and their fascinating stories and experiences deepened my desire to apply what I’ve learned into my new lifestyle. It’s amazing what you learn that you didn’t realize you didn’t know. The DVD’s were an eye-opener and raised an awareness in me to really think about what I’m putting in my body and the effects my choices have on a global level. This course was very inspiring and motivating and I have been blessed to have had the opportunity to share this experience with such wonderful people in the class. I feel much more confident about my ability to prepare delicious, nutritious, raw foods. I also have a better understanding of the use of various kitchen appliances and tools and I feel more competent to instruct others. Betsy is a very knowledgeable and friendly instructor and her warm personality and commitment to ‘Optimum Health’ is contagious. I look forward to reaching my own ‘Optimum Health’ and sharing this ‘Life Force Energy’ with others. I would definitely recommend her class for anyone who is looking to live and eat healthier.
I sum it all up with two of my favorite passages: “A living food diet and fasting on living juices is the most expedient and effective way to change your physical, emotional, and psychological person, and will change your consciousness.” and . . . “Eating raw is the fuel of consciousness (Love, Honor, and Respect of Self), it will take away from you the negativity that comes from eating biochemically (abnormal) processed foods; and it will enhance your normal chemistry by activating the serotonin, dopamine, and endorphins (happy juices) in your brain.”
“Thank you for your contribution to my life and giving me a way to effectively contribute to the world of health and well being. I am deeply grateful.”
