Nursery Series: Growing Plants from CuttingsCome learn the secrets of cloning plants by cutting off branches and encouraging them to root! Meghan Steinharter (Fort Funston and Oceana Nurseries Manager) and Robin Binaoro (Marin Headlands Nursery Assistant) will discuss the science behind clonal propagation: what's going on inside the plant and how rooting hormones work. There ...
Understanding, Utilizing, and Predicting Human Mobility Data
Large scale human mobility data can be collected from mobile phones, car navigation systems, location-based applications, social media, Wi-Fi, and traffic cameras. Turning such raw data into knowledge can provide insights in social science, urban problems, and prevention health, and can also benefit applications in transportation, advertisement targeting, and urban ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
'A Plastic Ocean'There will be a free screening at ARC of the critically acclaimed documentary, A Plastic Ocean. Along with being endorsed by the United Nations, this film showcases the true strain that we put on our planet’s oceans and native sea life through our production and use of plastic. We will ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
From Mars to the MultiversePowerful instruments had led to astonishing progress in tracing the emergence of atoms, galaxies, stars and planets from a mysterious 'beginning' 13.8 billion years ago. An exciting development has been the realisation that many other stars are orbited by retinues of planets -- some resembling our Earth (and capable of harboring life). Looking further afield, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Green Friday:Life and Legacy of John MuirThis month's Green Friday presentation will be a treasured walk through the life and legacy of John Muir led by Devin Jackson MA.Ed, a 6th Grade Middle School Science/Engineering Teacher, currently in his 6th year at Foothill Middle School in Walnut Creek, CA in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District. ...
