Weathering Change: Small Steps, Real Connection & a Livable Planet.
Join Boston Globe Columnist and WGBH Morning Edition Meteorologist David Epstein for a thought-provoking and optimistic conversation about our changing climate, our connection to the natural world, and why the small choices we make everyday matter.
Epstein has spent his career watching the sky, tracking storms, and paying close attention to what’s changing. In this presentation, he steps back from the forecast to explore something bigger: how we see ourselves in relation to the natural world and the impact of our daily actions.
Climate change is part of the conversation, but so is something more hopeful. Epstein makes the case that we are not separate from nature, we are part of it, and that the small choices we make each day matter: planting native species, appreciating our yards and Medfield’s open spaces, and living lighter on the earth. Not because any one of them solves the problem, but because they change how we live inside it.
Expect science, humor, some hard truths, and a genuinely optimistic path forward.
Residents of Medfield and surrounding communities are invited to attend.
David Epstein is the Morning Edition meteorologist for WGBH and a weather columnist for the Boston Globe. He graduated from Colby College and studied meteorology at Lyndon State College.He also holds a master’s degree in education and an MBA from Boston College.
The evening is presented by Sustainable Medfield with funding from the Medfield Foundation’s Legacy Fund, which gives grants to community nonprofit causes, supporting Medfield today and over the long term. Sustainable Medfield is an initiative of the Medfield Foundation. Go to MedfieldFoundation.org to learn more.
Thank you to the Medfield Foundation Legacy Fund!
About our Speaker……
David Epstein has been a meteorologist and horticulturalist for over 35 years. David grew up in Portland Maine attending their public schools and graduated from Colby College. His first job was teaching 8th grade science at his former junior high. He has been an educator ever since including his 17 years in the classroom teaching a meteorology course at his alma mater Colby College from 2006-2023. He studied meteorology at Lyndon State College and has a Masters in Education and an MBA both from Boston College. He is currently on the board of the Natick Community. Organic Farm.
David writes for the Boston Globe David and is the meteorologist for ‘GBH Boston’s local NPR. He has been an on-air meteorologist at various stations throughout New England including WBZ CH 4 and WCVB CH 5. 2006, David founded Growing Wisdom, a business producing educational and marketing videos and can be found on his YouTube channel of the same name. In the past Dave has been a fundraiser and worked in the software industry.
Dave lives in Natick,MA with his husband. His son is a freshman at Hobart in Geneva, NY. They have a summer cottage in Harpswell, ME.