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The biggest and best collection of organically grown flower, herb and vegetable starts, perennials, roses, grasses, and other landscape plants available in the region. For more information, call 831.459-3240 or email Joan Tannheimer.}} | The biggest and best collection of organically grown flower, herb and vegetable starts, perennials, roses, grasses, and other landscape plants available in the region. For more information, call 831.459-3240 or email Joan Tannheimer.}} | ||
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| + | {{Event|Raj Patel and the Fair Trade Marketplace| 5/5| 7 p.m. in Classroom Unit 2. [http://www.rajpatel.org/node/3 Raj Patel] is "currently a visiting scholar in the Center for African Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, a Fellow at the Institute of Food and Development Policy and a Research Associate at the School of Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. I've just returned from two years working in South Africa, based out of the Centre for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Before that, I was a Policy Analyst at the Institute for Food and Development Policy/Food First, where I learned about the importance of land struggles, and got involved with The Land Research Action Network. The book that I co-edited with the network has just come out, and is available online, free, at Food First/[http://www.foodfirst.org/en/store/book/promised_land promisedland.]" | ||
| + | Sponsored by [http://www.enviroslug.org/eslp/ Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP)] | ||
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| + | Raj Patel and the Fair Trade Marketplace | ||
| + | http://www.rajpatel.org/node/3 | ||
| + | May 12th | ||
| + | Winona LaDuke | ||
| + | http://nativeharvest.com/winona_laduke | ||
| + | May 19th | ||
| + | Yes Men | ||
| + | http://www.theyesmen.org/ | ||
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{{Event|Global Warming Lecture| T. 5/8|Benjamin Santer, one of the world's leading scientists in the identification of human-caused climate change, will deliver the fourth annual Fred Keeley Lecture on Environmental Policy on Thursday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Media Theater at UC Santa Cruz. | {{Event|Global Warming Lecture| T. 5/8|Benjamin Santer, one of the world's leading scientists in the identification of human-caused climate change, will deliver the fourth annual Fred Keeley Lecture on Environmental Policy on Thursday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Media Theater at UC Santa Cruz. | ||
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Santer has been a key contributor to the Scientific Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. Santer's research focuses on such topics as climate model evaluation and identification of natural and anthropogenic "fingerprints" in observed climate records. May 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Media Theater. }} | Santer has been a key contributor to the Scientific Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. Santer's research focuses on such topics as climate model evaluation and identification of natural and anthropogenic "fingerprints" in observed climate records. May 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Media Theater. }} | ||
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| + | {{Event|Winona LaDuke, Native American Activist| 5/12| 7 p.m. in Classroom Unit 2. [http://nativeharvest.com/winona_laduke Winona LaDuke] is an Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwe) enrolled member of the Mississippi Band Anishinaabeg who lives and works on the White Earth Reservations, and is the mother of three children. As Program Director of the Honor the Earth Fund, she works on a national level to advocate, raise public support, and create funding for frontline native environmental groups. She also works as Founding Director for White Earth Land Recovery Project. | ||
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| + | In 1994, Winona was nominated by Time magazine as one of America's fifty most promising leaders under forty years of age. A graduate of Harvard and Antioch Universities, Winona has written extensively on Native American and Environmental issues. She is a former board member of Greenpeace USA and serves, as co-chair of the Indigenous Women's Network, a North American and Pacific indigenous women's organization. | ||
| + | Sponsored by [http://www.enviroslug.org/eslp/ Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP)] | ||
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| + | {{Event|The Yes Men| 5/12| 7 p.m. in Classroom Unit 2. [http://www.theyesmen.org/ The Yes Men]: Impersonating big-time criminals in order to publicly humiliate them. Targets are leaders and big corporations who put profits ahead of everything else. | ||
| + | Sponsored by [http://www.enviroslug.org/eslp/ Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP)] | ||
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| + | {{Event|Environmental journalism forum featuring Bill McKibben| 4/23|A discussion about objective journalism in the reporting of the environment is scheduled April 23 at the [Monterey Institute of International Studies Monterey Institute of International Studies]. | ||
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| + | The event will be moderated by Bill McKibben, an environmental journalist and Middlebury College scholar-in-residence. | ||
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| + | Panelists will include William Finnegan, a staff writer at The New Yorker; Monika Bauerlein, editor of Mother Jones magazine; Jason Scorse, international environmental policy program director at MIIS; and Matthew Jennings, editor of Middlebury Magazine. | ||
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| + | The event is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the institute's Irvine Auditorium. The forum is free and open to the public. }} | ||
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| + | {{Event|MARINE MAMMAL RESEARCH TOUR| 4/27|Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab. Head 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. Call (831) 459-3800 | ||
| + | Sunday, April 27, 2008 / 02:15 PM - 03:30 PM | ||
| + | UC students Free | ||
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{{Event|Ecological Landscaping Workshop|4/17| | {{Event|Ecological Landscaping Workshop|4/17| | ||
Revision as of 16:39, 29 April 2008
See also Volunteer page for upcoming events
| OPERS Recreation | |
| ongoing | Outdoor activities, some related to nature at |
| Reelwork Film Festival | |
| 4/25-5/11/ | Many films relating to labor (see full schedule below). Some have an environmental focus:
Sunday, April 27, 2008 Calvary Episcopal “Red” Church, Santa Cruz Earth Day Celebration in downtown Santa Cruz 1:30 pm • EarthVision Act Locally SHORT FILMS 6 pm • RETURN TO WILDERNESS (Director: Ed Schehl, 2004, 28 min) Volunteers restore Willow Creek Watershed in Los Padres National Forest. Speaker: Tom Hopkins, President, Ventana Wilderness Alliance 7 pm • THIRST (Producers: Alan Snitow & Deborah Kaufman, 2004, 65 min) Is water a public resource or just another commodity? 8 pm • SECRETS OF SILICON VALLEY (Producers: Alan Snitow & Deborah Kaufman, 2001, 60 min) Shocking exposé of the hidden downsides of the Internet revolution. Speaker: Barbara Sprenger, Felton FLOW organizer and activist Sponsor: EarthVision Film Festival Saturday, May 3, 2008 Live Oak Grange, Live Oak Reel Work for the Environment 4 pm • A CONVENIENT TRUTH: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil (Filmmakers: Maria Vaz & Giovanni Vaz Del Bello, 2007, 52 min) Innovations make Curitiba one of the most livable cities. Speakers: Maria Vaz & Giovanni Vaz Del Bello, filmmakers Jeffrey Smedberg, recycling coordinator 5:30 pm • Vegetarian Potluck Desserts provided. Please bring your plate, cup & utensils. 7 pm • Sierra Club Films about, solar, wind power, biodiesel & community gardens. THE VINEYARD ENERGY PROJECT(15 min) NATIVE WIND (1 min) FRENCH FRIES TO GO (15 min) RATS TO ROSES (30 min) Speakers: Peter Weiss, PHD, the “Singing Scientist” and professor of atmospheric chemistry Ray Newkirk, President & co-founder of Pacific Biofuel Catalina Siri, bilingual teacher and organic gardening activist David Blume, permaculturist & author of Alcohol Is A Gas |
| Science magazine editor Bruce Alberts | |
| 5/1 | Bruce Alberts, former president of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and current editor-in-chief of Science magazine, will deliver the 2008 Sinsheimer Lecture in Biology at UC Santa Cruz on Thursday, May 1.
Alberts's talk, titled "Spreading science throughout our nation and the world: A challenge for our new century," will take place at 7 p.m. at the Performing Arts Theater on the UCSC campus. Using personal stories from his own scientific journey, he will focus on the needs and opportunities related to improving science education. This lecture is free and open to the public. |
| Spring Plant Sale | |
| 5/3-4 |
Saturday, May 3, 10 am–3 pm Sunday, May 4, 10 am - 2 pm Barn Theatre Parking Lot, UCSC Friends of the Farm & Garden will have pre-entry priority from 9 am - 10 am on Saturday, May 3 The biggest and best collection of organically grown flower, herb and vegetable starts, perennials, roses, grasses, and other landscape plants available in the region. For more information, call 831.459-3240 or email Joan Tannheimer. |
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| Raj Patel and the Fair Trade Marketplace | |
| 5/5 | 7 p.m. in Classroom Unit 2. Raj Patel is "currently a visiting scholar in the Center for African Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, a Fellow at the Institute of Food and Development Policy and a Research Associate at the School of Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. I've just returned from two years working in South Africa, based out of the Centre for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Before that, I was a Policy Analyst at the Institute for Food and Development Policy/Food First, where I learned about the importance of land struggles, and got involved with The Land Research Action Network. The book that I co-edited with the network has just come out, and is available online, free, at Food First/promisedland."
Sponsored by Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP) |
Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP)
May 5th Raj Patel and the Fair Trade Marketplace http://www.rajpatel.org/node/3 May 12th Winona LaDuke http://nativeharvest.com/winona_laduke May 19th Yes Men http://www.theyesmen.org/
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| Global Warming Lecture | |
| T. 5/8 | Benjamin Santer, one of the world's leading scientists in the identification of human-caused climate change, will deliver the fourth annual Fred Keeley Lecture on Environmental Policy on Thursday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Media Theater at UC Santa Cruz.
Santer's talk is entitled "Climate Fingerprints: How do we know human activities have influenced global climate change?" Sponsored by the STEPS Institute for Innovation in Environmental Research, this event is free and open to the public. Santer has been a key contributor to the Scientific Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. Santer's research focuses on such topics as climate model evaluation and identification of natural and anthropogenic "fingerprints" in observed climate records. May 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Media Theater. |
| Winona LaDuke, Native American Activist | |
| 5/12 | 7 p.m. in Classroom Unit 2. Winona LaDuke is an Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwe) enrolled member of the Mississippi Band Anishinaabeg who lives and works on the White Earth Reservations, and is the mother of three children. As Program Director of the Honor the Earth Fund, she works on a national level to advocate, raise public support, and create funding for frontline native environmental groups. She also works as Founding Director for White Earth Land Recovery Project.
In 1994, Winona was nominated by Time magazine as one of America's fifty most promising leaders under forty years of age. A graduate of Harvard and Antioch Universities, Winona has written extensively on Native American and Environmental issues. She is a former board member of Greenpeace USA and serves, as co-chair of the Indigenous Women's Network, a North American and Pacific indigenous women's organization. Sponsored by Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP) |
| The Yes Men | |
| 5/12 | 7 p.m. in Classroom Unit 2. The Yes Men: Impersonating big-time criminals in order to publicly humiliate them. Targets are leaders and big corporations who put profits ahead of everything else.
Sponsored by Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP) |
PAST EVENTS
| Environmental journalism forum featuring Bill McKibben | |
| 4/23 | A discussion about objective journalism in the reporting of the environment is scheduled April 23 at the [Monterey Institute of International Studies Monterey Institute of International Studies].
The event will be moderated by Bill McKibben, an environmental journalist and Middlebury College scholar-in-residence. Panelists will include William Finnegan, a staff writer at The New Yorker; Monika Bauerlein, editor of Mother Jones magazine; Jason Scorse, international environmental policy program director at MIIS; and Matthew Jennings, editor of Middlebury Magazine. The event is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the institute's Irvine Auditorium. The forum is free and open to the public. |
| MARINE MAMMAL RESEARCH TOUR | |
| 4/27 | Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab. Head 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. Call (831) 459-3800
Sunday, April 27, 2008 / 02:15 PM - 03:30 PM UC students Free |
| Ecological Landscaping Workshop | |
| 4/17 |
Thursday, April 17, 6 pm–7:30 pm Santa Cruz Library, 224 Church St. Landscapers Kurt Christiansen, Ken Foster, and Brent Green willl present a free talk on resource-conserving landscaping. Call 831.459-3240 or email Joan Tannheimer with questions. |
| EMERGING GEOGRAPHIES CONFERENCE/MIDNIGHT UNIVERSITY | |
| Fri. 4/18 | EMERGING GEOGRAPHIES: MAPPING, TRACKING, TRACING is a one-day conference organized by the anthropology graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz. We invite students, faculty, and cross-disciplinary colleagues to explore the processes of mapping, their historical contingencies, and their unexpected entanglements with "out of the way" places.
MIDNIGHT UNIVERSITY: NAVIGATING MAPS is an informal evening of creative expression and engaged conversation on the lives of maps -- also on April 18, 2008. Friday, April 18, 2008 / 08:00 AM - 12:00 AM College Nine , Namaste Lounge Fred Deakin Phone: (831)-459-3588 Email: emerginggeographies@gmail.com Link |
| OCEAN EXPLORERS APPLICATION DEADLINE | |
| Fri. 4/18 5 pm | Friday, April 18, 2008 / 05:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Send in your application in to be included in the Ocean Explorers lottery. Participation is determined by a random drawing of applications. Enjoy a week of fun this summer exploring ocean science. Investigate the incredible creatures that inhabit Monterey Bay. Discover how marine scientists work in the great outdoors. Ocean Explorers experience the thrill of scientific discovery at a working marine lab. Students actively learn from field explorations, hands-on activities, games, and crafts. See our website for more details and applications: seymourcenter.ucsc.edu Seymour Center Phone: (831)-459-3800 Weblink |
| Film: Endangered | |
| Sat. 4/19 | Kennan & Karen Ward's 4th Annual Earth Day Celebration Saturday, April 19 7 pm Rio Theatre
Please join us to celebrate the spirit of Earth Day and see the latest creative film from world-reknowned and locally-based photographers, filmmakers and adventure - naturalists, Kennan and Karen Ward. This is the fourth year for this event. Ticket prices: Advance students & seniors (65+) $14.00, general public $16.00. On the day of show, ALL TICKETS $2 more. Advance tickets can be purchased in person at the following location: UCSC Recreation Phone in orders M_F, 9 - 5 (831) 459-2806 |
| ODE TO THE GLOBE: An Earth Day Event | |
| Sat. 4/19 | Saturday, April 19, 2008 / 12:30 PM - 05:30 PM
College Eight , Plaza Event Description: This 1/2 day celebration of the Earth will consist of speakers, music, food, workshops, hands on activities and more...All designed to raise participants awareness to sustainability and climate change through the philosophy of "think globally, act locally." Invited Audience: everyone |
| EARTH DAY at Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab | |
| T. 2/22 | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 / 10:00 AM - 05:00 P
Don’t stay home––there’s too much to explore on our beautiful blue planet on Earth Day! Enjoy free admission while you celebrate your love for our Earth. Come learn fun facts about the Earth, ecology, conservation, and the land/sea connection. Hands-on fun, minds-on impact. Invited Audience: everyone Admission: Free Seymour Center Phone: (831)-459-3800 Web: http://seymourcenter.ucsc.edu |
| Derrick Jensen | |
| T. 4/14 | 7 p.m. in Classroom Unit 2. He says of his writing: "'We are members of the most destructive culture ever to exist. Our assault on the natural world, on indigenous and other cultures, on women, on children, on all of us through the possibility of nuclear suicide and other means--all these are unprecedented in their magnitude and ferocity.'
So began my first book, Listening to the Land. Why do we act as we do? What are sane and effective responses to outrageously destructive behavior? What will it take for us to stop the horrors that characterize our way of being? My work and life revolve around these questions."Weblink |
Archive of Past Events
