Climate Literacy: Navigating Climate Change Conversations Starts May 20, but enroll any timeThis course explores the basic concepts and terms needed to understand the science of climate change, and the available mitigation, adaptation and policy options. By the end of the course, students will be able to:Tell the story of our climate, describing how interactions among atmosphere, ocean, land, and life lead to climatic changes at all timescalesEvaluate the likely effect of historical human fossil emissions and land use changes on Earth’s energy balance and climate.Describe the direct observations of climate change in recent decades, and articulate the evidence attributing global warming in this time period to human causes.Assess the utility - and limits - of climate models to predict global and regional climate change.Articulate the demographic, economic, technological and political factors that influence both humans’ impact on the climate and humans’ vulnerability to climate change.Express an informed opinion on the scope and urgency of the efforts needed to both mitigate and adapt to climate change.https://class.coursera.org/climateliteracy-001See More

Supervisor Bruce McPherson is calling on community members (that's YOU) to form advocacy groups to help implement town plan ideas.The meeting to form Ben Lomond's group will be held 4 to 5:30 pm on June 11 at Ben Lomond Park, 9525 Mill Street.Don't miss this chance to have your input matter!See More

CSA Aquaponics is the biggest group I'm aware of that is doing local aquaponics. Does anyone know of other groups or individuals?See More