The lack of a formal framework to link local mechanism to larger scale patterns challenges our capacity to understand and monitor pelagic ecosystem responses and feedbacks to global change. I will describe three case studies where we apply the hierarchical patch mosaic paradigm of landscape ecology to the study of ...
Robotics WorkshopHands on activities include:*Experimenting with interactive robots*Building simple robotic cars *Learning the basics of robot programming *Adapting your robot to an obstacle courseSee website for additional details
As California faces an historic statewide drought, we must also recognize the role of global water resources in sustaining California's population and economy. In this talk I will outline the contours and trends of California's water footprint, that is, the water required to support our consumption of everyday products, from food ...
Writing a program involves three tasks:Deciding what the program should do.Deciding how the program should do it.Coding: Implementing these decisions in code.Too often, all three are combined into the process of coding. This talk explains why they should be separated, and discusses how to perform the first two.Speaker: Leslie Lamport, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Conversations About Landscape The Lexicon of Carbon FarmingJoin Douglas Gayeton from the Lexicon of Sustainability, and Jeff Creque and Torri Estrada from the Marin Carbon Project and the Carbon Cycle Institute, in a conversation on new techniques for carbon sequestration. And learn how the food we eat can contribute to or combat climate change.Conversations About Landscape brings ...
7:00-7:25: Lily Alexander(UC Santa Cruz) on "Counterculture, Collectivity, and the Aesthetics of Early Communications Art at the Western Front and Beyond"The confluence of avant-garde performance, postmodern dance, experimental video and sound in the early development of communications media projects...Read more7:25-7:50: Melanie Swan(Founder, Institute for Blockchain Studies) on "Bitcoin/Blockchain ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Building Community - Food SecurityWhat is food security, and who are the hungry in Marin County? Speakers will discuss the impacts of food insecurity on communities. Agency and individual efforts to address food security through food banks, food redistribution, and agricultural production. Speakers will also discuss environmental impacts of drought and climate change on local ...
Where: San RafaelCost: $10 Advance/$15 at Door General, Free for members
Encountering the First Dwarf PlanetNASA's Dawn mission has now arrived in orbit around Ceres-the largest asteroid in the asteroid belt and also the first dwarf planet to be discovered. Ceres is among the last uncharted worlds in the solar system, and one of the largest "left-overs" from the formation of our solar system. We are about ...
With new breakthroughs in neuroscience, combined with insights from thousands of years of contemplative practice, we are beginning to understand how we can actively shape our own brains for greater happiness, love, and wisdom. Rick Hanson combines modern science with ancient teachings to show you how to have greater emotional ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $27 General, $24 Members
Thought leaders around the world define sustainability as meeting the needs of people today without compromising the well-being of future generations. Current circumstances and trajectories present a significant challenge to achieving that goal. In just fifteen years the world population is expected to increase by 1 billion to more than ...
New Developments in the Treatment of Amatoxin PoisoningS Todd Mitchell MD, MPH is the Principal Investigator of an FDA sanctioned nationwide clinical trial regarding the treatment of patients with deadly Amatoxin Mushroom Poisoning. This is the first prospective trial ever conducted with regards to AMP and is also in that it is being conducted through Dominican Santa ...
