The Next Frontier: Engineering the Golden Age of Green: Renewable, clean energy technologiesCommissioned by the Professional Engineers in California Government, this new film takes the viewer around the world in search of renewable, clean energy technologies and policies that will address the serious problem of excessive carbon dioxide emissions and our dangerous dependence on foreign oil.Speaker: Timothy Lipman, commentator, UCB Institute of ...
Spurred by revelations in mainstream media of surreptitious monitoring, much of it spurred by the ascent of behavioral advertising, there has been a resurgence of interest in online privacy among government agencies and the general public. Despite its acknowledged failure, in the United States, notice-and-consent, fortified in one way or ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Creating Sustainable Livelihoods in Poor RegionsSamasource is a nonprofit that connects people living in poverty to work via the Internet. In parallel, they provide high-quality content moderation, data entry, and other outsourcing services to clients. Ms. Janah first developed the idea behind Samasource while working as a management consultant, where her clients included global leaders ...
Debates Worth Having: Pros and cons of SaltworksThe proposed Saltworks development in Redwood City would bring as many as 12,000 much-needed housing units to the core of the Bay Area. But it would be built on decommissioned salt ponds at the edge of the Bay, and would thus destroy what could be a large and productive wetlands. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $5 General, Free Members
Earthquakes, tsunamis, and nuclear fallout: Is California at risk like Japan?As Japan grapples with the effects of a massive earthquake, devastating tsunami, and potentially catastrophic meltdown of multiple nuclear reactors, it is appropriate to consider whether California faces similar risks. Like Japan, California sits on the so-called "Ring of Fire", the boundary of the Pacific Plate whose potential for seismic ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Dobsonian Telescope MakingBuild a telescope the Dobson way. You will learn about John Dobson and his reflector telescopes, as well as how these telescopes work. You'll learn the step-by-step method for grinding and polishing the mirror, building the mount, and assembling a complete telescope. Seeing the rings of Saturn, the moons of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $170 + materials & supplies
The Heartbreak Turtle TodayThe Sea Turtle Restoration Project (STRP) hosts the public premier showing of The Heartbreak Turtle Today, an educational documentary detailing Gulf of Mexico sea turtle conservation up to, and including, the horrific BP oil spill. The 30-minute documentary will be followed by an interactive discussion and a presentation on California's ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free, donations encouraged
Moonwalking With EinsteinConversations at the Herbst: Joshua Foer In Conversation With Douglas McGrayScience journalist Joshua Foer became the United State Memory Champion in 2007, after researching how others use memory devices competitively. His forthcoming first book is based on that experience, and called Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $18 Members
