BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Upcoming: Nature Reverence Events PRODID:-//Upcoming.org/Upcoming ICS//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20080910T170000 DTEND:20080910T120000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20080915T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Climate Change in Yosemite: Patterns of Environmental Change DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/834493/ ] Scientists have studied changes in climate and environmental patterns for decades. More recently\, the issue has been elevated to a higher public profile. Multiple research projects are tracing patterns of environmental change to climate change and using predictive models to give a glimpse of future rates of change and resultant effects on the vegetation and animals. Yosemite National Park is an area of interest\, having elevations of over 9\,000 feet\, and is also extensively studied with historical records. Within the park\, biologists have completed a detailed update of vegetation maps and have recently finished a 100-year resurvey of vertebrates\, mapping both the historical and current ranges. When these maps are compared to maps of climate change\, it suggests that ranges and climate changes may be linked. In these complex systems\, there are several factors affecting distribution and changes in both flora and fauna but climate change is one factor that can be extensively measured. Join our team of high Sierra experts as we explore how the patterns of environmental and biotic changes may be tied to a changing climate and understand how their research affects management decisions. We will examine the Tuolumne Meadows\, Tioga Crest\, and the Sierra's eastern slopes to better understand the detected changes. Lectures\, examination of regional photo retakes\, and field site visits will illustrate how scientists are documenting the role of climate in this environment. Workshop Instructors: ***Connie Millar ~ Sierra Nevada Research Center\, PSW Research Station\, USDA Forest Service ***Jessica Lundquist ~ Assistant Professor\, Civil and Environmental Engineering\, University of Washington ***Guest lecture by David Graber ~ Chief Scientist\, Pacific West Region\, National Park Service Course fee includes accommodations\, meals\, park fees\, and transportation for the duration of the workshop. Camping will be on private property with running water and flush toilets. $550 Friends of the Jepson Herbarium members / $575 non-members. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/834493/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/834493/ DTSTAMP:20080624T153747 LAST-UPDATED:20080624T153747 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=FullCalendar:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4368/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/143793/":Yosemite National Park @ P.O. Box 577\, Yosemite\, California 95389 US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Yosemite National Park ADDRESS:P.O. Box 577 CITY:Yosemite REGION;X-ABBREV=ca:California COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=US:United States POSTALCODE:95389 GEO:37.6438;-119.714 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://www.nps.gov/yose/ END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081011 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081012 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Earth Charter Summit DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/696864/ ] [placeholder venue -- Oakland is one of the cities] Global Climate Change Community Summits are being held on Saturday\, October 11\, 2008 in conjunction with the United Nations International Year of Planet Earth. The Earth Charter serves as the ethical framework for Global Climate Change Community Summits. The Web Linkage of the Summits is unprecedented and will launch a virtual GLOBAL COMMUNITY FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. The Summits’ web connection will allow participants to connect on the Summit Day and to reconnect on a monthly basis thereafter to maintain momentum and to share experiences and good practices. Summit keynote speakers will also be webstreamed and archived so that they can be downloaded on demand. Earth Charter U.S. headquartered in Tampa\, Florida USA is the coordinator and underwriter for the web connection of the Summits URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/696864/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/696864/ DTSTAMP:20080518T104628 LAST-UPDATED:20080518T104628 CATEGORIES:Social ORGANIZER;CN=raines:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/15305/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/575/":Parkway @ 1834 Park Blvd.\, Oakland\, California US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Parkway ADDRESS:1834 Park Blvd. CITY:Oakland REGION;X-ABBREV=ca:California COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=us:United States POSTALCODE: GEO:37.7993;-122.251 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://picturepubpizza.com/ END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081231 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090101 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Petrocollapse Conference (will it ever happen? unlikely) DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/117325/ ] [please unwatch so I can delete... no new word on place/date/probability --R][ Share info about Peak Oil\, energy\, sustainability\, fuel\, alternatives\, biofuel\, the economy\, community\, etc. Date/location not yet confirmed. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/117325/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/117325/ DTSTAMP:20061013T135726 LAST-UPDATED:20061013T135726 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=raines:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/15305/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/5315/":First Unitarian Universalist Center @ 1187 Franklin Street\, San Francisco\, California 94109 US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:First Unitarian Universalist Center ADDRESS:1187 Franklin Street CITY:San Francisco REGION;X-ABBREV=ca:California COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=us:United States POSTALCODE:94109 GEO:37.7853;-122.423 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/5315/ END:VVENUE END:VCALENDAR