Woodwell Climate Conversations: Planetwalker

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Planetwalker

A documentary screening and
Q & A with John Francis

After witnessing a devastating oil spill, John Francis takes a vow of silence and gives up motorized transport, embarking on a 17-year journey across the U.S. to raise awareness about environmental issues, armed only with a banjo and his principles.

Please register in advance for this in-person only event.

 


Woodwell Climate Conversations is a monthly event series designed to engage our community and foster meaningful discussion about climate change and its impacts.

This series provides a platform for both in-person and virtual discussions, workshops, and presentations.

Join us each month as we bring together experts, thought leaders, and community members to explore the latest climate science, the work being done at Woodwell Climate Research Center, and the steps we can all take toward a sustainable future.

Each event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 5:00pm, events start at 6:00pm in the Harbourton Auditorium.

 

Select lectures will be available both in-person and virtually, with recordings available on the Woodwell Climate website at a later date.

Featuring

John Francis

John Francis

Visiting Associate Professor, Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at University of Wisconson-Madison National Geographic Society Education Fellow

Max Holmes

President & CEO

Events in this series
Woodwell Climate Conversations October 22, 2025 Falmouth, MA

Woodwell Climate Conversations: Road to COP30 (recording)

a row of seated people listens to an out-of-frame presentation. On the wall behind them is a large photo of someone demonstrating computer equipment in the forest
Woodwell Climate Conversations September 18, 2025 Falmouth, MA

Woodwell Climate Conversations: Is Climate Change Turning Up the Weather Chaos?

Hurricane Harvey, which stalled dangerously over Texas, on August 24, 2017. Photo courtesy of NOAA and NASA GOES Project
Woodwell Climate Conversations July 17, 2025 Falmouth, MA

Woodwell Climate Conversations: Turning the Tide (recording)

Misty Fjords National Monument, Ketchikan, Alaska. Photo by BriBar.
Woodwell Climate Conversations June 11, 2025 Falmouth, MA

Woodwell Climate Conversations: Enduring Impact (recording)

Two researchers installing an eddy covariance flux tower
Woodwell Climate Conversations May 7, 2025 Falmouth, MA

Woodwell Climate Conversations: Rewilding your backyard (recording)

a stone walkway bordered by lush vegetation with a variety of small colored flowers
Woodwell Climate Conversations April 16, 2025 Falmouth, MA

Woodwell Climate Conversations: Climate health nexus

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Woodwell Climate Conversations February 26, 2025 Falmouth, MA

Woodwell Climate Conversations: Life in the Pyrocene

Fire smoldering during the dry season in Pantanal, Brazil.
Woodwell Climate Conversations January 15, 2025 Falmouth, MA

Woodwell Climate Conversations: Mobilizing Climate Science for Solutions

a view up into the canopy of a forest