California's CornucopiaA two hour workshop at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum for ages 7 to 10. Discover California's natural wealth of ecology. Engage in fun activites with animals! Register online with the link listed below.
Where: Walnut CreekCost: $30.00 (Member: $24.00)
Saturday, 11/29/14
Beach Clean Up with Surfrider Join San Francisco Surfrider and SF Environment's volunteer community for a beach cleanup at Baker Beach.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Science Saturday: Monarch MagicWelcome the monarch butterflies back to Pacific Grove! Create a monarch chrysalis pin, view live butterflies, explore the Museum's Monarchs Come Home exhibition, and get your face painted while you discover what makes our monarch butterflies special. Special guests will provide even more activities, music, and information. Join us for ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Lunchtime for the FishWatch Ranger Linda feed the hungry inhabitants of our fresh and salt water tanks. Get familiar with some of our Bay Area aquatic neighbors. Watch the different feeding styles of the rock cod, sea stars, and rainbow trout.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Monday, 12/01/14
Parenting Influences On Developmental Processes: Insights from Intergenerational Imaging of Human Brain NetworksParents have large influences on their offspring's development in complex ways that include genetic and pre-, peri- and post-natal environmental influences, as well as interactions across these levels of influence on a variety of developmental processes My lab is taking an innovative approach to investigating some aspects of these complexities ...
Polymer nanocomposites are a class of materials where small, frequently inorganic nanoparticles are mixed with polymers. The excitement surrounding polymer nanocomposites comes from the possibility that the particles can add functionality to the polymer matrix that is not commonly found in polymers, such useful electrical and thermal transport properties, or ...
Today, 220 million Americans live in a state with a Renewable Portfolio Standard and 240 million live in states with a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. When taken in aggregate, the population of those states with commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would be the fifth largest country in ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Tuesday, 12/02/14
Attempts to explain water loss from MarsThe debate about whether or not Mars ever had life upon it centers on the issue of water.Was there water on Mars? If so, where has it gone? One of the explanations for the water loss focuses on the idea that the solar wind is removing the water by acceleration ionospheric ...
Strategic Policy Choice in State-Level Regulation: The EPA's Clean Power PlanFlexibility in environmental regulations can lead to reduced costs if it allows additional abatement from lower cost sources or if policy experimentation across states increases regulatory efficiency. The EPA's 2014 Clean Power Plan, which implements greenhouse gas regulation of power plants under the Clean Air Act, allows substantial regulatory exibility. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Biocapitalism and CultureSynthetic Biology (SynBio) is an emerging technology that allows scientists to engage in extreme forms of genetic engineering. Rather than swapping existing genes from one species to another as in "traditional" genetic engineering, scientists can now write entirely new genetic code on a computer, "print" it out, and insert it ...
