Geolunch

Meeting | August 10, 2007 – August 15, 2008 every Friday | 1-2 p.m. | 111 Mulford Hall

Sponsor: Berkeley Institute of the Environment

Nature's Engineers: LHS Wednesday FunDay

Special Event | July 9 | 12-2:45 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

Animals are born engineers. Find out how several creatures make their homes in this Wild Life Associates presentation. Two performances: 12:00 noon and 2:00 p.m....   More >

Geolunch

Meeting | August 10, 2007 – August 15, 2008 every Friday | 1-2 p.m. | 111 Mulford Hall

Sponsor: Berkeley Institute of the Environment

Solar Taxi: Around the World to Promote Green Energy

Lecture: Not-to-Miss: Fairs/Exhibits/Arts: Energy: Engineering: Pollution/Toxics: Transportation: Urban Issues | July 14 | 10:30-11:30 a.m. | 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg.

Speaker/Performer: Louis Palmer, Tour Director, Solar Taxi

Sponsor: CITRIS (Ctr for Info Technology Research in the Interest of Society)

The Swiss "Solar Taxi" will be on the UC Berkeley campus on July 14 for a lecture and demonstration. Read more about this project at http://www.solartaxi.com/mission/....   More >

Juncaceae, July 18 – 20, 2008

Workshop: Off-campus: Wildlife & Conservation | July 18 – 20, 2008 every day |  Sagehen Creek Field Station, Sierra Nevada

Speaker/Performer: Peter Zika, Burke Museum's University of Washington Herbarium

Sponsor: Herbaria, University and Jepson

This workshop will focus on California representatives of rushes, including more than a dozen endemics and an undescribed species....   More >

Registration required:$350/$375 members of the Friends of the Jepson Herbarium/non-members

Registration info: Registration opens November 1. Register by July 10 online, or by calling Anna Larsen at 510-643-7008, or by emailing Anna Larsen at alarsen@berkeley.edu.

Geolunch

Meeting | August 10, 2007 – August 15, 2008 every Friday | 1-2 p.m. | 111 Mulford Hall

Sponsor: Berkeley Institute of the Environment

Juncaceae, July 18 – 20, 2008

Workshop: Off-campus: Wildlife & Conservation | July 18 – 20, 2008 every day |  Sagehen Creek Field Station, Sierra Nevada

Speaker/Performer: Peter Zika, Burke Museum's University of Washington Herbarium

Sponsor: Herbaria, University and Jepson

This workshop will focus on California representatives of rushes, including more than a dozen endemics and an undescribed species....   More >

Registration required:$350/$375 members of the Friends of the Jepson Herbarium/non-members

Registration info: Registration opens November 1. Register by July 10 online, or by calling Anna Larsen at 510-643-7008, or by emailing Anna Larsen at alarsen@berkeley.edu.

Urban Permaculture: An Ethical, Eco-Social Design Response to Climate Change and Peak Everything

Lecture: Lectures: Sustainable Development: Urban Issues | July 19 | 10 a.m.-1 p.m. |  UC Berkeley Extension South of Market Center

Location: 95 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

Sponsor: UC Berkeley Extension

Free Public Program. Learn the fundamentals of permaculture design - a system of assembling the essential components of the human habitat in an integral organic pattern that benefits humans, animals, and plants in a particular region. Please call (510) 64...   More >

Juncaceae, July 18 – 20, 2008

Workshop: Off-campus: Wildlife & Conservation | July 18 – 20, 2008 every day |  Sagehen Creek Field Station, Sierra Nevada

Speaker/Performer: Peter Zika, Burke Museum's University of Washington Herbarium

Sponsor: Herbaria, University and Jepson

This workshop will focus on California representatives of rushes, including more than a dozen endemics and an undescribed species....   More >

Registration required:$350/$375 members of the Friends of the Jepson Herbarium/non-members

Registration info: Registration opens November 1. Register by July 10 online, or by calling Anna Larsen at 510-643-7008, or by emailing Anna Larsen at alarsen@berkeley.edu.

Geolunch

Meeting | August 10, 2007 – August 15, 2008 every Friday | 1-2 p.m. | 111 Mulford Hall

Sponsor: Berkeley Institute of the Environment

7th Annual UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference

Conference/Symposium: Not-to-Miss: Campus Sustainability | July 31 – August 3, 2008 every day |  Cal Poly

Location:  , San Luis Obispo, CA

Sponsor: Berkeley Institute of the Environment

The 7th Annual UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference is at Cal Poly this year, from July 31st to August 3rd. This conference is a great opportunity to see what other campuses throughout California are doing to be more sustainable, network with sustainabili...   More >

7th Annual UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference

Conference/Symposium: Not-to-Miss: Campus Sustainability | July 31 – August 3, 2008 every day |  Cal Poly

Location:  , San Luis Obispo, CA

Sponsor: Berkeley Institute of the Environment

The 7th Annual UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference is at Cal Poly this year, from July 31st to August 3rd. This conference is a great opportunity to see what other campuses throughout California are doing to be more sustainable, network with sustainabili...   More >

Geolunch

Meeting | August 10, 2007 – August 15, 2008 every Friday | 1-2 p.m. | 111 Mulford Hall

Sponsor: Berkeley Institute of the Environment

7th Annual UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference

Conference/Symposium: Not-to-Miss: Campus Sustainability | July 31 – August 3, 2008 every day |  Cal Poly

Location:  , San Luis Obispo, CA

Sponsor: Berkeley Institute of the Environment

The 7th Annual UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference is at Cal Poly this year, from July 31st to August 3rd. This conference is a great opportunity to see what other campuses throughout California are doing to be more sustainable, network with sustainabili...   More >

7th Annual UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference

Conference/Symposium: Not-to-Miss: Campus Sustainability | July 31 – August 3, 2008 every day |  Cal Poly

Location:  , San Luis Obispo, CA

Sponsor: Berkeley Institute of the Environment

The 7th Annual UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference is at Cal Poly this year, from July 31st to August 3rd. This conference is a great opportunity to see what other campuses throughout California are doing to be more sustainable, network with sustainabili...   More >

Geolunch

Meeting | August 10, 2007 – August 15, 2008 every Friday | 1-2 p.m. | 111 Mulford Hall

Sponsor: Berkeley Institute of the Environment

Bioengineering Summer Poster Session: Berkeley Summer Bioengineering Research Program

Special Event: Meetings: Engineering | August 8 | 2-4 p.m. | Stanley Hall, Atrium

Sponsor: Bioengineering (BioE)

Please join us for the culminating event of the Berkeley Summer Bioengineering Research Program - a poster session for undergraduate participants...   More >

Geolunch

Meeting | August 10, 2007 – August 15, 2008 every Friday | 1-2 p.m. | 111 Mulford Hall

Sponsor: Berkeley Institute of the Environment

The Nanofarm through the Seasons

Workshop: Rural Issues | August 24 | 1-4 p.m. |  Botanical Garden

Sponsor: Botanical Garden

For more experienced gardeners who want to improve
their “Plant Parenthood” skills. You’ll create a green
calendar to ensure timely garden maintenance, select
suitable fruit and vegetable varieties, learn about
summertime pruning, and e...   More >

Registration required:$50 Sign up for How to Plan and Build a Nanofarm and recieve a $10 discount: $90, $40, members Sign up for How to Plan and Build a Nanofarm and recieve a $10 discount: $70

Registration info: Register by calling 510-643-2755.

Environmental Law Speaker Series

Lecture: Lectures: Policy & Law | September 9 | 12:45-1:45 p.m. | Boalt Hall, School of Law, Goldberg Room

Sponsor: California Center for Environmental Law and Policy

The California Center for Environmental Law and Policy (CCELP) has invited renown members of the environmental law community to speak about a range of current issues in environmental law and policy....   More >

Target audience: Students - Graduate

Open to audience: All Audiences

Climate Change in Yosemite: Patterns of Environmental Change, September 10 – 14, 2008

Workshop: Off-campus: Climate | September 10 – 14, 2008 every day |  Yosemite National Park

Speakers/Performers: Connie Millar, USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station's Sierra Nevada Research Center; Jessica Lundquist, University of Washington; David Graber, National Park Service, Pacific West Region

Sponsor: Herbaria, University and Jepson

Join our team of high Sierra experts as we explore how the patterns of environmental and biotic changes may be tied to a changing climate and understand how their research affects management decisions....   More >

Registration required:$550/$575 members of the Friends of the Jepson Herbarium/non-members

Registration info: Registration opens November 1. Register by September 2 online, or by calling Anna Larsen at 510-643-7008, or by emailing Anna Larsen at alarsen@berkeley.edu.

Climate Change in Yosemite: Patterns of Environmental Change, September 10 – 14, 2008

Workshop: Off-campus: Climate | September 10 – 14, 2008 every day |  Yosemite National Park

Speakers/Performers: Connie Millar, USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station's Sierra Nevada Research Center; Jessica Lundquist, University of Washington; David Graber, National Park Service, Pacific West Region

Sponsor: Herbaria, University and Jepson

Join our team of high Sierra experts as we explore how the patterns of environmental and biotic changes may be tied to a changing climate and understand how their research affects management decisions....   More >

Registration required:$550/$575 members of the Friends of the Jepson Herbarium/non-members

Registration info: Registration opens November 1. Register by September 2 online, or by calling Anna Larsen at 510-643-7008, or by emailing Anna Larsen at alarsen@berkeley.edu.

Climate Change in Yosemite: Patterns of Environmental Change, September 10 – 14, 2008

Workshop: Off-campus: Climate | September 10 – 14, 2008 every day |  Yosemite National Park

Speakers/Performers: Connie Millar, USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station's Sierra Nevada Research Center; Jessica Lundquist, University of Washington; David Graber, National Park Service, Pacific West Region

Sponsor: Herbaria, University and Jepson

Join our team of high Sierra experts as we explore how the patterns of environmental and biotic changes may be tied to a changing climate and understand how their research affects management decisions....   More >

Registration required:$550/$575 members of the Friends of the Jepson Herbarium/non-members

Registration info: Registration opens November 1. Register by September 2 online, or by calling Anna Larsen at 510-643-7008, or by emailing Anna Larsen at alarsen@berkeley.edu.

Climate Change in Yosemite: Patterns of Environmental Change, September 10 – 14, 2008

Workshop: Off-campus: Climate | September 10 – 14, 2008 every day |  Yosemite National Park

Speakers/Performers: Connie Millar, USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station's Sierra Nevada Research Center; Jessica Lundquist, University of Washington; David Graber, National Park Service, Pacific West Region

Sponsor: Herbaria, University and Jepson

Join our team of high Sierra experts as we explore how the patterns of environmental and biotic changes may be tied to a changing climate and understand how their research affects management decisions....   More >

Registration required:$550/$575 members of the Friends of the Jepson Herbarium/non-members

Registration info: Registration opens November 1. Register by September 2 online, or by calling Anna Larsen at 510-643-7008, or by emailing Anna Larsen at alarsen@berkeley.edu.

Climate Change in Yosemite: Patterns of Environmental Change, September 10 – 14, 2008

Workshop: Off-campus: Climate | September 10 – 14, 2008 every day |  Yosemite National Park

Speakers/Performers: Connie Millar, USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station's Sierra Nevada Research Center; Jessica Lundquist, University of Washington; David Graber, National Park Service, Pacific West Region

Sponsor: Herbaria, University and Jepson

Join our team of high Sierra experts as we explore how the patterns of environmental and biotic changes may be tied to a changing climate and understand how their research affects management decisions....   More >

Registration required:$550/$575 members of the Friends of the Jepson Herbarium/non-members

Registration info: Registration opens November 1. Register by September 2 online, or by calling Anna Larsen at 510-643-7008, or by emailing Anna Larsen at alarsen@berkeley.edu.

ESPM Majors Declaration Workshops: Fall 2008

Information Session: Meetings: Students: Policy & Law | September 15 | 3-4 p.m. | 130 Mulford Hall

Speaker/Performer: Marjorie Ensor, ESPM Advisor

Sponsor: Environmental Science, Policy, and Mgmt., Dept. of (ESPM)

Learn about ESPM majors, requirements, and scheduling strategies to help you graduate on time!...   More >

RSVP info: RSVP by calling Emilie Danda at 510-642-7381, or by emailing Emilie Danda at espm_ug@nature.berkeley.edu.

Environmental Career Panel

Panel Discussion: Lectures: Students: Policy & Law | September 23 | 12:45-1:45 p.m. | Boalt Hall, School of Law, Goldberg Room

Moderator: Richard M. Frank

Sponsor: California Center for Environmental Law and Policy

Are you interested in pursuing a career in environmental law? Finding a good fit for a summer clerkship with a law firm, government office or public interest organization where you can work on important environmental law issues? Then come to this very inf...   More >

Target audiences: Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective

Open to audience: All Audiences

ESPM Majors Declaration Workshops: Fall 2008

Information Session: Meetings: Students: Policy & Law | September 25 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 130 Mulford Hall

Speaker/Performer: Marjorie Ensor, ESPM Advisor

Sponsor: Environmental Science, Policy, and Mgmt., Dept. of (ESPM)

Learn about ESPM majors, requirements, and scheduling strategies to help you graduate on time!...   More >

BioInorganic Chemistry of Titanium in Medicine and the Environment

Seminar: Lectures: Pollution/Toxics: Public Health: natural science | September 26 | 4-5 p.m. |  Pitzer Auditorium, 120 Latimer Hall

Speaker: Professor Ann Valentine, Department of Chemistry, Yale University

Sponsor: Chemistry, Department of

ESPM Majors Declaration Workshops: Fall 2008

Information Session: Meetings: Students: Policy & Law | October 7 | 10-11 a.m. | 130 Mulford Hall

Speaker/Performer: Marjorie Ensor, ESPM Advisor

Sponsor: Environmental Science, Policy, and Mgmt., Dept. of (ESPM)

Learn about ESPM majors, requirements, and scheduling strategies to help you graduate on time!...   More >

RSVP required

RSVP info: RSVP by calling Emilie Dandan at 510-642-7381, or by emailing Emilie Dandan at espm_ug@nature.berkeley.edu.

Spring Rollout

Meeting: Meetings: Students | October 16 | 12:45-1:45 p.m. | Boalt Hall, School of Law, Goldberg Room

Performer Group:

Sponsor: California Center for Environmental Law and Policy

Trying to decide which classes to take in the Fall? Come and hear the environmental law faculty give overviews of all the environmental law classes being offered this Fall. Lunch provided by California Center Environmental Law and Policy (CCELP) starting...   More >

Target audiences: Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective

Open to audience: All Audiences

Insect Diversity and Coevolution, October 18, 2008

Workshop: Wildlife & Conservation | October 18 |  Valley Life Sciences Bldg.

Speaker/Performer: David Hembry, Essig Museum of Entomology

Sponsor: Herbaria, University and Jepson

We will critically examine what phylogenetics can and cannot tell us about the processes of insect codiversification and coevolution which are responsible for much of the earth’s biological diversity. Middle and high school teachers are especially e...   More >

Registration required:$35/$50 members of the Friends of the Jepson Herbarium/non-members

Registration info: Registration opens November 1. Register by October 15 online, or by calling Anna Larsen at 510-643-7008, or by emailing Anna Larsen at alarsen@berkeley.edu.

ESPM Majors Declaration Workshops: Fall 2008

Information Session: Meetings: Students: Policy & Law | November 14 | 12-1 p.m. | 130 Mulford Hall

Speaker/Performer: Marjorie Ensor, ESPM Advisor

Sponsor: Environmental Science, Policy, and Mgmt., Dept. of (ESPM)

Learn about ESPM majors, requirements, and scheduling strategies to help you graduate on time!...   More >

Lithocarpus densiflorus: An Environmental History of Tanoak, November 23, 2008

Workshop: Lectures: Wildlife & Conservation | November 23 |  Valley Life Sciences Bldg.

Speaker/Performer: Frederica Bowcutt, Evergreen State College

Sponsor: Herbaria, University and Jepson

We will explore American history as it relates to changing attitudes and land use practices affecting forests. If linking botany, American history, and political economics sounds fun, this is the workshop for you....   More >

Registration required:$85/$110 members of the Friends of the Jepson Herbarium/non-members

Registration info: Registration opens November 1. Register by November 20 online, or by calling Anna Larsen at 510-643-7008, or by emailing Anna Larsen at alarsen@berkeley.edu.

Visiting Scholars Roundtable: Turning Away from Cars: Seoul’s Pedestrian Master Plan

Lecture: Lectures: Pollution/Toxics: Transportation | November 28 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. |  Wurster Hall | Canceled

Speaker/Performer: Shinhae Lee, Seoul Development Institute

Sponsor: Urban and Regional Development, Institute of

The population of Seoul, Korea has reached 10 million. The city’s economic growth has led to increased car ownership. Result: serious traffic congestion, more traffic accidents, widespread air pollution. Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) built addi...   More >

ESPM Majors Declaration Workshops: Fall 2008

Information Session: Meetings: Students: Policy & Law | December 14 | 2-3 p.m. | 130 Mulford Hall

Speaker/Performer: Marjorie Ensor, ESPM Advisor

Sponsor: Environmental Science, Policy, and Mgmt., Dept. of (ESPM)

Learn about ESPM majors, requirements, and scheduling strategies to help you graduate on time!...   More >

RSVP required

RSVP info: RSVP by calling Emilie Dandan at 510-642-7381, or by emailing Emilie Dandan at espm_ug@nature.berkeley.edu.