Beginning in 2003, the Garden Conservancy formed a partnership with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and the NPS to rehabilitate the Historic Gardens of Alcatraz. Join Shelagh Fritz (Project Manager of the Gardens), to learn about the preservation process of a cultural landscapes: through the planning stages, preparation of ...
California's drought discussions have been dominated by media attention and public discourse about the supply of water while the impact on soil resources has been largely ignored. Hear Stephen Andrews (UC Berkeley Professor specializing in soils) discuss climate change and drought through a soils lens, and learn how soil depletion ...
Genetics and the social sciences have a troubled history. However, within the last decade, techniques have been developed for the measurement and utilization of individual genetic profiles. The advent of these techniques, as well as the increasing salience of genetic information across many areas of society, offers an opportunity for ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Predicting Biodiversity for Ecosystem Services PaymentsIn addition to the growing number of ecosystem services represented in portfolios of natural capital, biodiversity continues to be difficult to estimate and value across space. Here, we develop empirically based models for quantifying biodiversity across space for guiding investments in ecosystems services and safeguarding biodiversity. We use Costa Rica ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Friday@Maker Faire Bay AreaCome celebrate Maker Media's 11th anniversary in the Bay Area, showcasing creative and resourceful people in the areas of science and technology, engineering, food, and arts and crafts.Special advance preview on Friday. Requires separate ticket from weekend tickets.
Where: San MateoCost: see website
Is Earth Approaching a Tipping Point?Zika virus. The migrant crisis. Climate change. ISIS. Food scarcity. Drinking water contamination. What we read in the news almost every day seems like a string of unrelated crises, but they're not. In fact, they are intimately intertwined. We're on the brink of a societally dangerous tipping point and at ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
How the Ohlone Lived with NatureThe Ohlone Indians were inhabitants of this land long ago. They used many native plants to survive. Learn about these Native Americans and how the lived at Tule Ponds.
Where: FremontCost: Free
Tri-Valley Stargazers Astronomy Club monthly meetingThis month's main presentation will be at least a four ring circus! Four (or more) club members will give brief talks about a range of topics. Don Dossa will provide insights about imaging of Jupiter, Steve Adachi will show how to tune up a German Equatorial mount, Chuck Grant will ...
Cancer physician Siddhartha Mukherjee is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Emperor of All Maladies, a profoundly humane biography of cancer - from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control and conquer it, to a radical new ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $57 - $27 General, Members -10%
