Barnacles, Mussels, and Snails, Oh My!Join Roy Sasai to learn about the bay shore life, it's wildlife, and local history. Meet at the Learning Center for a short presentation before taking a ride in the van to the bay shore to see the wildlife. Space is extremely limited. Reservations are required. Call 510-792-0222 Ext 363.
Where: FremontCost: Free
How to Rein in Medical Costs, Right Now Monday Night Philosophy explores the ideas underlying the American health-care system, whose costs, compared to all other countries', are out of control. Many people argue that our quality and safety of care and clinical outcomes do not justify these costs. Lundberg will describe the whats, the whys and the what-to-dos, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, Members Free
Free Climate Action Workshop SeriesDuring three weekly workshop sessions, you will join with a small group of Bay Area residents to calculate your carbon footprint, create a measurable personal action plan to reduce your footprint and make substantive changes in your community. Participation is free. A $10 fee (at cost) will be charged for ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
July LASER Event6:30pm-6:45pm: Socializing/networking. Anyone in the audience is welcome to describe in 30 seconds what they are working on.6:45-7:10pm: Linda Gass (Artist) on "Can Art Change Our Water Consciousness?"A visual presentation on textile-based art informed by site, maps, aerial photography and environmental activism. The artwork portrays aerial views of the human ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Down to a Science Book Club – Deciphering the Ends of DNAMolecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn-one of Time magazine's 100 "Most Influential People in the World" in 2007-made headlines in 2004 when she was dismissed from the President's Council on Bioethics after objecting to the council's call for a moratorium on stem cell research and protesting the suppression of relevant scientific evidence ...
Benjamin Dean Lecture: A planet with a 6,000 mile-per-hour jetstream, a planet with an atmospheric temperature of 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit, a star with five Earth-oceans worth of water raining down into its planet forming disk, generations of stars living and dying inside a single natal cocoon, and galaxies lurking at ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Seniors, $6 Members
