Did you know that California has over 50 earthquakes per day and that Los Angeles and San Francisco are getting closer to each other every year (at about the rate that your fingernail grows)?Join us for this 4-hour workshop and learn about plate tectonics, seismic waves, earthquake magnitude & intensity, earthquake hazards, and ShakeAlert ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25
Christiana Figueres: Mindfulness and the Paris Climate AgreementWhen Christiana Figueres was herding 196 countries into the historic Paris climate accord, she tapped a secret source of personal sustainability. After the pact was finished, she told a reporter in Davos, Switzerland that the teachings of Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh “literally fell into my lap†when she was ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $35 General, $27 Members, $17 Students
Join us in kicking off the beginning of Sea Otter Awareness Week at The Marine Mammal Center!Did you know that the sea otter is the furriest animal in the entire world? The smallest marine mammal is also one of the most special with adaptations to stay warm, find food, and ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk TalkThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
Drought, wind, rain. Wildfire, flooding, crop failure, species extinction. Changes in the magnitude and frequency of extreme weather events are likely the most serious consequence of human-induced global warming. Understanding what the future portends is vital if society hopes to adapt to a very different world.Speaker: Michael Wehner, LBNL
