Broom pull party! Help reduce fire danger in Tilden Park & ride the historic merry-go-round Friends of Five Creeks, California Center for Natural History, and Park Hills neighbors are partnering up for this event to keep fire-prone French broom under control near Berkeley's Park Hills neighborhood and in the heart of Tilden Park, near Lake Anza and the merry-go-round. Friends of Five Creeks has done ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: FREE!
Why Tides MatterDocent Laurel Stell will talk and walk you through all things tides. What are they? How do they affect wildlife? How have humans reshaped the Bay's tidal lands? Program starts indoors but will move outside for an easy 0.5-mile walk. All are welcome. Register at http://tideseec.eventbrite.com.
Where: AlvisoCost: Free
Clear to Land at Burning ManOnce a year, Black Rock City Municipal Airport (88NV) exists for one purpose: to support the massive counter-culture Burning Man festival which draws about 70,000 people to this inhospitable dry lake bed for a week of exuberant, over-the-top partying that culminates in the fiery destruction of a series of massive ...
How the human body acquires, stores and uses chemical energy a basic processes, key to life. Indeed, the metabolism of a champion athlete, the aging individual, the person with several forms of chronic diseases and traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients are all governed by the same metabolic, biochemical and physiological ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
bay.org and the Bay Modelbay.org has teamed up with the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bay Model Visitor Center to create the Bay Model Alliance, a not-for-profit organization that benefits the Bay Model and its educational programs by bringing the Bay, its animals, and their habitats to you!Join us at the Bay Model ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
SCIENCE: And Our ClimateOnce more we bring you a collaborative project between Aquarium of the Bay and the Bay Model to discuss the next level of climate science and rubber duckies! Join us for a Rubber Ducky Race to see where salt water from the ocean first heads to in San Francisco Bay. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Family Sundown SafariIs your family ready for a WILD campout? Grab your camping gear, your family, a few friends, and get ready for an overnight adventure at Oakland Zoo.Family Sundown Safari is a unique overnight program for the whole family. This program includes dinner, a nighttime and morning guided tour of the ...
Where: OaklandCost: $85.00 per person for non-members / $75.00 per per
Film Screening & Meet the Filmmaker  In Pelican Dreams, an intimate portrait of an iconic seabird species, filmmaker Judy Irving follows a wayward, starving California brown pelican from her “arrest†on the Golden Gate Bridge into care at a wildlife rehabilitation facility, and from there explores pelicans’ nesting grounds, Pacific coast migration, and ...
Where: Point Reyes StationCost: $8 to $10
Twilight Marsh WalkExperience the salt marsh at twilight on an easy stroll along Tidelands (1 1/3 mile) Trail. At the setting of the sun we will observe the beginning of nature's night shift. Come discover the sights, sounds, and smells of the refuge as night descends. Not suitable for young children. RESERVATIONS ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
The Violent Universe Observed with the Fermi TelescopeThe Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into space in June 2008. The main instrument is the Large Area Telescope (LAT). Dr. Amy Furniss will present the Fermi-LAT instrument and highlight its most interesting results after seven years of operation.Gamma-ray observations open a new window into the universe, allowing us ...
