Rich Ingebretsen
THUR, APRIL 18, 2024, 2024 | 7:30-9:00 pm MDT
Explore why rivers are at the heart of environmental health and why they are critical to preserving life on the planet—including our own.
IN-PERSON GATHERING:
Home of Ed and Kristen Iversen
3582 Oak Rim Way
Salt Lake City, UT 84109
Thanks to Kristen and Ed for hosting this gathering in their home.
If there is no parking to be found in the neighborhood you can also park in the “park & ride” lot on the NW corner of 3900 South and Wasatch Blvd. Oak Rim Way is just east of the intersection on the north side.
Or join us via Zoom.
Thanks to Tim and Aubrey Chavez and the Faith Matters Foundation for providing the Zoom connection. Scroll down the page for the link to connect virtually. Below that link are some helpful tips for being part of a Zoom convo.
To get email notifications of upcoming conversations go to the bottom of this site’s home page or text or call me at 801-695-5036.
I’m delighted that those who can’t attend in person can join virtually. I’m sorry I can’t give you the same care and attention given to those in person. But if you ever can join us physically in the same space, then I hope you will. You won’t regret it. And if you have suggestions for how this space and these Zoom or in-person conversations can go better, then please contact me.
THE CONVERSATION:
Over history, including more recent local history, some rivers have dried up or been so over-used they no longer reach the ocean. We will explore the consequences not just to the environment but to humans when this happens. When we think of Earth Day, we often think of air and ocean pollution, growing garbage pits, recycling, the damage from mineral extraction, the harm done by our industrial food complex, etc. But we too often forget the lifeblood of most civilizations throughout all time—fresh water from rivers. The last several years Utahans have had a wake-up call with our shrinking Great Salt Lake. But those below Lake Powel and Mead are in peril of losing power as well as having enough water to drink for a growing population. And this our just our species’ concerns. What of all the others being affected? Richard will help us explore ways we can all use water more equitably for the benefit of all.
Thanks to LDSES (Latter-Day Earth Stewardship) for providing refreshments.
ABOUT RICH:
Richard J. Ingebretsen graduated from the University of Utah with a masters and a PhD degree in biophysics from the department of physics. He graduated from the University of Utah School of Medicine in 1993. He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in emergency medicine. While at the U, Richard served as Associate Dean for Students and directed the redevelopment of premedical education as well as serving on admissions. Currently, he is a professor at the following colleges: the Department of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Utah School of Medicine, Rocky Vista College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, and at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He is also the director of the wilderness medicine program at the University of Utah School of Medicine and medical director of the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue. He founded the Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) program and teaches wilderness medicine to medical students and residents in Chamonix-Mt. Blanc each year.
Richard has and continues to do extensive advocacy work for the environment. He is the founder and president of the Glen Canyon Institute and is vice chair of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. He loves to hike and is an avid river rafter, having once owned a river rafting company. He hikes almost every weekend with family, friends, and students.
EXPLORE BEFORE WE MEET:
Suggestions from Jay:
- Watch historical footage of Glen Canyon shot by David Brower, then-President of Sierra Club, Narrated by Rich Ingebretsen
- A treasure trove of remarkable and powerful videos regarding the importance of rivers and Glen Canyon. (Terry Tempest Williams, John Waterman, Edward Abbey, and more.)
- Rivers Are Life
- Four reasons to protect rivers
- Click on the Zoom link above for either last month’s recorded conversation (if the event date has passed) or the live conversation now. If you are participating in the live conversation keep reading.
- When you are connected you will either be waiting in a lobby and will let be in shortly or you will immediately be able to see other participants. Please make sure that you are muted and that your video is on if you choose to have it on. (Love to see and hear you live, but we’ll take curious lurkers also.)
- If you can’t hear the host, me, or others, find your settings and make sure you have a working microphone and speaker selected. OR maybe the problem is on my end so please let me know if it is.
ZOOM ETIQUETTE:
- Please mute your microphone before entering and when you are not speaking so noises are not heard by everyone else.
- If you are going to multitask—not recommended—or wander around a lot, please turn off your video and make sure you are muted. No one wants to be distracted by you eating or using the loo.
