October 2012

Dr. Yaron Brook and Dr. David Callahan: Is Capitalism Moral? A Debate

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Dr. Yaron Brook and Dr. David Callahan: Is Capitalism Moral? A Debate

Education Beyond Talk: The Amazing Impact of Learning by Doing

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Education Beyond Talk: The Amazing Impact of Learning by Doing

An exciting week at The Commonwealth Club of California: MONDAY: • Patrick Iber:...

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An exciting week at The Commonwealth Club of California: MONDAY: • Patrick Iber: What Is the Purpose of Democracy? 6:00 PM • Joel Stein Bites, 6:30 PM TUESDAY: • Aaron S. Williams: Peace Corps in the 21st Century (This event is canceled) • Energy and the Election, 6:00 PM • Adam Leipzig: Hollywood, Creativity and Entrepreneurial Recovery • Steven Pinker: Why Violence Has Declined, 7:00 PM WEDNESDAY: • Chinatown Walking Tour #11, 2:00 PM • Spillover: The Rise of New Global Disease Epidemics, 6:00 PM Read more »

Club speakers from the past mingle with current Club Board members and leadershi...

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Club speakers from the past mingle with current Club Board members and leadership at an event benefiting the Commonwealth Club held last week at the lovely home of George and Charlotte Shultz in San Francisco. Photo, left to right: FDR, Colleen Wilcox, Gloria Duffy, Teddy Roosevelt.

Recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake

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Fri, Oct 19 2012 - 12:00pm

Recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake: Building Smart Communities
Kazuyuki Tohji, Professor and Chair of the Environment Science Department, Tohoku UniversityMasato Suzuki, Director and Consul, Japan Information Center, Consulate General of Japan (introduction)
Energy systems in Japan were seriously damaged due to the accidents at nuclear power plants in the wake of the catastrophic Japan earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Read more »

Joel Stein Bites

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Mon, Oct 8 2012 - 6:30pm

Joel Stein Bites

Journalist; Contributor, Time Magazine; Author, Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity

In conversation with Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Co-Founder and Editorial Director, Bureau of Trade

Online ticket sales for this event have ended; tickets are available at the door Read more »