Talks

16 Jan, 2008

Art & Politics: Andrew Schoultz

2008-01-16T21:39:24-08:00By |Categories: Free Events (donations welcomed), Podcast, Talks|

January 16 Schoultz’s distinctive murals full of strange animals, twisting buildings and floating birdhouses caught the angst of modern life. Lately he’s gone to a surrealistic sea and we’ll get a full look at his work and hear what he says about it tonight. podcast: http://diva.sfsu.edu/users/Chris.Carlsson/ssf_talks?podcast=21

30 Jan, 2008

GGNRA Endangered Species Big Year

2008-01-30T20:00:05-08:00By |Categories: Free Events (donations welcomed), Podcast, Talks|

January 30 The Golden Gate National Recreation Area sustains more federally threatened and endangered species than Yosemite, Yellowstone, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia National Parks combined. The San Francisco Bay Area is considered the 6th most important biological diversity hotspot in the United States by the Nature Conservancy. UNESCO has even granted the GGNRA “Biosphere Reserve” status, the same status granted to the Central Amazon rainforests. Come and learn about the amazing biodiversity in your own backyard! Brent Plater and Peter

13 Feb, 2008

Political & Community Spaces

2008-02-13T20:00:40-08:00By |Categories: Free Events (donations welcomed), Podcast, Talks|

February 13 Community based public art spaces are stuck between business-like survival and serving their communities. Hear veterans of San Francisco’s Space Wars discuss how they’ve navigated the repressive dynamics of real estate, money, and power to hold open spaces for diverse communities to meet, talk, make art, and shape life. Jonathan Youtt (Cellspace), Robin Balliger (Komotion), Michael Med-o Whitson (848 and CounterPULSE). podcast: http://diva.sfsu.edu/users/Chris.Carlsson/ssf_talks?podcast=31

27 Feb, 2008

The Birds Once Filled the Skies

2008-02-27T20:00:54-08:00By |Categories: Talks|

February 27 The Spanish explorers reported a deafening din from the millions of birds that would ascend into the air from the bayside. Most historic wetlands and riparian areas have been destroyed or severely altered, but San Francisco remains a birdwatcher’s bonanza. 250 species can be seen in the city throughout the year! In the Presidio’s Tennessee Hollow and Crissy Marsh we see what is severely imperiled, and what is possible for the future of ecological restoration of wildlife habitat.

12 Mar, 2008

Arab San Francisco

2008-03-12T20:00:43-07:00By |Categories: Free Events (donations welcomed), Podcast, Talks|

March 12 Peoples from the Arab World have been migrating to San Francisco for over a hundred years. The earliest were mostly from the Levant: Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine; and also Yemen. Most recent immigrants coming from North Africa’s Magrib region (Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia) and Iraq since the first Gulf War. Why did they come here? How have they affected SF life? What are their ongoing connections to “homelands” across the world? San Francisco, being a liberal progressive

19 Mar, 2008

Art & Politics: Favianna Rodriguez

2008-03-19T20:00:24-07:00By |Categories: Free Events (donations welcomed), Podcast, Talks|

March 19 Favianna Rodriguez has been making art to make change for years. She will present remarkable posters, illustrations, stickers and more, and talk about art and politics, in the concluding event of our solo artist shows this season. podcast: http://diva.sfsu.edu/users/Chris.Carlsson/ssf_talks?podcast=44

26 Mar, 2008

Twin Peaks Bioregion and the Natural Areas Program

2008-03-26T20:00:06-07:00By |Categories: Free Events (donations welcomed), Podcast, Talks|

March 26 The Franciscan Bioregion is the unique ecological area of Planet Earth and the area of our keen interest, north of the San Francisco airport, from San Bruno Mountain to the Golden Gate. In the heart of the city is a series of hilltops, e.g., Mt. Davidson, Tank Hill, Corona Heights, as well as Glen Canyon, that are still rich with natural areas, wildlife habitats, and indigenous biodiversity. This “Twin Peaks Bioregion” is severely threatened by noxious weeds and

3 May, 2008

Talks: Local to Global

2008-05-03T00:30:47-07:00By |Categories: Homepage Links, Talks|

Wednesday, April 30, 7:30pm, Free Local rarity in the Franciscan bioregion: Who cares? Charismatic butterflies, delicate lilies, and Still Wild at Heart, a film about nature & wildlife in the city. With Liam O'Brien, Margo Bors and Melissa Peabody

18 Dec, 2008

Surviving the Economic Meltdown: DANGER or OPPORTUNITY?

2008-12-18T20:52:09-08:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Homepage Links, Talks|Tags: , |

Thank you to all who attended the discussion last night!  It was very thought provoking and one of the best Shaping San Francisco talks that I have attended. I grew up in Seattle, WA and was raised with the idea that money is equal to life energy and time and that it is important to spend less and wisely unless I wished to be constantly on the job and enslaved to a salary.  My parents practiced frugality and participated in

21 Jan, 2009

TALKS! Shaping San Francisco History Wiki Workshop

2009-01-21T19:30:29-08:00By |Categories: Talks|

Wed. Jan. 21, 7:30pm, Free Years in the making! Shaping San Francisco has finally completed its arduous migration to a wiki-format. Check it out BEFORE Wednesday at foundsf.org! Explore the new living archive of the city’s history with Chris Carlsson and LisaRuth Elliott. Get a demonstration of how to use it, and suggestions and guidelines on areas needing focus and attention. Photo: Market Street, c. 1940, when there were still 4 streetcar lines. No Reservations Necessary

29 Apr, 2009

TALKS! Transition City: Permacultural Transformation

2009-04-29T07:30:52-07:00By |Categories: Events, Talks|

Free, A Nature in the City co-production Redesigning urban life off the grid. How can urban dwellers begin immediately to move towards self-sufficiency? We’ll have several permaculture practitioners presenting step-by-step recommendations for the next six months, a 1-year and a 3-5 year transition…K. Ruby (Inst. Of Urban Homesteading), Novella Carpenter (Ghost Town Farm), Kevin Bayuk (SF Permaculture Guild), Laura Allen (Greywater Guerrillas)

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