Tuesday, March 11th, 2014, marks the third anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that hit the Tohoku-Oki region of Japan causing one of the deadliest and most destructive disasters in the country's history. The environmental, social, and economic impacts of this historic disaster will be felt for decades. This talk (see notes) was given at an event in Seattle to remember this day and some of the things we learned from it.

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