What do bees and mushrooms mean to each other—and to the world?
Join Paul Stamets, CEO of Fungi Perfecti, and cinematographer Louie Schwartzberg, along with WSU bee researchers Dr. Steve Sheppard and Dr. Brandon Hopkins, for an evening of connections, discovery, and the world-changing solutions that result from dynamic research.Stamets sees the interconnectedness of ecosystems and strongly supports research where researchers look at the bigger picture rather than focus on one species or issue.
“There are support networks that have evolved in nature,” Stamets says. “Fungi offer complex solutions to complex problems. So investing in basic science that looks at the reservoir of solutions nature provides is important.”
Schwartzberg is finishing up a film on mushrooms, his seventh film for his Netflix series, Moving Art. In his 2014 TED Talk, Hidden Miracles of the Natural World, he asks, ‘What is the intersection between technology, art and science? Curiosity and wonder—because it drives us to explore.”
Together with WSU scientists, their evening at the Moore Theatre promise food for thought and stirring for our imaginations.
Please join us at 7:00 p.m., March 29, at the Moore Theatre in downtown Seattle. Tickets available online.
Proceeds to support bee research at WSU.
