Botany Series: Plant Families in the Field (Muir Woods Redwood Creek Loop)Stretch your legs and get out your hand lens! Spend the morning in old growth redwoods and on the banks of Redwood Creek for a botany-oriented hike examining several plant families and genera. Our last hike we documented sixty six families!Although we will be in the woods, you can expect ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost: Donations encouraged
Future Fridays: From Stand-up to Start-up: Growing Girl Techies and EntrepreneursAustin native Luz Cristal Glangchai, PhD is a scientist, entrepreneur and mentor with a passion for teaching and engaging girls in technology and entrepreneurship. She is the Founder/CEO of VentureLab, a non-profit that runs experiential learning programs in youth tech entrepreneurship. She is also the Director the Blackstone LaunchPad at ...
Where: OaklandCost: $26 General, $23 Members, $30 at door
Stories from the Frontlines: The Battle to Improve Air QualityThe Green Friday speaker for October 13 will be Andres Soto from Communities for a Better Environment (CBE).  Founded in 1978, CBE is one of the preeminent environmental justice organizations in the nation.    CBE’s vision embraces local transformation.  But the CBE vision goes far beyond local as humanity now faces ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
On Becoming a Spacefaring SocietyIf we ever hope to become a true spacefaring society, we must wean ourselves away from chemical rockets. This premise will be proven through an examination of Tsiolkovsky's Rocket Equation where it will become apparent that adding fuel achieves diminishing returns, but increasing exhaust gas velocity offers rapid transits to ...
