Event Calendar

See also Volunteer page for upcoming events

UCSC Searchable Calender
ongoing	Various kinds of activities Searchable campus calendar

EcoCruz searchable calendar
ongoing	Various kinds of activities with local green organizations. Ecocruz.org

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On-Going

(see below for one time date specific events)

Environmental Studies Seminar Series
Mondays	Fall '09 Mondays 12:30-1:40 followed by an informal discussion 1:40-2pm. 221 Interdisciplinary Sciences Building. Snacks and coffee provided at 12:15! Schedule

Sustainable Food Systems

Th On-going

Thursday, November 12: Kresge College / CASFS Lecture Series Dr. Constanza Ocampo-Raeder, University of Maine, will discuss her work, "Cultivating and Feeding Cultural Identity: Indigenous Home Gardens of the Peruvian Amazon." Time: 4 - 5:30 pm Venue: Kresge Town Hall Dr. Ocampo-Raeder is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Maine - Orono campus. Her primary research focuses on uncovering human signatures in the forest through the analysis of indigenous resource management strategies (swidden-fallow agriculture, hunting, gathering, and fishing). Her work in the Peruvian Amazon shows how the indigenous Ese eja people have influenced their traditional territory (an area of about 1.5 million hectares) by creating a series of anthropogenic habitats that influence vegetation structure and wildlife resources. Tuesday, November 17: Kresge College / CASFS Lecture Series Dr. Wayne Roberts, Toronto Food Policy Council, will discuss his work, "The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food: Taking Control of the Food System." Time: 4 - 5:30 pm Venue: Kresge Town Hall Dr. Roberts manages the Toronto Food Policy Council (TFPC), a citizen body of 30 food activists and experts recognized for its innovative approach to food security. In April 2009, under Roberts' leadership, the TFPC received the Bob Hunter Environmental Achievement Award, given to a City of Toronto agency with a record of outstanding leadership, for its efforts to make food an action item on the environmental agenda. Dr. Roberts has written seven books, including The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food (2008) and Real Food For A Change (1999), which promotes a food system based on the four ingredients of health, joy, justice and nature.

Elephant Seal Guided Hikes
On-going	Signups begin Oct. 20. Año Nuevo State Reserve is fascinating in every season. Elephant seal pups are born between December and February during the “Breeding Season.” During the spring and summer months, elephant seals come ashore to shed their fur during the “Molting Season.” Each fall, yearling seals “hang out” on the beaches during the “Fall Haul Out Season.”

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The National Parks
On-going	Ken Burns' excellent PBS series that contains much info on pioneering environmentalists such as Muir. All online for free link

Commonwealth Club

On-going

Various Bay Area Locations The Commonwealth Club routinely brings some of the smartest people anywhere to speak, often on green topics. Many of these talks are broadcast on NPR and podcast. See also Climate One series of talks With climate change, misuse and pollution already threatening the water supply, California is additionally facing a water shortage this season. Join experts and insiders in discussion of rationing, privatization and how to protect our state's most precious resource.

PARC CleanTech Series
Th. Weekly	Further information and previous Forum talks are available online at Forums PARC Forum at 4:00 p.m. on Thursdays Location: George E. Pake Auditorium at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 cleantech forum series ABOUT THE PARC FORUM: Link ONLINE ARCHIVE: video + audio of past Forums

Upcoming PARC Forums in the CleanTech Forum}}

Provost Tea
alternating Weds 4:30	College Eight Core course students can have informal chats about diverse topics. Provost office

Agroecology Events at The Farm
on-going	The Farm sponsors lots of activities, including how to make your own holiday gifts and how to grow your own fruits and vegetables. See their calendar

OPERS Recreation
ongoing	Outdoor activities, such as hiking, kayaking, rock climbing etc, some related to nature at OPERS. Samples of upcoming: Kayak Elkhorn Slough and Ocean, Kayak Whale Watching, Animal Tracking , and Food Systems

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Save Our Shores

ongoing

Dockwalker Santa Cruz Program. Come join Save Our Shores and help get the the word out about oil spill prevention, recycling used oil and clean and green boating. After a brief training session, volunteers will tour the harbor with SOS representatives speaking to boaters and distributing free supplies for oil spill prevention. Together we can help keep our harbors clean. Contact Lauren at Save Our Shores for more information: lauren@saveourshores.org or call (831) 462-5660. River cleanups also. Phone: 462-5660 ext.6# Email: lauren@saveourshores.org Link to register

Save the Bay (South Bay Events)

on-going

Example: Winter Planting Project along San Francisquito Creek (Palo Alto) Saturday, January 10 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Free In partnership with City of Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve Let's take advantage of the winter rains and restore wetlands at the Palo Alto Baylands. This unique wetland habitat that was saved from development in the 1950s by concerned citizens and is now home to many native species, including shorebirds and fish such as steelhead trout. Planting native seedlings like alkali heath and sea lavender will make way for a healthy Bay. Help us celebrate World Wetlands Day and we'll celebrate you! Plant native species like California poppy and bee plant to restore this critical wetland habitat and we'll reward you with food, refreshments, and giveaways immediately following the project. Volunteer support is critical in reaching our restoration goals and we want you to know we appreciate your hard work!

South Bay events

Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab
ongoing	Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab Event Calendar First Tuesdays Free See also Docent Training Begins 01/14/2009 Wednesday 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM Contact information for this listing: Seymour Center Phone: (831)-459-3799 Link

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ARBORETUM Events
monthly	Tours and Training Classes for Arboretum Volunteers link

Date Specific

Surfrider Monthly Cleanup
12/5	December 5, 2009, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Seacliff State Beach Register now at: Link

Save Our Shores Open House
12/05	Saturday, December 05 2009, 5:00pm - 8:00pm Save Our Shores invites all community members to a holiday gathering and volunteer social on Saturday, December 5th from 5:00-8:00pm. Come learn more about how to volunteer for ocean health, meet our team and enjoy the Lighted Boat Parade! Location : 345 Lake Ave. Suite A at the Santa Cruz Harbor Contact : (831)-462-5660x3, [1] Link

Copenhagen Action
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40th Anniversary Earth Day
4/22	National website City of SC Earth Day 2010 will take place on April 17th from 11am to 4pm rain or shine in the San Lorenzo Park and Benchlands behind the County building.

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World Ocean Day
6/8	weblink

PAST EVENTS

No Impact Man screening

12/9

Location: Del Mar Theater Santa Cruz Nubius Organics Presents Sundance Award Nominated Full-Length Feature Film: NO IMPACT MAN On Weds, Dec. 9th, please join the Santa Cruz green community for an exclusive screening of Sundance Film Festival nominated No Impact Man at the historic Del Mar Theater in downtown Santa Cruz. Pre-event reception begins at 6:40 pm and the No Impact Man film begins at 7:15 pm. Followed by a community discussion on Reducing Your Impact by Dr. J. Wallace Nichols. No Impact Man is the story of a guilty, New York liberal who decides to practice what he preaches for ONE YEAR (turns off the electricity, stops making garbage, gives up TV, taxis and take out & becomes a walking, bicycling, composting, tree hugging, polar bear saving, local food-eating citizen), all while taking his baby daughter & caffeine loving, retail-obessed, television-addicted wife along with him. Local non-profit partners Save Our Shores, People Power, Transition Santa Cruz & Ecology Action will be on-site with information on how to reduce your impact. Valet bike parking provided by People Power! Tickets $5 advance/ $7 at the door. Purchase tickets at: Link

Greg Mortenson, Co-author, Three Cups of Tea;
12/11	Greg Mortenson, Co-founder, Central Asia Institute; Co-author, Three Cups of Tea; Author, Stones in Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Foothill College. Local radio interview

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Green Architecture & Bio-regional Design
11/24	Guest lecture by Thomas Rettenwender. UCSC Baskin Auditorium 101, Tue. Nov 24, 12:00 noon

ARCTIC EXPEDITION CANOEING

11/19 Th

ARCTIC EXPEDITION CANOEING: A Narrative Reflection of a Novice 11/19/2009 Thursday 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Find out what it might be like to be dropped off in the middle of one of the largest protected natural region on earth where the words “vast” and “wild” and “remote” take on a whole new meaning. Journey with Skye Leone, Senior UCSC Recreation Supervisor, on America’s longest Wild and Scenic river from it’s headwaters to an Eskimo Village sixty miles from the Arctic Ocean. Slides and reflective narration on landscape, nuts and bolts of expedition canoeing, encounters with Inupiat people, and basking in the midnight sun. Location: Classroom Unit I - East part of campus Invited Audience: Open to Public Admission: Free Sponsored by: UCSC Recreation Estimated Attendance: 175 Contact information for this event: Name: Skye Leone Phone: (831) 459-2800 Email: sleone@ucsc.edu Link

Lester Brown

11/10

Saving Civilization Is Not a Spectator Sport President, Earth Policy Institute, Brown sees concern in the merging of world food and energy economies. Putting corn ethanol in gas tanks and grain-intensive food (beef) into more human bellies will drive up commodity prices and exacerbate fresh water scarcity. Though he believes the Earth is under stress, Brown is hopeful, in part because for the first time since the Industrial Revolution we have begun investing in energy sources that can last forever. Brown also will comment on how the melting glaciers of Tibet could affect the price of a bagel in California. Location: SF Club Office Time: 11:30 a.m. check-in, noon program Cost: $8 members, $15 non-members, students free (with valid ID)

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CSSC's 7th Annual Statewide Fall Convergence
11/6-8	The California Student Sustainability Coalition invites you to join students and young leaders from across California as we come together to build community and organizing capacity amongst individuals, campuses, and campaigns in the student sustainability movement. Share skills and resources, learn about what your peers are doing, network with other schools, and have fun!

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Full Disclosure

10/7 Wed

Sesnon Gallery, UCSC October 7 – November 21 2009 Opening Reception: Wed.,October 7, 4:30-6:30p.m. followed by a panel discussion with faculty artists and scientists. Full Disclosure is an inside look at the trial and error of scientists and artists through an intimate survey of their processes. An exhibition of art and artifacts, Full Disclosure views the practice and products of science—theoretical models, computational data, molecular structures—through the perceptual matrices of the arts revealing parallels and divergences between the two disciplines. Experimentation, creativity and failure, become the ultimate subjects in this unexpected juxtaposition of media, motives and forms. Related events Oct. 23, 2009: THE ART OF COLLABORATION symposium @ the new UCSC Digital Arts Research Center Oct. 23, 2009: Panel II noon-1:30pm: Authorship, Technologies and Frames with E.G. Crichton and others 3:00-4:00p.m. UCSC Foundation Forum on creativity Keynote Speaker: Ed Catmull: President, Pixar Animation Studios @ UCSC Music Recital Hall Panel III 4:30-6:00pm: Modes of Production with Melissa Gwyn and others @ the new UCSC Digital Arts Research Center Link

7th Annual Practical Activism Conference!
10/24 Sat	The Practical Activism Conference is a daylong, student led conference which features a keynote speaker, ten workshops, various on and off campus organizations, performances, and a variety of hands-on activism activities. This year's conference will take place on Saturday, October 24, 2009 in the College Nine & College Ten Multipurpose Room. KEYNOTE SPEAKER Bettina Aptheker Link

Day of Action for Climate Change

10/24

This is an invitation from Bill McKibben to help build a movement--to take one day day and use it to stop the climate crisis. UCSC : at Practical Activism draw a blue line where the ocean will be downtown one downtown on diet and global warming link one down the road in Davenport link You can download a presentation to give at UCSC; i will help you arrange a room and video equipment, contact pmmckerc@ucsc.edu On October 24, we will stand together as one planet and call for a fair global climate treaty. United by a common call to action, we'll make it clear: the world needs an international plan that meets the latest science and gets us back to safety. This movement has just begun, and it needs your help. Here's the plan: we're asking you, and people in every country on earth, to organize an action in your community on October 24. http://www.350.org/oct24 There are no limits here--imagine bike rides, rallies, concerts, hikes, festivals, tree-plantings, protests, and more. Imagine your action linking up with thousands of others around the globe. Imagine the world waking up. If we can pull it off, we'll send a powerful message on October 24: the world needs the climate solutions that science and justice demand. It's often said that the only thing preventing us from tackling the climate crisis quickly and equitably is a lack of political will. Well, the only thing that can create that political will is a unified global movement--and no one is going to build that movement for us. It's up to regular people all over the world. That's you. So register an event in your community for October 24, and then enlist the help of your friends. Get together with your co-workers or your local environmental group or human rights campaign, your church or synagogue or mosque or temple; enlist bike riders and local farmers and young people. All over the planet we'll start to organize ourselves. With your help, there will be an event at every iconic place on the planet on October 24-from America's Great Lakes to Australia's Great Barrier Reef--and also in all the places that matter to you in your daily lives: a beach or park or village green or town hall. If there was ever a time for you to get involved, it's right now.

Botany of Desire
10/28	Michael Pollan's bestselling book will be on PBS. weblink

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Marine Mammal Research Tour

10/29

10/25/2009 Sunday 2:15 PM to 3:30 PM Go behind the scenes at Long Marine Lab. Learn about the work of scientists and their studies of dolphins, seals, sea lions, and whales. Tour is best suited for adults and children over 10 years of age. Space limited, free with admission. Reservations required: (831) 459-3800. Location: Other Campus Location Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab Category: Announcement - Tour Invited Audience: Open to Public Admission: $6 Adults; $4 Youth (4-16) and Seniors (64+); Members, Children (3 & under), and UCSC undergrads are free. Contact information for this event: Name: Abby Borsgard Phone: (831) 459-3799 Email: aborsgar@ucsc.edu Web

STEWART BRAND Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto

10/9 and 16 Fri

Longnow Friday October 9, 02009 Stewart Brand Rethinking Green Doors open 7:00pm, talk at 7:30pm lasting ~1.5 hours Cowell Theatre in Fort Mason Center San Francisco, California Palo Alto Oct 15 link discount tickets Friday, October 16, 7:30 PM Berkeley Arts & Letters @ FCCB in the sanctuary at 2345 Channing Way at Dana, Berkeley wheelchair access, except for upper balcony $40 (includes autographed copy of book) ($10 companion ticket available with purchase of regular ticket) at Brown Paper Tickets or 800-838-3006 Stewart Brand believes that it’s time we reset the debate about the environment and global warming. While the Green Movement has become more mainstream, Brand, a galvanizing figure whose Whole Earth Catalog can be seen as one of its cornerstone manifestos, has continued to explore the matrix of life on earth and how our place in it can be better organized to protect its future and ours. Though honored as a writer -- with the National Book Award for the Whole Earth Catalog, Eliot Montroll Award for The Media Lab, and Golden Gadfly Award for his years as editor of CoEvolution Quarterly -- Steward Brand is primarily an inventor/designer. Trained as a biologist and army officer, he was an early multimedia artist. He has created a number of lasting institutions, including New Games Tournaments, the Hackers Conference, and The WELL, a bellwether computer conference system. He is co-founder of Global Business Network, a futurist research organization fostering "the art of the long view" and is the co-chairman of the board of The Long Now Foundation.

An Unnatural History of UCSC

10/11 Sun

10/11/2009 Sunday 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Join us for a day of discovery as we visit some of the sites featured in An Unnatural History of UC SC, a book that records over 50 remarkable creations, some, like Elfland and the Labyrinth, long gone. We will visit several of the more intriguing sites located in UCSC's upper campus. Bring a lunch, good walking shoes, a camera if you like, and appropriate clothing for this time of year. Location: East Field Center - East part of campus Depart Recreation Office Porch Category: Announcement - Class/Workshop - Recreation/Health/Fitness Invited Audience: Open to Public Admission: $20.00 Sponsored by: OPERS/Recreation Contact information for this event: Name: Kathy O'Hara Ferraro Phone: (831) 459-1693 Email: kferraro@ucsc.edu WWW

Ralph Nader

10/16 Fri

Activist; Former Presidential Candidate; Author, Only the Super-rich Can Save Us! What if some of America's most powerful individuals decided it was time to fix our government and return the power to the people? Nader ponders what would happen if a cadre of "superrich" individuals focused on unionizing Wal-Mart, advancing clean elections and improving the environment with alternative forms of energy. Nader reminds us that imagination is at the heart of every social movement and change in American politics. Location: Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto Time: 6:30 p.m. check-in, 7 p.m. program, 8 p.m. book signing Cost: $12 members, $20 non-members

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Research Review Day 2009 Baskin School of Engineering

10/22 Th

10/22/2009 Thursday 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM All day review of current research being done at the Baskin School of Engineering. Day also includes a poster session of research by our graduate students. Presumbly some green efforts will be on display. Location: Baskin Engineering - North part of campus Room: E2-180, E2-506, E2-599 Keynote Talk in Simularium All other presentations in Engineering 2 building Invited Audience: Open to Public Admission: Free Sponsored by: Baskin School of Engineering Estimated Attendance: 80 Contact information for this event: Name: Heidi Mc Gough Phone: (831) 459-4877 Email: heids@ucsc.edu Web

Transition Santa Cruz Reskilling Expo

10/17

Location: United Methodist Church, 250 California St.,Santa Cruz Transition SC is presenting its first Reskilling Expo on October 17 from 10-4 at the United Methodist Church, 250 California Street, Santa Cruz. Choose from a multitude of demos on how to reduce food costs and conserve water. There will be presentations on: Beekeeping, fruit trees, propagation of culinary and medicinal herbs, backyard berries, chickens and ducks, canning, and foraging, edible green spaces/huertos concretos, roots, rhizomes and tubers, traditional compost, vermicompost, compost tea, anerobic compost, jam-making, bread-making, seed saving, year-round edible garden, fermenting, solar cooking, incubation and non-toxic control of invasive plants. Learn to conserve water at our demos on: `Graywater, earthworks (swales, berms and basins), rainwater catchment, composting toilet and the propagation of native plants. Explore the transition concepts of peak oil, climate chaos, and economics. Reflect on where your money works at a talk about local banking. Speak your mind and heart to one of our Keynote Listeners. Consider integrating sustainable living with activism to transform the structures driving environmental and social harm. There will be good food and live music as well. Please join us! Admission by donation : $0- $25 Contact: Bonnie Linden bonnielinden@sbcglobal.net

Sea Otters ~ Barometers of Ocean Health

10/22 Th

Blooms & Bugs Ken Norris Memorial Lectures Series 2009: 10/22/2009 Thursday 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Dr. Raphael Kudela (UCSC): Marine Animals as Ocean Sentinels of Harmful Algae: Early Warning or Ignored Problem? AND Dr. Melissa Miller (USGS and UC Davis): tba Since being protected by the Endangered Species Act, the sea otter population has recovered from less than 50 animals near Big Sur to more than 2400 animals along the California coast today. Despite this good news, recent data indicates a declining population—WHY? We don’t hunt them for fur. We don’t trap them in nets. They are a protected species. What is happening to the sea otter and what does it mean to us? Six of the most prominent marine scientists and world otter experts will take us on a journey of discovery and understanding as to why sea otters are a barometer of ocean health. “Unlike previous decades where overhunting and fishing were the key causes, at least 50 percent of otter deaths are now due to a variety of infectious diseases, parasites, and pollution” says Dr. David Jessup, Wildlife Veterinarian at the Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center, California Department of Fish and Game. The first of three distinct lecture evenings will cover the many obstacles facing sea otters today, what their declining population tells us about the health of our oceans, and what we are doing to prevent further decline of this charismatic and important “keystone” species. Location: La Feliz Room Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab, 100 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, near Natural Bridges State Beach Invited Audience: Open to Public Admission: Free Contact information for this event: Name: Abby Borsgard Phone: (831) 459-3799 Email: aborsgar@ucsc.edu Web

Annual Fall Harvest Festival

9/26

Saturday, September 26, 11 am - 5 pm, UCSC Farm. Come celebrate the fall harvest at our biggest "open farm house" of the year! Apple pie baking contest, great live music, farm tours, cooking and gardening workshops, kids' activities, and much more! Note: We still need a few volunteers during the 12:30-3 pm and 3 pm - 5:30 pm time slots at the Harvest Festival. If you can help, contact us at 459-3240, or by email to casfs@ucsc.edu. Also coming up ... Choosing, Growing and Enjoying Peppers Saturday, October 3, 10 am - 12 pm, UCSC Farm Garden manager Christof Bernau shares his love of peppers at this workshop, which will include a tasting session. Learn how to select, plant, grow and enjoy this wonderfully versatile vegetable. $10 for Friends of the Farm and Garden members; $15 general public, payable at the workshop. Questions? Call 459-3240 or send email.

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Banff Mountain Film Festival Radical Reels Tour

9/26

09/26/2009 Saturday 7:00 PM to 9:15 PM Faster, steeper, higher, deeper! The most outrageous mountain sport films from the 33rd annual Banff Mountain Film Festival will thrill and inspire you with big-screen adventures when RADICAL REELS comes to UCSC Media Theatre at 7 pm on September 26. Bike tough trails, paddle wild waters, and ski steep slopes. The Radical Reels Tour runs every spring & winter and spans North America bringing a variety of mountain sport films to a wide range of viewers from hard-core outdoor adventurers to weekend warriors. Grab your tickets and hang on to your seats as we present the world's best action films on skiing, boarding, climbing, biking, kayaking and more - all brought to life on the big screen. This stop on the RADICAL REELS tour is hosted by UC Santa Cruz Recreation Dept and sponsored by BayTree Bookstore, Sprockets, Pacific Edge Climbing Gym and Adventure Sports Journal. Benefit for UCSC Mens and Womens Soccer and UCSC Recreation Tickets onsale online at www.ucscrecreation.com, Pacific Edge Climbing Gym and Sprockets Bicycle Shop Location: Media Theater - West part of campus located in the Performing Arts Complex Category: Announcement - Film/Video - Recreation/Health/Fitness Invited Audience: Open to Public Admission: $10 Students/Seniors in advance $12 General $2 more at the door Sponsored by: OPERS/Recreation

Marine Mammal Research Tour

9/27

9/27/2009 Sunday 2:15 PM to 3:30 PM Go behind the scenes at Long Marine Lab. Learn about the work of scientists and their studies of dolphins, seals, sea lions, and whales. Tour is best suited for adults and children over 10 years of age. Space limited, free with admission. Reservations required: (831) 459-3800. Location: Other Campus Location Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab Category: Announcement - Tour Invited Audience: Open to Public Admission: $6 Adults; $4 Youth (10-16), Students, Seniors (64+); Members, and UCSC undergrads are free. Contact information for this event: Name: Abby Borsgard Phone: (831) 459-3799 Email: aborsgar@ucsc.edu Web

Sea Otters : Barometers of Ocean Health

10/01 Th

10/01/2009 Thursday 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Dr. Tim Tinker (USGS): Big Sur vs. Monterey: Understanding Human Impacts on Sea Otter Population Health AND Dr. Keith Miles (USGS and UC Davis): The Doctor is In: Using Human Medicine to Diagnose What Ails the Sea Otter. Since being protected by the Endangered Species Act, the sea otter population has recovered from less than 50 animals near Big Sur to more than 2400 animals along the California coast today. Despite this good news, recent data indicates a declining population—WHY? We don’t hunt them for fur. We don’t trap them in nets. They are a protected species. What is happening to the sea otter and what does it mean to us? Six of the most prominent marine scientists and world otter experts will take us on a journey of discovery and understanding as to why sea otters are a barometer of ocean health. “Unlike previous decades where overhunting and fishing were the key causes, at least 50 percent of otter deaths are now due to a variety of infectious diseases, parasites, and pollution” says Dr. David Jessup, Wildlife Veterinarian at the Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center, California Department of Fish and Game. The first of three distinct lecture evenings will cover the many obstacles facing sea otters today, what their declining population tells us about the health of our oceans, and what we are doing to prevent further decline of this charismatic and important “keystone” species. Location: Other Campus Location Room: La Feliz Room Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab, 100 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, near Natural Bridges State Beach Invited Audience: Open to Public Admission: Free Sponsored by: Luckenbach Trustee Council Estimated Attendance: 98 Contact information for this event: Name: Abby Borsgard Phone: (831) 459-3799 Email: aborsgar@ucsc.edu Web

Online Event: Energy Literacy

8/26 /on-going

Attendance is limited, so register now. We'll send you a reminder before the webcast. And please feel free to share this invitation with others. Date: Wednesday, August 26th at 10 am PT Price: Free Duration: Approximately 60 minutes To register Questions? Please send email to webcast@oreilly.com Dr. Saul Griffith has multiple degrees in materials science and mechanical engineering and completed his PhD in Programmable Assembly and Self Replicating machines at MIT. He is the co-founder of numerous companies including: Low Cost Eyeglasses, Squid Labs, Potenco, Instructables.com, HowToons, Makani Power, and WattzOn, a free online tool to quantify, track, compare and understand the total amount of energy needed to support all of the facets of your lifestyle. Saul has been awarded numerous awards for invention including the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Collegiate Inventor's award, and the Lemelson-MIT Student prize. In 2007 he received a MacArthur Foundation "Genius Grant." A large focus of Saul's research efforts are in minimum and constrained energy surfaces for novel manufacturing techniques and other applications. Saul holds multiple patents and patents pending in textiles, optics, nanotechnology, and energy production You may also want to register for the second webcast in this series, taking place Sept. 3 at 10am PT. Professor Per F. Pederson, Chair of the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, presents Nuclear Energy: Future Directions. Weblink

David Mas Masumoto - The Wisdom of the Last Farmer

9/5 Sat. 10 am

David Mas Masumoto - The Wisdom of the Last Farmer: Harvesting Legacies from the Land radio interview listen live Hailed by The New York Times as "a poet of farming" and the Los Angeles Times as the "Rockstar Farmer" who "uses his farm as Thoreau did his Walden Pond," David Mas Masumoto weaves together stories of family and farming, life and death to reveal age-old wisdom that is fast disappearing—and urgently needed. When Slow Food activist David Mas Masumoto’s father has a stroke in the sprawling fields of their farm, the reality of his father’s mortality drives Masumoto to reevaluate the significance and meaning of farming in an information-driven, modern world. As Masumoto nurses his father back to health, and becomes a teacher to the master who had once schooled him, he reclaims the practical and emotional wisdom that they and their ancestors had learned from working the land. Realizing that he himself needs to pass on a wealth of knowledge to the next generation, he writes this impassioned narrative—part memoir, part life instruction—about re-connecting to the land. Masumoto is the award-winning author of Epitaph for a Peach and other books, popular columnist, spokesperson for organic farming, and a fellow at The Kellogg Foundation. A third-generation farmer, he grows certified organic peaches, nectarines, and grapes on his family’s eighty-acre California farm.The following Saturday, you ca hear an interview with Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City: the Education of an Urban Farmer

earlier book, Epigraph for a Peach

Trashed, The Movie
7/09	Quite a good documentary on solid waste, includes Freegans ;) on PBS

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UCSC Summer Sustainability Institute Seminar Series

Tuesday evenings, 7-9 PM

At the Program in Community and Ecology, in The Village (Lower Quarry) This is a series of evening seminars offering talks by faculty and other experts on topics related to sustainability. It is open to students, staff, faculty & the public. The location is the meeting room at the Program in Community and Ecology (PICA), in The Village (Lower Quarry). Sponsored by the Center for Global, International & Regional Studies, PICA, the Sustainability Engineering & Design Working Group, and others. June 23: Defining & practicing sustainability (Ronnie Lipschutz, Politics, UCSC) June 30: Sustainable design (Melanie Dupuis, Sociology, UCSC) July 7: Climate change on campus and off (Dan Press, Environmental Studies, UCSC) July 14: Sustainable Water (Ben Crow, Sociology, UCSC; Ruth Langridge, Legal Studies, UCSC) July 21: Sustainable Cities (Hilary Nixon, Urban & Regional Planning, San Jose State University) July 28: Renewables in Denmark & the World (Ali Shakouri, Electrical Engineering, UCSC and visiting faculty from Denmark) August 4: Green Architecture & Building (Thomas Rettenwender & Niklas Spitz, Environmental Studies, UCSC, and architects in Monterey, CA) August 11: Sustainability at UCSC (Aurora Winslade, Campus Sustainability Coordinator, UCSC) August 18: Agroecology & Sustainable Farming (Steve Gliessman, PICA and Environmental Studies, UCSC) August 25: Sustainable Transportation (Elizabeth Deakin, City & Regional Planning and Urban Design, UC-Berkeley) For more information, contact: Ronnie Lipschutz, 459-3275; rlipsch@ucsc.edu

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