Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., is a biologist, author, and 2011 recipient of a Heinz Award for her research and writing on environmental health. She donated the $100,000 cash prize to the fight against hydraulic fracturing, convening a grassroots coalition, New Yorkers Against Fracking. In 2010, her book on the environmental links to cancer, Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and Environment, was released as a documentary film. Her most recent book is Raising Elijah: Protecting Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis. She also wrote: Having Faith: An Ecologist’s Journey to Motherhood. Hailed by the Sierra Club as “the new Rachel Carson,” Steingraber is presently at work on a book about the environmental life of children. She has addressed many environmental health conferences, testified at Congressional briefings, and appeared frequently on national media. steingraber.com
The Whole Fracking Enchilada | Restoration Nation Theater | 9:20am, Sun
