Innovations in Renewable EnergyStuart Macmillan is a consulting professor at Stanford University and a chief scientist at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. He has been active in the development of several global open communities and was on the founding team of JavaSoft. Stuart holds a M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University.
Frances C. Moore recently started as a Ciriacy-Wantrup Post-doctoral Fellow in the Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics at UC Berkeley. Her work bridges environmental science and economics in order to better understand climate change impacts and adaptation. Her PhD work focused on agriculture and on the development of new econometric ...
The life of an outdoorsman can be dangerously exciting. From leading a five-week expedition to find Bigfoot, to being charged by a grizzly bear at point-blank range, the list of stories Tom Stienstra, outdoors editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, has is extensive. Join us as Stienstra showcases his experiences ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
The state of the art Marine Mammal Center, headquartered in Marin Headlands, contributes to the critical understanding of the state of our greatest resource - the oceans. The center oversees 600 miles of coastline and has treated over 18,000 marine mammals since 1975. Join leading expert, Claire Simeone on assignment ...
Where: SonomaCost: $8
Science and Reason with Skeptics in the Pub, West BayIf ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the flim-flam man, join us, your friends. Skeptics in the Pub is a group of like-minded people informally discussing the latest in science or pseudoscience over good eats & ale.Skeptics in the Pub is a monthly meeting for discussion of topics ...
Where: MillbraeCost: Free
SF Bay Area Caves: A Ramble Through the Underground RealmBruce Rogers will give us a scientist and explorer's insight into selected caves of the Greater San Francisco Bay Region. The region is not noted for its abundance of known stygian sites, but they aren't absent. Some you can visit and some you'll likely never see for yourself, given the ...
