For the first time in history, the human demand for a number of critical natural resources is approaching or exceeding the global supply of these resources. Sustainable development requires that the demand for resources be brought into, and maintained within, the limit of supply. This means that the only possible growth paradigm ...
Dr. Jeffrey Marqusee is currently the Executive Director of the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and the Director of the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP). SERDP is a tri-agency (DOD, DOE, and EPA) environmental research and development program managed by the Department of Defense. SERDP supports research ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
'Cosmic Voyage'A video presentation about the size and scale of the Universe
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Automated Strain EngineeringWith growing interest in green products, making useful new compounds via microbial fermentations is now relatively routine. But how can we produce a commercially relevant yield of these engineered compounds? It's a major challenge for synthetic biology. Dr. Newman discusses possible solutions, including a system developed at Amyris for standardized, ...
Dynamics Of Radiation Belt Electrons And The BARREL ExperimentThe intensity of relativistic electrons in Earth's radiation belts is known to be highly variable, but the processes responsible for this variability are still not well understood. Observed rapid depletions and subsequent rebuilding of the trapped particle population imply an efficient energization process, in some cases accelerating electrons to multiple ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Saving the World and Having a Job: The Changing Energy Landscape and Implications for InvestmentThe energy landscape is changing rapidly. What the internet is to information technology, the development of unconventional resources is to energy, except the impact has been even swifter. The advent of unconventional resources on the supply side intersected with the rapid growth and urbanization of developing markets is creating upheaval ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Conversations at the Herbst: Primate Behavior: Lessons for Life For more than thirty years, Dr. Sapolsky has divided his time between the field and the lab. As a result, he can effortlessly move from a discussion of pecking orders in primate societies (human and baboon) to an explanation of how neurotransmitters work during stress-and he get laughs doing it. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22-26 General, $20-24 Members
Describing himself as an "environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer," Joel Salatin has been dubbed "the high priest of the pasture" by The New York Times. Adamant about rebuilding the soil as the first step toward creating a sustainable farm, he is a bold advocate for changing from conventional to organic farming. ...
