Earth Fair this Weekend at The Franklin Institute (7/11-12) 10AM to 3PM

[ July 11, 2009 to July 12, 2009. ] Now, if this weekend is anything like the last, I cannot foresee that anyone would want to spend time indoors at all. But it is July in Philadelphia and the safe bet (without actually bothering to look up the forecast) is that it will be hot and muggy. (Especially) If so, then what a better [...]

“The End of the Line” — Overfishing Documentary at the Academy of Natural Sciences (6/16. 6:30PM)

[ June 16, 2009; 6:30 pm; ] The Academy of Natural Sciences announced to today that they’ll be premiering locally “The End of The Line,” a new documentary on the perils of overfishing on Tuesday, June 16. The event is free. Reservations not required.

Fresh from its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, “The End of the Line” depicts overfishing, [...]

The Discovery of Global Warming (Academy of Natural Sciences 6:30pm)

A little late notice, but worth checking out. Tonight’s Town Square at the Academy of Natural Sciences features Spencer Weart talking about his book The Discovery of Global Warming.
The event is free with registration, which you can do at the Town Square link above or through the Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science [...]

Earth Days at the Academy of Natural Sciences (April 18, 23)

[ April 18, 2009; April 23, 2009; 6:30 pm; ] What you might not realize is that the Academy of Natural Sciences is more just a neat old building full of dead things, it is also the home of thePatrick Center for Environmental Research, one of the world’s first centers of applied ecology. So, when I tell you that the Academy has a bunch of [...]

Energy Choices for the Home, a panel discussion (Schuylkill Center, 6:30pm)

[ April 2, 2009; 6:30 pm; ] Here’s something to keep an eye on…The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education is running a series of evening panel discussions called the Citizen Science Program, which are free and open to the public (i.e., you).

There’s an interesting one next week for those of you with drafty domiciles (i.e., me). Receptions start at 6:30PM and [...]

The naturalists that made England into a gardener’s paradise (Academy of Natural Sciences, 4/29)

[ April 29, 2009; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Three generalities about Englishmen (and Englishwomen, although the first two apply with slightly less strength):
They love their football (and they mock our football…baseball too, of course)
They love their beer (and they mock our beer)
They know the Latin names of every plant in the garden

Its uncanny. Enter any bar or pub, almost anywhere [...]

Science on Tap: Swarthmore Biologist Scott Gilbert (5/11, 6pm)

[ May 11, 2009; 6:00 pm; ] As I posted yesterday, a couple of Philly science institutions have teamed to create another science cafe: Science on Tap. The more the merrier, I say.

But the way my calendar thingy works (and it is working again, I need a separate post for each entry. So here’s the one for Scott Gilbert, a Swarthmore [...]