UC Berkeley Homecoming at the Lawrence Hall of ScienceShow your Bear pride the scientific way by spending your UC Berkeley Homecoming weekend at the Lawrence Hall of Science. All events are free with a Homecoming name tag, UC Berkeley ID, Berkeley Lab/Lawrence Livermore National Lab employee ID, or Hall admission.
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Homecoming: Dodging ExtinctionThe new book Dodging Extinction weaves together perspectives from the deep past and the present to alert us to the looming Sixth Mass Extinction and offer a practical, hopeful plan for avoiding it. Unless we rethink how we generate power, where we get our food, and how we make our ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
A Resilient Response: The Transition MovementTransition is an international grassroots response to climate change, ecological and economic instability. Learn how communities in California, across the US, and around the world are taking action to transition away from fossil fuels while building resilience and responding to the great challenges of our time.Speaker: Marissa Mommaerts is Communications ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $3 donation requested
The Secret World of BatsYSI presents a special talk on bats at YSI's Vasona Park location, led by Dave Johnston, Ph.D, a world-renowned expert on bats. It will include a bat discovery hike along Vasona Lake and nearby lawn areas. Yes, there are bats at Vasona!Ages 6 and up, accompanied by parent or guardian
Where: Los GatosCost: Check with YSI, website shows two costs
Searching for Meteorites at and near the South PoleIn 2011, 2013, and 2014, a group from TravelQuest International searched for meteorites just below the surface of the ice in "The Land Waaaaay Down Under". Landon Curt Noll, who served as the expedition scientist, will discuss the challenges of working and living in Antarctica. Landon will bring a collection ...
