Tools to address environmental flow recovery for coastal salmon in a vineyard landscapeAdaptation to Variability: Water Management in Mediterranean Climates: Both the developed and developing world confront growing water shortages, driven by population increases, expansion of high-value agriculture, and exacerbated by climate change. This research colloquium focuses on interdisciplinary implications for improving water security in California and other Mediterranean climate regions. By ...
Sunne Wright McPeak is the President and CEO of the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF), a statewide non-profit organization whose mission is to close the Digital Divide by accelerating the deployment and adoption of broadband. She assumed the position as the CETF first chief executive in December 2006 after serving ...
The Electric Car: Murder Victim, Suicide, or Still a Gleam in Its Parents' Eyes?Electric cars have existed since the inception of the automobile, but to date, have not penetrated the consumer market to a significant degree. This talk will present the significant advantages of an electrochemical energy source (batteries) relative to a combustion source for automotive power. But the challenges that have limited the success of ...
Where: OaklandCost: $29/$25 for dinner, free for talk only
Pritzker Lecture: Humans: Are We Just Another Primate? Academy fellow Dr. Robert Sapolsky will discuss his work as professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University and as a research associate with the Institute of Primate Research at the National Museum of Kenya. His enviable gift for storytelling led The New York Times to print, "If you crossed ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Seniors, Free Members
How is it that Americans have accumulated ever more and better stuff? As environmental activist Annie Leonard explains, all the "stuff" is taking an enormous toll on our health, our happiness, our desire for global justice and our shared natural world. Where does all this "stuff" come from and where ...
