Earthquake Field TripWhen the earth moves technology moves with it!Join us for a tour of the Earthquake Protection Systems (EPS) facility on Mare Island.Meet Victor Zyas, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of EPS.Learn about the geological fault lines of Vallejo and Napa.See how EPS manufactures unique technology that protects buildings from earthquakes ...
Where: VallejoCost: Free
What Lies Beneath the Bay: the secret lives of the spineless and spinyCome spend a morning exploring the San Francisco Bay Estuary Field Station!Meet scientists working on various research and restoration projects in and around the bay.Touch some mud! Discover how we collect these critters and gather scientific data about them in our lab.Peer into our microscopes at some of the amazing ...
Where: VallejoCost: Free
Guided Nature WalkExperience the beauty and rich natural history of this 535-acre preserve. Our half-day guided nature walks are on Saturdays throughout fall and spring. Participants are divided into small groups and paired with a trained Bouverie volunteer to explore the mixed evergreen forest, flower-carpeted oak woodland and rugged chaparral.Visitors of all ages ...
Where: Glen EllenCost: $20 General, $15 Members/Students, Free < 18
Fish DaysLearn about fresh water fish that are found in local ponds and rivers. Games show native and non native fish and how they arrived at Tule Ponds. Compare fishing ponds for people versus fishing ponds for wildlife.  Explore how the early peoples of area went fishing as well as the ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
6th Annual Wine Country Nature & Optics FestivalOver 50 nature non-profits from Sacramento to San Jose will be joining Northern California artisans at. Twelve major binocular and spotting scope companies from across the US, will be displaying and selling a full range of the latest optics technology. The festival is sponsored by Sonoma Nature partnering with California ...
Where: SonomaCost: Free
GGRO Hawk Talk & Raptor ReleaseOur Hawk Talks and Raptor Releases occur every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 2 pm (weather permitting - heavy fog or rain cancels) during September and October, except for Fleet Week weekend. The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and ...
Explore the past, invisible present, and future of the Napa River. Starting at River Park, we’ll walk and chalk the 1876 river bank’s location, swim with Spencer the endangered, seven foot long sturgeon, and see the future of the water through the eyes (and feet!) of shorebirds. Finally, get to ...
Where: VallejoCost: Free
Bill Nye - 'Everything All At Once' - CANCELEDBill Nye wants you to change the world! The public face of science for over 20 years, The Science Guy is issuing a call to arms. Whatever your cause, whatever your persuasion, whatever your radical curiosity is driven by, everyone can be the change they want to see in ...
Where: San MateoCost: $20 General, $42.39 including book
History & Habitat in Pine FlatJoin ACR Education Specialist Dave Self to learn about the rich history of Pine Flat and human influences on the landscape. We will discuss Wappo uses and the early Fur Trade, ranching and the Mercury Boom and Bust of the 1870’s, as well as recent protection. You’ll also learn a ...
Where: GeyservilleCost: $20 General, $15 Members/Students, Free < 18
Come explore the bustling birdlife that call the Marin Headlands home with volunteer Jan Haley in this easy walk along Rodeo Lagoon! Bring field guides and binoculars. Dress in layers. For ages 8 and older. No dogs. Reservation required, please call 415-331-1540.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
GGRO Hawk Talk & Raptor ReleaseOur Hawk Talks and Raptor Releases occur every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 2 pm (weather permitting - heavy fog or rain cancels) during September and October, except for Fleet Week weekend. The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and ...
Bill Nye the Science Guy joins us for one unforgettable evening to read and sign his new book, Everything All at Once.Everyone has an inner nerd just waiting to be awakened by the right passion. In Everything All at Once, Bill Nye will help you find yours. With his call ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $42.50
Monday, 09/11/17
Galapagos Syndrome: Self diagnosis, treatment, and planning for a recurrenceThis is nominally a talk about preliminary observations of facilitative interactions among reef fishes in the Galapagos Islands. We went to San Cristobal and Santa Cruz Islands, as well as smaller adjacent islets, in July 2017 to investigate the extent to which group foraging was present in the reef fish communities ...
Cassini’s 13 years at Saturn have made it the most spectacularly successful interplanetary mission in the history of NASA. In its final 10 months, Cassini has transformed itself into a whole new mission with its Grand Finale, including 20 close flybys off the outer edge of Saturn’s rings and 22 ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
The challenges of accelerating sea level rise and aging shoreline infrastructure are creating a once-in-a-century opportunity to redesign the Bay shore. Originally constructed with little regard for the Bay, the future shoreline can more successfully integrate the natural and built environments to make a healthier shore for both the Bay ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free, registration required
The Future of Work: Implications for Individuals and SocietyAutomation and globalization are shrinking the number of good, well-paying jobs. What's a person to do? What's society to do? This lecture will offer practical advice for everyone--from people starting out, to older people wanting to stay relevant in a changing economy. Career Coach Marty Nemko will address a ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Free Bay Currents talk: Ospreys -- Hooray!Tony Brake of the San Franciso Bay Osprey Coalition brings good news and spectacular photos of how, after more than a century, these graceful but fierce fish hawks are raising families along the Bay.  Refreshments 7 PM, talks 7:30 - 9 PM. Â
7:00-7:25: Hsiao-Yun Chu(SFSU) on "R. Buckminster Fuller: The Arts of the Sea and the Land"Fuller's lifelong passion for boating and the sea translated into his design work and philosophy...Read more7:25-7:50: Liat Berdugo (Media Artist) on "Technologies of Power, Access, and Freedom"We live in a world saturated ...
Is Sugar Making Us Sick?Mounting research is implicating sugar - specifically the added sugars we consume from soda and sweets - as a key contributor to numerous chronic diseases, including obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Join a panel of experts in nutrition and public health to discuss the role of added sugar in ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
SciComm Studio 006: Augmented Curiosity WorkshopThe explosive rise of gaming has opened a new frontier for crafting engaging experiences, particularly for science topics. How can writers, artists, designers, and scientists explore the radical possibilities of the medium to communicate, entertain, and inspire engagement with science? September’s SciComm Studio is mixing things up by hosting a ...
Join us for the debut of Exploratorium Artist-in-Residence Ilana Halperin’s Library of Earth Anatomy, a collection of remarkable geological artifacts that invite and inspire us to see rocks in new ways. Created for the Exploratorium’s Fisher Bay Observatory the Library employs unconventional classification methods to dissolve the usual boundaries between ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Thursday, 09/14/17
De Anza College Energy & Facility Management / Building Science ProgramCurious about Energy Management or Building Energy Efficiency?  Bill Roeder from DeAnza College will be talking about the Energy Management, Facility and Building Science Program offered by DeAnza College. Bill Roeder, a faculty member at De Anza College will take us on a tour of the programs offered. This will be ...
Where: SaratogaCost: FREE
Tarantulas on Mount DiabloEvery fall, at dusk, male tarantulas walk across the slopes of Mount Diablo and look for mates, so CCNH is taking a special trip to a secluded trail to look for these adorable fuzzy denizens of the east bay! We’ll hike about 2 miles round trip and take in the ...
Where: Walnut CreekCost: $15
Field of View: EmotionWe live in an era of booming interest in new media technologies, and the possibilities and powers of these new tools in the hands of creative thinkers appear limitless. Driven by the enthusiasm of a deeply engaged community of creators, researchers, and developers, emerging media technologies are undergoing rich experimentation. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 general / $10 Member
The Younger Protocol: HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO NOVEMBER 16 The younger protocol will show you how to recognize the warning signs of aging and inflammation (“inflammagingâ€) - worsening vision, weight gain, loss of muscle mass, thinner skin and faulty memory - and turn them around with evidence-based functional medicine. Recent data shows that 90 percent of disease is caused ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
Interactive Art In The Age Of Climate Change & How to eat insects, save forests, and solve hungerPurin PhanichphantArtist and Designer, San FranciscoClimate change is a huge and messy problem that happens so slowly. Even with scientific data, some people still doubt that climate change is real. How might we get people to *experience* differentDr. Brian L. FisherResearcher and Curator, California Academy of Sciencesaspects of climate change ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $7 advance, $10 at door
Alone in the Milky Way: A Bay Area Skeptics and WonderFest Skeptalk How many civilizations capable of interstellar communication exist in our Milky Way galaxy? We know of just one, of course, namely us (barely!). The Drake Equation famously "quantifies our ignorance" regarding the number, N, of such advanced civilizations in the Galaxy. The task of estimating N, via the Drake Equation, is an honored exercise for scientists who ...
Join naturalist Nik Bertulis for a leisurely stroll following the legacy remnants and underground network of culverts and drains that represent the once wild and free-flowing Derby Creek. We will look for evidence of the historic riparian ecosystem and for those with the most recent version of the inaturalist app ...
Where: EmeryvilleCost: $10 suggested donation
Tri-Valley Stargazers public meetingThis meeting will feature short presentations by those who were able to get away to see the solar eclipse on 08/21/17. You can expect there to be plenty of slides and movies showing the phenomenon, and maybe a few pictures as well of the antics of those people who participated ...
