November 2010

Trading Places: How to Cope When the Adult Child is Caring for the Parent

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Tue, Nov 9 2010 - 5:15pm

Trading Places: How to Cope When the Adult Child Is Caring for the Parent
Diane M. Wilson, MS, MFT
Diane's talk will address the myriad emotions you may be feeling as you realize that the arrangements for more and more care are consuming an ever-expanding part of your life. As you watch your loved one struggling with infirmities, the worries about finances, visits to doctors and therapists, etc., can take a heavy emotional toll. Read more »

Laurie David:Why Family Dinners Matter: How Every Concern Crosses Your Dinner Plate

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Tue, Nov 9 2010 - 6:00pm

Why Family Dinners Matter: How Every Concern Crosses Your Dinner Plate
Laurie David, Producer, An Inconvenient Truth; Author, The Family Dinner
Research has shown that children who have regular dinners together with their parents do better in almost all areas of life, from higher grades in school to maintaining loving relationships, to avoiding bad behaviors like drugs, alcohol, and promiscuity. Read more »

Timothy Sandefur:The Right to Earn A Living

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Mon, Nov 8 2010 - 6:00pm

How Government Harms Economic Growth
Timothy Sandefur, Adjunct Scholar, CATO Institute; Author, The Right to Earn a Living
This event has been postponed.
Want to open a pest-control company or become a florist?  First you must spend two years and thousands of dollars to pass a licensing exam. Read more »

Park 51: The NY Islamic Center Project

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Mon, Nov 8 2010 - 6:00pm

Park 51: NY Islamic Center Project
Munir Jiwa, Founding Director and Professor, Center for Islamic Studies, Graduate Theological UnionAmeena Jandali, Educator; Co-founder, the Islamic Network Group – Moderator
The controversial Park 51 project to build a mosque and Muslim community center near Ground Zero has thrust us into a national conversation about religious freedom, patriotism and Islamophobia. Jiwa posits that the general public still equates 9/11 with Islam rather than al-Qaida. Read more »

In the Balance: Energy, Economy and Environment

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In the Balance: Energy, Economy and Environment

Part of The Chevron California Innovation Series

Raj Atluru, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Ralph Cavanagh, Energy Co-director, Natural Resources Defense Council
Cathy Reheis-Boyd, President, Western States Petroleum Association
Jack Stewart, President, California Manufacturers and Technology Association
Virgil Welch, Special Assistant to the Chairman, California Air Resources Board
Greg Dalton, Climate One - Moderator Read more »

Solar Surge?

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Solar Surge?

John Woolard, CEO, BrightSource Energy
Karen Douglas, Chairman, California Energy Commission
Lisa Hoyos, California Director, Apollo Alliance
Greg Dalton, Climate One - Moderator Read more »

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger: Green Light or Red Light Ahead?

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Calories and Carbon

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The New, New Math: Calories & Carbon

Calories and Carbon

Ken Cook, Founder and President, Environmental Working Group
Whendee Silver, Professor of Ecology, UC Berkeley; Marin Carbon Project
Helene York, Director, Bon Appetit Management Company Foundation
Greg Dalton, Founder of Climate One, moderator

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The Climate Fix?

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The Climate Fix?

 

Roger Pielke, Professor, University of Colorado

 

What’s the most efficient way to minimize the impacts of climate change? Public policy? Massive funding of new technology? Buying off emerging countries that will soon emit most of the world’s carbon pollution? Pielke, who is affiliated with The Breakthrough Institute, is critical of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He’ll explain why and offer his take on the state of climate science.

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