Arid House WalkJoin Horticulturist Bryan Gim on this special tour through the Garden's Arid House. Explore colorful cacti, succulents and other plants from cool, dry and warm dry areas of the world in this glasshouse adventure. Space is limited. Reservations required.
Fusion Space PropulsionControlled fusion energy production has been under development for 60 years. The primary objective has been for creating terrestrial power plants using deuterium and tritium as fuel. Unfortunately this objective has been continuously eluded for both technical and economic reasons. However, the threshold for achieving success in applying fusion to ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Fire and Ice NightlifeThis week NightLife explores nature's extremes of temperature throughout the Academy.Highlights include:---The return of the Crucible to NightLife. This Oakland-based non-profit educational facility fosters collaboration of Arts, Industry and Community. Through training in the fine and industrial arts, The Crucible promotes creative expression, reuse of materials and innovative design while ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Plastic Solar Cells with Engineered InterfacesProfessor Tobin J. Marks will talk on the topic at the Thursday January 20 meeting of the Santa Clara Valley Section of the American Chemical Society.Dr Marks will receive the Carol and Harry Mosher Award, the highest award given by the Santa Clara Valley Section for his contributions to organic ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $ 27
Free Facilitator Training: Become a Climate Change LeaderGet trained to mobilize your friends, family, neighbors and coworkers to respond to climate change! At this facilitator training you will receive the tools and materials to host a workshop series with a small group of your community members. Following this training, you will be prepared to lead your community members ...
The Harbor Porpoises of San Francisco BayAfter 65 years the harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) are back in the SF Bay indicating a positive change toward a healthy ecosystem. Learn about teams of researchers who are assessing the porpoises abundance, habitat use, social behavior, calving interval, and what you can do to help this project.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
'The Last Nomads'Join us for an enthralling evening with Ian Mackenzie & The Borneo Project. We'll screen "The Last Nomads" – Banff Mountain Film Festival Grand Prize winner. The film follows Ian, a linguist & ethnographer, on his yearly trek through the threatened Borneo rainforest, with the last remaining nomadic hunter-gatherers, the ...
Reconstructing Migrations and Behaviors of the First Americans through the Analysis of PaleofecesIn arid parts of the Americas, such as the American Southwest and Great Basin, paleofeces are found in abundance in nearly every rockshelter. Much can be learned from the genetic study of such artifacts. In this public lecture, Dr. Kemp will discuss the growing field of the genetic study of ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Medicinal Mushrooms: A Critical AssessmentDenis Benjamin MD, author of Mushrooms: Poisons and Panaceas: A Handbook for Naturalists, Mycologists, and Physicians and Musings of a Mushroom Hunter: A Natural History of Foraging, will review the evidence for the role of mushrooms in human health. He will explore some of the differences between the western and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Wild World of FrogsThe Wild World of Frogs - A presentation by DR. Kerry Kreiger, Founder, Executive Director & Ecologist of SAVE THE FROGS. How long do frogs live? How many types are there? What is the difference between a frog and a toad? Why are frogs disappearing worldwide and what can be ...
