public lecture
Nature's Compass Class slated for summer!
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 06/15/2019 - 1:00pm
Event Date:
June 26, 2019 - 6:00pm If you have ever wondered about the idealogy behind the Native American Medicine Wheel, the class "Nature's Compass -Finding Your Center in the Sacred Wheel" is for you.
"It's more than just a cool picture, it is really Humankind's first calendar and is central to understanding the world around us on an intimate level," Terrell said.
Facilitator, Lisa Terrell, has been walking the path of the Medicine Wheel for more than 20 years. She has been a journalist and has studied under Elders who have worked with the 13 Grandmothers and Paiute Elders.
Location
Crimson Moon Intuitive Arts
2845 Lake Tahoe Blvd, South Lake Tahoe
United States
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Learn about mountain weather and climate at next Lake Tahoe lecture
Submitted by paula on Sun, 11/23/2014 - 8:34pm
Event Date:
December 4, 2014 - 5:30pm
Past climates in the region characterized by ice ages or droughts leave clues that are etched into our mountain slopes. These records remain today for us to uncover in the field, laboratory, and through computer modeling efforts.
Ongoing weather and climate research in the Sierra Nevada and Great Basin and how it shapes our understanding of the greater Earth system will be discussed in the next Tahoe Center for Environmental Science free public lecture.
Lake Tahoe Presentation on Radon: What You Don’t Know Could Hurt You
Submitted by paula on Mon, 01/27/2014 - 10:41amEvent Date:
January 28, 2014 - 5:30pm
The 2014 monthly lecture series from UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center begins January 28 with a presentation on the dangers of radon. Eric Matus of the Nevada Radiation Control Program will lead a public lecture titled “Radon: What you don’t know could hurt you” beginning at 6 p.m. at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences.
The lecture will be at Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, 291 Country Club Drive, Incline Village, Nevada (on the campus of Sierra Nevada College). No-host bar at 5:30 p.m., lecture at 6:30 p.m.
Radon: What You Don’t Know Could Hurt You
Submitted by paula on Wed, 12/25/2013 - 6:58pmEvent Date:
January 28, 2014 - 5:30pm
The 2014 monthly lecture series from UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center begins January 28 with a presentation on the dangers of radon. Eric Matus of the Nevada Radiation Control Program will lead a public lecture titled “Radon: What you don’t know could hurt you” beginning at 6 p.m. at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences.
Music, Memory and the Brain
Submitted by paula on Wed, 12/25/2013 - 6:23pmEvent Date:
February 6, 2014 - 6:00pm
UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center presents an enlightening public lecture on the science of music on Thursday, February 6. Entitled “Music, Memory and the Brain,” it features Dr. Petr Janata of the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain and his research on neurological links between music and memories.
Ocean, Earth atmosphere addressed at Thursday lecture
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 03/20/2012 - 11:00amThe study of climate change through Earth history has produced a wealth of information on the operation of the ocean-atmosphere system during climate transitions as well as the feedbacks that impact the magnitude and rate of climate change on the planet. A public lecture on Thursday at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences will address some of what has been found.
