The Darwinian Tourist: Viewing the World through Evolutionary EyesBiologist Wills takes us on a series of adventures that demonstrate how ecology and evolution have interacted to create the world we live in. Some of these adventures, like his SCUBA dives in the incredibly diverse Lembeh Strait in Indonesia, or his encounter with a wild wolf cub in western ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Cancer and Aging: Rival DemonsUCB staff and students can use their UC ID card to obtain access to LBNL off-site shuttle buses and do not need to RSVP; Others, and those who plan to arrive by car, need to RSVP to arrange site-access. RSVP by November 15 by calling Ciccina Guagliardo at 510-486-6490, or by emailing ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Exploring the TeV Energy States at the Large Hardon ColliderProf. Jeffrey Richman of the Univ. of Calif. at Santa Barbara will give a Physics/Applied Physics colloquium entitled, "Exploring the TeV Energy States at the Large Hadron Collider."
Where: StanfordCost: Free
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 ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Bookworms Club: Living Green in the CityGreen Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability by David OwenJoin in a lively discussion of Owen's premise that cities, especially densely packed and compact cities like New York, are the way to live a more sustainable life. This is a book discussion ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Cleantech Outlook in Latin AmericaThe need for incremental energy production in Latin America is huge, and significant funding has become available in recent years to promote renewable energy development as a way to meet growing energy demand while reducing carbon intensity. The case for California renewable energy companies to capitalize on the opportunities next ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $10 - $15
Making of a Mushroom BookSteve Trudell will present "Making of a Mushroom Book." Ever complained about a mushroom field guide - it doesn't include everything you find, many of the mushrooms are not illustrated, the keys are too confusing, the descriptions incomplete? Steve Trudell's book, Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest, was published last year. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Rainwater Harvesting: A sustainable solution to the global water crisisKelly and Dylan Coleman are the directors of Save the Rain, a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching those in water starved areas to harvest the rain using simple and appropriate technology. Since beginning in 2005, their systems have helped 165,000 people gain a reliable source of clean drinking water. Come ...
The Edge of What We Know From where we stand as humans, at the scale that we are, we push the edges of our knowledge from the inside out. The very small (the nano, the microbial, ants) and the unimaginably large (supernovae, black holes). We push our senses (what we ...
