Family Day at Martin Griffin PreserveVisit Martin Griffin Preserve in Stinson Beach and let your kids be your guide!Enjoy walking trails, redwood forests, Bolinas Lagoon views, and more. Only a short drive to the beach.
Where: Stinson BeachCost: Free
Chabot Pride: #SpaceForAllBring the whole family to kickstart your Pride Month with this out-of-this-world Pride party at Chabot! Discover the science of rainbows, dance with family & friends at the DJ dance party, and get fired up to experience how Rocket Fuel is made with local drag superstar VERA! in our very ...
Where: OaklandCost: $24 General, $19 Kids, Srs. Students, Free Members
East Bay Green Home TourSee what your East Bay neighbors are doing with their homes to combat climate change, improve air quality, generate clean energy, conserve water, and move towards a safer, healthier, greener future.This year’s Green Home Tour will include a virtual tour of 3 homes in the morning and an in-person tour ...
Where: Cost: Free
Nike Missile Site Veteran Open HouseVeterans of the Nike program come to the site to share their stories with visitors and give guided tours of SF88 between the hours of 12pm - 3pm The SF-88 Nike Missile Site is the most fully restored Nike missile site in the country. During the tense years of the Cold War, from ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost: Free
On The Bay film program + Bay CruiseTogether with Shaping San Francisco, the Kanbar Forum at the Exploratorium presents short films created by artists and scientists, who explore unique cultural aspects of our Bay - its waterways, shorelines, the natural elements, and humans at work and play. The program will be followed by a shoreline history boat ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with ExplOratorium admission, Bay Cruise $69
Love is a universal experience found in all human cultures. Across the entirety of human culture, our single greatest commonality is the brain. What happens in the brains of people in love? In this talk, I discuss the three basic types of love (Lust, Romantic Attraction, and Attachment) and their ...
Where: Cost: Free
Binocular Stargazing at Coyote Valley Open Space PreserveWant to learn the night sky? Want to see the Milky Way and the stars contained in it? Did you know that you don’t need to spend a ton of money on a telescope to do so? All you need is a decent pair of binoculars.Come out and attend the ...
Where: Morgan HillCost: Free
Starry Nights Star Party - RescheduledThe San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA), working with the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority (OSA), is glad to co-host a public star party at Rancho Canada del Oro (RCDO) Open Space Preserve. This site, just 30 minutes south of downtown San Jose, features dark skies. It's dark enough to ...
Where: Morgan HillCost: Free
Sunday, 06/02/24
Solar ObservingIt’s there for us year round, lighting our days and providing energy for our lives, so maybe it’s time to give it a closer look. Join SJAA for amazing and detailed views of the Sun, and be assured that we’ll be using special telescopes that will keep your eyeballs perfectly ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Monday, 06/03/24
Economic and Environmental Considerations of Renewable Energy ResourcesThis presentation will first discuss a model, named the Stochastic Wave Energy and Tidal Energy Revenues (SWEATER) model, that simulates the energy revenues for tidal and wave energy resources probabilistically. The findings of SWEATER suggest that tidal energy resources, under certain conditions, could be economically feasible if payments are received for ...
Energy and water are two critical interdependent systems that impact environmental quality and require urgent innovation. Mining critical materials for energy storage requires large freshwater inputs and introduces pollutants to aqueous environments. Treating wastewater and producing potable require substantial energy inputs. Electrochemical wastewater refining, or the generation of tunable product ...
Today's water systems are enabled by ample fresh water sources, low-cost centralized treatment, and facile wastewater disposal. This linear paradigm delivers low-cost water, but it is increasingly vulnerable to climate change, aging infrastructure, source water contamination, and high energy prices. The National Alliance for Water Innovation, a DOE funded Energy-Water ...
"Crossing the Chasm" for a new technology into commercialization is difficult, notoriously difficult. This talk will focus on the perspective of one VC firm and the lessons we've learned in supporting and financing early-stage companies in the industrial technology and energy space.Speaker: Josh Stiling, Anzu
One third of people living in the United States do not have a driver license. The majority of involuntary nondrivers are disabled, lower income, unhoused, formerly incarcerated, undocumented immigrants, kids, young people, and the elderly. They are also largely invisible due to a mobility system designed almost exclusively for drivers. ...
Astronomers are looking for exoplanets - planets beyond our Solar System - with a goal to one day find Earth 2.0. JWST has provided us with unprecedented amounts of information on the atmospheres of exoplanets and their analogs - brown dwarfs. Brown Dwarfs are unique objects, too massive to be ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
In the rapidly evolving field of Artificial Intelligence, the creation of AI personas has emerged as a transformative approach to personalization. This talk will delve into the innovative work done at Soopra.ai, where we enable individuals, specifically authors,educators, professors and thought leaders, to create an AI version of themselves (aka ...
All stages of drug discovery and development are incredibly challenging, such that development of new medicines not only is long, complex, and costly, but also suffers from an exceptionally high failure rate, leaving much unmet medical need. These challenges are largely due to the complex, non-linear nature of the underlying ...
With climate change increasing the rate and intensity of natural disasters across the globe, many of us might wonder: how ready is San Francicsco for the next disaster? From sky-rocketing insurance hikes in the face of increased wildfires, the always looming "Big One" that one day will shake our city...it's ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15
Thursday, 06/06/24
Heat Pumps: An Emerging Tool to Support Better Health, Cleaner Air, and More Affordable Energy for All - LivestreamPublic health practitioners, policymakers, and community advocates alike will have an opportunity to learn about the compelling evidence of the economic, environmental, and health benefits of heat pumps, which include more affordable energy, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, improved air quality, and avoided adverse health impacts.Through appropriate laws, policies, and incentives, ...
The geophysics problems that must be solved in order for us to reliably monitor subsurface change, without disruption or prohibitive cost, have pushed researchers into new and fascinating areas in inverse theory, optimization, acquisition design, and AI. In this presentation I will summarize some recent computational, laboratory, and field experiences ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Bay Lexicon"Bay Lexicon" - a field guide to San Francisco’s shore - uses drawings, text, and maps to develop vocabulary for thinking and talking about a future made uncertain by sea level rise and the climate emergency. Centered on a walk along the edge of the iconic San Francisco Bay, it ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Healthy Homes PresentationJoin us to learn about improving indoor air quality and controlling unwanted pests! Attendees will receive safer home cleaning training from City staff. Free cleaning supplies will be available on a first come, first served basis.Room: Stegner Environmental Center, 5th Floor
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
NightLife: SpiceLifeWe’re bringing the spice at our hottest event of the year. Hear from spicy savants, sample fiery foods, and more.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
After Dark: What Grows BackPlants demonstrate incredible resilience and play an essential role in our ecology. Explore the physical connections to plants through our galleries and a special presentation of Between Earth & Sky, an award-winning documentary featuring renowned ecologist and rainforest canopy researcher Nalini Nadkarni. This inspiring story weaves her personal life with ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Friday, 06/07/24
First Friday NightsCome together as a family to celebrate Pride and Love! Soar into the weekend with live music, a fantastic food truck, colorful science activities, animal presentations, and with special guest, the San Mateo Pride Center. Join us for all the fun!
Where: San MateoCost: $19.95 General, $15.95 Seniors, Children, Students
In Town Star PartyCome join San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA) for an evening of stargazing.Event details:Events are held at the parking lot of our headquarters, Houge Park San Jose. The event duration is 2 hours. SJAA volunteers will share night sky views from their telescopes.Please refrain from bringing your own telescopes (Binoculars are ...
