EVENTS
Campus and community:
Green Drinks Santa Cruz: a time for networking and getting together with other environmental folks
Weds. June 3, 5:30 pm,Cypress Lounge, downtown Santa Cruz
Seminars on Campus:
Climate change and implications for conifer distribution and water resources management in the eastern Sierra of California
Mon. June 1, 12:30 PM, 221 Interdisciplinary Sciences Building (ISB), UCSC
Speaker: Holly Alpert, PhD Candidate, Exit Talk
Sponsor: Environmental Studies, Host: Michael Loik
Preparing Students to engage in our environmental world
Mon, June 1, 7:00pm, Classroom Unit 2
Speaker: Karen Brown, Center for Ecoliteracy: Youth and Education
Sponsor: Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP)
Seismic and geodetic observations of ice sheet dynamics
Tues. June 2, 4:00 pm, Natural Sciences Annex, Room 101
Speaker: Paul Winberry, Central Washington University
Sponsor: Earth and Planetary Sciences, Whole Earth Seminars
Proposal Seminar
Tues., June 2, 4:30-5:30 pm, Center for Ocean Health 118
Speaker: Walter Heady,
Sponsor: EEB Graduate Student Seminar Series
Proposal Seminar
Tues., June 2, 5:30-6:30 pm. Center for Ocean Health 118
Speaker:Cory Champagne
Sponsor: EEB Graduate Student Seminar Series
Comparative foraging ecology and energetics of albatrosses
Thurs., June 4, 4:30-5:30 pm, La Feliz Room
Speaker: Michelle Kappes, Defense Seminar
Sponsor: EEB Graduate Student Seminar Series
Exploiting pelagic habitat: navigation, migration, and foraging success in the northern elephant seal
Friday, June 5, 4:30-5:30 pm, Center for Ocean Health 118
Speaker: Patrick Robinson, Defense Seminar
Sponsor: EEB Graduate Student Seminar Series
Beyond the five senses: the maps, compasses, and sensory biology of sea turtle navigation
Weds. June 3, 12:30-1:40 pm, Natural Sciences Annex 101, UCSC
Speaker: Ken Lohman
Sponsor: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Ocean Sciences End of year celebration
Weds. June 3, 3:30pm, E&MS A-340
Sponsor: Ocean Sciences
An activist approach to food insecurity: An examination of three urban gardening organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area
Weds. June 3, 3:30-4:30, 221 ISB
Speaker: Hilary Melcarek, PhD Candidate, Exit Talk
Sponsor: Environmental Studies
Population regulation and resilience in resident salmonids: insights from the endangered marble trout Salmo marmoratus
Thurs., June 4, 4:00 pm, Baskin Engineering, Room 330
Speaker: Simone Vincenzi, University of Parma:
Sponsor: CSTAR
Combining physical and biological oceanography in the making of a productivity hotspot for loggerhead sea turtles off Baja California, Mexico
Fri., June 5, 2009, 11:00 a.m., La Feliz Room, Seymour Center, Long Marine La
Speaker, Dana Wingfield, PhD Defense Seminar
Sponsor: Ocean Sciences
Unsound methods for probing the Earth’s Core
Fri., June 5,[Note change in time and place] 12:00-1:00 pm, E&MS building, Rm. A340
Speaker: Bruce Buffet, UC Berkeley
Sponsors: IGPP, CODEP
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FEATURES
The annual Graduate Research Symposium, which allows graduate students to share their research in the form of posters and oral presentations, took place Friday, May 15, at the University Center. The event, held for the fifth year, attracted hundreds of students, staff, faculty, and others to the center, where graduate students presented research posters describing research in a wide range of fields. Congratulations to the prize winners, and especially to long-time STEPS researchers Travis O’Brien and Brian Petersen. http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=2959
New Report May 2009: “The Climate Gap: Inequalities in How Climate Change Hurts Americans & How to Close the Gap” by Rachel Morello Frosch, Manuel Pastor (former UCSC faculty), and Jim Sadd
Press release: “By now, virtually all Americans concur that climate change is real, and could pose devastating consequences for our nation and our children. Equally real is the “Climate Gap” – the sometimes hidden and often unequal impact climate change will have on people of color and the poor in the United States. This report helps to document the Climate Gap, connecting the dots between research on heat waves, air quality, and other challenges associated with climate change. Includes an appendix focused on California’s global warming policy and a special accompanying analysis of the federal-level American Clean Energy Security Act.” To view the full report: http://college.usc.edu/geography/ESPE/perepub.html
Grow-a-Farmer Benefit in June: Help support the Farm Apprenticeship program with a Gabriella Café Dinner at Pie Ranch, Sunday, June 7, 5 pm - 10 pm, Pie Ranch Educational Farm 2080 Cabrillo near Año Nuevo State Park. http://www.growafarmer.org/
RESOURCES [For prior listings, visit the STEPS Resources Page]
UCSC Farm ‘Market Cart’ is now open at Bay and High Streets, Tues. and Fri. 12:00-6:00pm. Come buy fresh organic vegetables and flowers, and support the Farm Apprenticeship Program.
'‘Greening the Campus’ Newsletter. Check out sustainability issues on campus and more. This first issue, put out by the Campus Sustainability Office, includes action items, upcoming conferences, achievements on campus and within the UC System. http://sustainability.ucsc.edu/
FUNDING: [For listings, visit the STEPS "Funding" page
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