'Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making us Sick?'Unnatural Causes is the acclaimed documentary series broadcast by PBS and now used by thousands of organizations around the country to tackle the root causes of our alarming socio-economic and racial inequities in health. The series crisscrosses the nation uncovering startling new findings that suggest there is much more to ...
Celebrate World Sea Turtle Day during a night of interactive educational displays, expert speakers, and films by the Sea Turtle Restoration Project. Learn about these magnificent, gentle creatures and discover ways that you can help protect their dwindling populations from extinction. See for yourself how a turtle excluder's design helps ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
'Tracks and Signs of Insects' book signing with Noah CharneyNoah Charney: Talk and book signing for "Tracks and Signs of Insects", the first-ever reference to the signs left by insects and other North American invertebrates. It includes descriptions and photos of tracks, egg cases, nests, feeding signs, galls, webs, burrows, and signs of predation.
The Antarctic Convergence is a region where the cold waters from the Southern Ocean meet the warmer sub-Antarctic seas. This area is a nature lover's paradise with vast numbers of birds and seals that are unafraid of human visitors. Dave Hartley and Jeanine Lovett's presentation is based on several trips ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $5 Donation General, Free for members
Fuels from Sunlight: Converting Solar EnergyChemical fuels currently account for 80% of world-wide energy consumption. Thomas Jaramillo, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering will discuss the challenges of moving away from traditional chemical fuel sources (natural gas, petorleum and coal) and instead towards a clean and sustainable path to synthesizing similar molecules using solar energy. This will involve bridging materials science, chemistry, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free to the public
Updates on MelanomaMelanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer , develops in melanocytes, the cells that produce melanin, the substance that provides pigment to your skin and eyes. Melanoma can occur in any part of the body that contains melanocytes. Melanoma is less common than other skin cancers, however, it is ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Getting to the Bottom of the Bay - subtleties of the subtidalMarilyn Latta, restoration ecologist, will show us a long term vision of how we can restore and manage these still thriving habitats of sand waves, eelgrass and shellfish beds, rocky outcrops, shoals and channel banks.
