Third Place Books welcomes Conservation Northwest founder and director Mitch Friedman to our Seward Park store for a conversation about his new book, Conservation Confidential: A Wild Path to a Less Polarizing and More Effective Activism. Part memoir and part guide to aspiring changemakers, Conservation Confidential follows Friedman's path from young radical activist to national conservation leader.
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About Conservation Confidential. . .
Conservation Confidential recounts the wild path Mitch Friedman took from radical Earth First activist engaging in controversial protests to the founder and longtime director of Conservation Northwest. The book documents challenges, success stories, and key lessons along the way to helping preserve Northwest ancient forests, peaceably recover wolves in the region, and much more.
Part memoir, part guide on strategy for activists and liberal citizens, Conservation Confidential offers the distilled wisdom of experience that Friedman searched for as a young activist but couldn't find. These provocative lessons are timely not only for conservation campaigns but for our national political moment at large, extolling the virtues of collaborative tactics that succeed by enacting common values rather than polarizing. Here is the rare instance of an accomplished activist leader challenging his own movement to reject its hubris to better serve both nature and our ailing democracy.
Mitch Friedman is a national leader in the conservation movement, known for his innovative and adaptive strategies. He serves as Executive Director of Seattle-based Conservation Northwest, which he founded in 1989. He has a degree in Zoology from the University of Washington and raised two daughters in Bellingham before moving back to Seattle, where he lives with his wife, Jackie, and their adopted dog, Wilma.
About Third Place Books
Founded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Third Place Books is dedicated to the creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. With locations in Lake Forest Park and Seattle's Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods, Third Place Books is proud to serve the entire Seattle metro area. Learn more about their event series at thirdplacebooks.com/events.
