Close to Home offers
a threshold into the the natural world of the East Bay. Our ninth yearlong program begins in May, 2011. Our focus is "The Bigger Picture" in a series of monthly public talks. You
can also join us for a year-long program of monthly field trips for a more
in-depth experience. Please see Schedule for details.
Close to Home offers a year-long program of 10
Monday night talks and/or 11
Saturday field trips to some of the East Bay's most interesting and
beautiful places, led by expert naturalists. From these experiences,
we hope to deepen our familiarity and sense of kinship with the natural
world of the East Bay.
Please join us for a public talk:
(click here for printable Upcoming Event Flyer)
"The Evolution of Flowers
Early Sex on Planet Earth"
With Chelsea Specht
UC Berkeley Biology Professor
Monday, Feb 6, 2012. 7:30 P.M.
Montclair Presbyterian
Church
First 50 attendees
will receive a flower
$7 donation K-12 free
This talk will take place at Montclair Presbyterian Church in the
Oakland hills in the Family Room.
See Specifics for directions
From the waters of the Bay to Mt Diablo and
the Delta, Close to Home explores the local watershed. Each month we will learn about a different aspect of the
amazing ecology around us.
This season’s (separate) programs of ten public talks and 11 field trips will
focus on our bioregion through the lens of its ecosystems and the" Bigger Picture" from the vantage points of history, shellmounds, ancient forests, fire and flowers.
Monthly Close to Home talks
(Season 9) are open to the public. We will feature outstanding local
presenters from a variety of organizations such as UC Berkeley and East Bay Regional Park District,
as well as historical ecologist Laura Cunningham and photographer Stu Selland. Monthly outings are led by
naturalists who know and love the East Bay parks we visit. Yearlong field
trip participants form a learning community, interacting with naturalists
who help us attune our senses to what is revealed in a variety of habitats.
You can choose from packages of 11 trips or 5 trips. .Join us as we interact with the natural world of the East Bay.
For more details go to Information |
