Want to hear distinguished and inspiring speakers? Learn more about sustainability and Bay Area resources / organizations? Explore more than 100 vendors of clean, green and sustainable products? Sample sustainably grown food? This is the place! Sat Nov 10: 10am – 7pm Sun Nov 11: 11am – 6pm SF Concourse [...]

Linkages between Food Systems and Human Health in Africa When: Thursday, October 11, 2012 3:30 – 5:30 Where: Bechtel Conference Center Encina Hall 616 Serra Street Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 Speakers: Pinstrup Anderson Eran Bendavid (commentator) For more information: http://foodsecurity.stanford.edu/people/Eran_Bendavid/   Monica Vu is a junior studying Product Design. She hopes to [...]

 This is the first of a series of posts by Alex describing his BOSP Summer Seminar experience. Look for the second post next week.    There’s always something burning in Arusha, Tanzania. Waste management is at best inconsistent—some might say nonexistent—so garbage burns in piles on the roadsides. Two-seater motorcycle [...]

Stanford’s Bill Lane Center for the American West partners with KQED to create an interactive website that offers a new view of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The website gives historical as well as ecological information through detailed and comprehensive maps of the delta. You can read the full article here.       [...]

Don’t forget to register for the Monday, June 4 special Grand Boulevard Initiative event to hear from inspirational guest speaker Gil Peñalosa, former commissioner of Parks, Sports and Recreation for the City of Bogotá, Colombia. Peñalosa led the effort to create one of the most celebrated park systems in the world. He also initiated car-free Sundays where over [...]

Senior Reflection Opening Reception Thursday, May 31st – 4:30-7:00 PM Gallery 160 – Wallenberg Hall (Building 160) Biology’s alternative capstone project for seniors, The Senior Reflection, is now in its second year!  In TSR, seniors in the life sciences undertake in-depth creative projects that join compelling scientific subjects with their passion for the arts. With [...]