Environment

The invasion of quagga and zebra mussels and their continued spread via the movement between watersheds on trailered watercraft, water-based equipment and seaplanes is a concern for us all.

Descibes the origins, distribution and life history of dressenid mussels and the impacts that they have on our economy, ecology and culture and what can be done to stem the tide of the quagga and zebra mussel invasion in North America.

The workshop is sponsored by Cool Davis Foundation, Valley Climate Action Center and the Natural Resources Commission of the City of Davis.  Davis Media Access recorded the workshop.

Workshop on Community Choice Energy:

"Using community pooling of energy buying‐power as a tool to pursue a community’s vision for its energy future"

Presenters:

Dean Newberry, Chair, Natural Resources Commission

Gerry Braun, Director, California Renewable Energy Center

Finding Opportunity in Peak Oil by Molly Brown.

Middle Class Lifeboat: Careers and Life Choices for Staying Afloat by Paul and Sarah Edwards.

School Garden Brings Learning to Life by Geralyn Wilson and Glenda Berliner.

An Engineer Examines a Town's Energy Future by Briapn Corzilius.

This documentary tells the story of the California State Water Resources Control Board's broad responsibilities to protect surface and ground water quality and the challenges of trying to balance competing demands on the state's water resources.  By profiling several Water Board employees around California and examing the projects they implement, viewers will come away with a better understanding of the Water Board's mission, and the importance of the agency's work.

Executive Producer: Margie Youngs, CSWRCB myoungs at waterboards.ca.gov

Independent progressive video programming.

Jay Johnstone, Davis Branch Librarian, hosts Jeremy Berg, UCD graduate student in Evolution & Ecology, and Judy Wexler, UCD graduate student in Population Biology, to discuss 'The Big Read: Here Is a Human Being' by Misha Angrist.

More info at sciencenovels.wordpress.com and yolocountylibrary.org.