Science on Tap: Penn Plant Ecologist Brenda Casper (4/13, 6pm

[ April 13, 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 Brenda Casper, a Penn [...]

4 Local Institutions Team Up for New Science Cafe in Philly

Like a Voltron of science, four local science institutions have teamed to create a new science cafe. I will note that they ripped off the slogan that I used when I started the Penn Science Cafe: Eat. Drink. Learn Something. Where are my royalties?
Science on Tap, a science café

Eat. Drink. Science.
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“BSI – The Case of the Disappearing Bees” at the Wagner (3/28, 1PM)

[ March 28, 2009; 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Where have the bees gone? Melissa Majoria, of course. The bees are cleverer than you may think.

Well, maybe for Doctor Who fans, but if you want to know more about why we may have lost almost one third of our honey bees, and what their fate may mean to us, I suggest that you [...]

The Bicentennial Moon Tree

If you didn’t already know, a space traveler is on permanent display in Washington Square. A sycamore seed that traveled along with Apollo XIV was grown into a wee sapling and given to the citizens of Philadelphia, not terribly far from where the first hot air balloon was launched in the US.
Astronaut Stuart Roosa [...]

Earth Charter Summit at the Philly Waterworks 10/11

[ October 11, 2008; 10:30 am to 3:00 pm. ] Looking for something to do this weekend? It should be nice, if you aren’t walking in the woods or at your kid’s soccer game, you should check this out at the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center.

The Philadelphia Water Department invites you to join us for the 2008 Philadelphia Earth Charter Summit, being held at [...]

Global Warming Forum at Beth David Reform in Gladwynn 11/9

[ November 9, 2008; 2:30 pm to 6:00 pm. ]
On Sunday, November 9, PennFuture & Beth David Reform (map), sponsors Global Warming: Making the Transition to a Just and Sustainable World

Sun Nov 9 2:30pm-6pm
at Beth David Reform
1130 Vaughans Ln, Gladwynne
Space is limited. Free but must preregister
717-214-7920 or 800-321-7775

-Dr James Hansen, NASA director, “The Threat to the Planet: Dark and Bright Sides of Global [...]

Philadelphia Shell Show, Oct 11-13 at the Academy

[ October 11, 2008 to October 13, 2008. ] One of the reasons there have been fewer posts lately is that I took a blessedly-long vacation in the Outer Banks this September. The beaches there aren’t as large (and soft) as those found at our accustomed destination, the Jersey Shore, but the shell hunting was much better, to the delight of my three year-old, [...]