Oakland EarthEXPOEarthEXPO is a FREE annual environmental fair hosted by the City of Oakland Public Works Department. The fair highlights transportation, environmental health, waste reduction, water, energy, urban design, nature and community themes. Approximately 100 exhibitors will gather to showcase their contributions for a sustainable environment. The goal is for Oakland ...
Speaker: Gilbert Passin, TeslaNote: This event has been canceled.
Where: San JoseCost: Free
The State of the DeltaThe Sacramentoâ€"San Joaquin Delta is a rich and complex place studded by islands and utilized for shipping, agriculture, recreation, housing and more. Together, these uses contribute billions of dollars to the state’s economy. The waterway has also proven to be highly controversial, with groups continuously arguing over how it should ...
Where: OaklandCost: $10 General, Free for Members
Why We Invest in StartupsSpeaker: Dr. Patrick Pfeffer, Sr. Director of Growth Strategy and Venture Investments, Juniper Networks
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Pollution, the Political Divide and the Possibility of Common GroundARLIE RUSSELL HOCHSCHILD is one of the most influential sociologists of her generation. She is the author of nine books, including The Second Shift, The Time Bind, The Managed Heart, and The Outsourced Self. Three of her books have been named as New York Times Notable Books of the Year ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San Francisco
From the rare and weird to the historically important and just plain cool, Collectible NightLife celebrates the art of collecting.Get lost in cabinets of curiosities as Emily Graslie, Chief Curiosity Correspondent for The Field Museum in Chicago and creator and host of the YouTube show, “The Brain Scoop,†shares tales ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
New immersive and object-based multichannel audio formats for cinema, entertainment and cinematic VRIn recent years, several audio technology companies and standardization organizations (including Dolby, Auro, DTS, MPEG) have developed new formats and tools for the creation, archiving and distribution of immersive audio content in the cinema or broadcast industries. These developments extend legacy multi-channel audio formats to support three-dimensional (with height) sound ...
Shifting to a cleaner energy system will require money -- to scale up new energy sources and to soften the economic blow to people whose livelihoods have depended on the old ones. Jenna Nicholas is working on both those capital flows. As an advisor to Divest-Invest Philanthropy, she has worked ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Astronomy Night: Getting the Most out of a Black HoleEvery large enough galaxy, including ours, hosts a supermassive black hole at its center, and we also know of many smaller black hole candidates in and around our Galaxy. Dr. Tchekhovskoy will explain what are black holes and how they manage to curve space around them. He will discuss their ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Wonderfest: Magic vs. Quantum EntanglementEntanglement phenomena are the closest thing we have to reproducible magic, and even physicists can't agree as to what’s really going on. Is it spooky action at a distance, or retrocausality, or conspiracies that govern our choices? And what is a good skeptic to do when every explanatory option seems unacceptable - when nature forces ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Friday, 04/07/17
Birds & BotanyHike the forests, meadows and hills around Pine Flat and up Redhill with ACR Volunteer Patrick Woodworth & ACR Resource Ecologist Dave Self. We’ll be watching (and listening) for birds on the hike out. After lunch, we'll botanize as we consider the seasonal interplay between bird foods, habitat history and current activity ...
Where: GeyservilleCost: Free
Airport Capacity Prediction Using Machine Learning and its ApplicationsAir traffic managers and flight operators are faced with challenging decisions due to the uncertainty in capacity stemming from variability in weather, demand and human factors. Accurate airport capacity predictions are necessary to develop efficient decision-support tools for air traffic control and for planning effective traffic management initiatives. Capacity of ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Saturday, 04/08/17
Family Bird WalkLet family walks become a shared time of nature learning. We’ll begin by helping kids create their personal bird watching field guides, and then head out onto the trails to find those birds. A limited number of binoculars are available to borrow. Recommended for children ages 5-10. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Register ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Interesting InsectsJoin us for this once a year Open House at Tule Ponds at Tyson Lagoon and learn about the various insects and their life cycles found in wetlands. See what different life cycles can be found, and go on an insect scavenger hunt. Informative, fun, and educational for the entire ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Trekking the ModelJoin a ranger guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of the San Francisco Bay and Delta. Discover the stories of the two major operations that took place at this location between 1942�"2000.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Twilight Marsh WalkExperience the salt marsh at twilight on an easy stroll along Tidelands (1 1/3 mile) Trail. At the setting of the sun we will observe the beginning of nature’s night shift. Come discover the sights, sounds, and smells of the refuge as night descends. Not suitable for young children. RESERVATIONS ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Octopus SOIRÉEA SCIENCE & ART CELEBRATION OF THE AWESOME OCTOPUSMarvel at one of the most unique and bizarre animals on Earth!  Octopuses are aces at camouflage, squeezing into tiny places, and capturing all types of prey.  In her 8pm talk Jenny Hofmeister, Ph.D. of Scripps Institution on Oceanography will share her ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20
Yuri's Night Bay AreaIt's a science event and a party at Chabot Space and Flight Center. Food, music, cocktails, pop up speakers, dancing, futuristic fashion show---all to celebrate the 54th anniversary of the first manned space flight by Yuri Gagarin in 1962. It is a global celebration that started in 2012. This year ...
Where: OaklandCost: $11-$500.
The Role of Magnetic Fields in the Lives of StarsMagnetic fields are pervasive in the Universe, and often have very noticeable and important effects on astrophysical phenomena. In particular, essentially all stars are magnetic at some level, and magnetic fields begin to play a role even before the star is born. Young stars are much more active than our ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Sunday, 04/09/17
Geology Hike with Iain Jamieson Led by Bouverie Preserve docent and retired geologist Iain Jamieson. Be prepared for a moderate hike with many stops to discuss the rock formations and geological history.Click here to register on Eventbrite. Limit 20 participants.
Where: GeyservilleCost: $20 General, $15 Members/Students, Free < 18
Kids Learning Fremont History Series: Treees for a Growing California (7-10 yrs)Students will learn how to identify trees and to discover the uses of the different trees within the park. They will make palm frond art, compare needle leaf and broad leaf trees. Students will collect different parts of a tree. They will never look at a tree the same way ...
Where: FremontCost: $19 per child, includes materials
The development of modern, industrial agriculture has been characterized by large reductions in biological diversity, both across landscapes and within farming systems. Loss of biodiversity is particularly evident in the U.S. Corn Belt. Simplification of crop and non-crop vegetation in the Corn Belt has resulted in the production of large ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
EXTREME WEATHER IN A CHANGING CLIMATEDr. Michael Wehner of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will present an overview of his research on the behavior of extreme weather events in a changing climate. Changes in the magnitude and frequency of extreme weather are likely the most serious consequence of human induced global warming. Understanding what the future ...
Speaker: Artur Runge-Metzger​, Head of Unit Climate Strategy, International Negotiation and Monitoring of EU Action, DG Environment, European Commission
Soil Health Series: Composting Methods & Biological Properties of SoilSoil is the most complex biomaterial on Earth...really! Join the very knowledgeable Stephen Andrews (UC Berkeley Professor, specializing in soils) for a hands-on class to discover the basics of creating a successful compost, and how the soil foodweb drives the sustainability of nearly all living things on Earth. Prepare to ...
Sunset/Full Moon Walk to the Point Bonita LighthouseJoin park staff and volunteer docents for a tour down through the history of Point Bonita while the sun sets over the Pacific. We will walk along the half-mile trail which is steep in places. Arrive early as parking is limited. Meet at the Point Bonita Lighthouse trailhead. Dress warming ...
For decades, scientists have been working to understand the building blocks of life by studying the structures of proteins and other large biological molecules. Using clever tricks with microscopes, electrons, and X-rays, it is possible to see the precise arrangements of atoms in these complex molecules. This sharp view of biological structure ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Eureka! Science ComedyJoin us for another amazing night of laughing and learning as physicist Holger Muller discusses lasers, light, and the dark constituents of the universe.Alongside hosts Allen Saakyan & Kevin Whittinghill will be the hilarious comedians Joey Avery (Fox TV) and Karinda Dobbins (opened for Hari Kondabolu and Trevor Noah).Dr. Holger ...
Will the rapid arrival of robotic cars lead to the blissful end of traffic? Or will autonomous cars merely put drivers out of work and clog our streets even more than before? No one knows for sure if the utopian or dystopian vision will arrive at your front door. What ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
Causes for the 2013-2016 record Marine Heatwave in the NE PacificBetween the winters of 2013/14 and 2014/15 the northeast Pacific experienced its largest marine heatwave on record. The extraordinary warming persisted into 2015/2016 under the influence of an extreme El Niño event. Here Nate will review the extent to which regional atmospheric forcing of the NE Pacific marine heat wave was ...
Malthus continues to cast a shadow over environmentalism, especially in the debates over limits to growth. The important question is not whether Malthus was wrong, but why Malthus was wrong. In the first part of this lecture I will provide an alternative critique of Malthus’ infamous Essay on Population, and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Conversations About Landscape: Coming to TermsThe collective impacts of humans on Earth - including the ongoing crises of climate change and biodiversity loss - seem to dwarf our individual efforts to protect the planet. What can we do that will make a difference?A growing community of scientists, citizen scientists, writers, activists, historians, artists, and philosophers ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Inheriting Cancer: When Risks Are in Your GenesCancer might be in your DNA. Cancer-causing mutations in the BRCA gene came roaring into our collective consciousness when Angelina Jolie candidly shared her decision to undergo a double mastectomy to prevent inherited cancer. How does a BRCA mutation affect the risk of cancer for both men and women? How ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
7:00-7:25: Goran Konjevod(Origami Artist) on "Origami Beyond Geometry"New approaches to design of folded objects go beyond just two-dimensional geometry...Read more7:25-7:50: Eva Silverstein(Stanford/ Cosmology) on "TBA"Abstract forthcomingRead more7:50-8:10: BREAK. Before or after the break, anyone in the audience currently working within the intersections of art and science will have ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Wildlife and Habitat ConnectivityLecture will include a look at habitat connectivity and wildlife crossings.Speakers: Trevor Stevenson; Megan Isadora, River Otter Ecology Project; TBAEnvironmental Forum of Marin Lecture
