ABDNHA Travel Series: Romania Travelogue – Beautiful Landscapes and Complex Identities
ABDNHA Library 652 Palm Canyon Drive, Borrego Springs
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Lecture: Applied Earth Science – The Rare Earth Elements
ABDNHA Library 652 Palm Canyon Drive, Borrego Springs
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Friday, February 6, 2026
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February 6, 2026 -ABDNHA Travel Series: Romania Travelogue – Beautiful Landscapes and Complex Identities
ABDNHA Travel Series: Romania Travelogue – Beautiful Landscapes and Complex Identities
Speaker: Don Barrie, ABDNHA Board Member
Join Geologist, traveler, and photographer Don Barrie for this fascinating recap of his recent trip to Romania. Last summer, Don traveled to Romania for two weeks as a photographer for the Global Neighborhood Project, a San Diego-based organization dedicated to citizen diplomacy. During the trip, he met with students and faculty at a Hungarian-language school in Romania’s Transylvania region. He also photographed locals in a remote farming village outside Brasov, Romania, as they shared their stories and explained their way of life. For this informal talk, Don will share his photographs and his overall first impressions of this land of striking beauty and rich history. In the ABDNHA Library. General Public: $12, Members: $10, Volunteers: $8. Register online at abdnha.org or at the Nature Center, 760-767-3098.
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Saturday, February 7, 2026
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February 7, 2026 -Plants of Anza-Borrego – FULL (waitlist)
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February 7, 2026 -Lecture: Applied Earth Science – The Rare Earth Elements
Plants of Anza-Borrego – FULL (waitlist)
Leader: Don Rideout, Coordinator, Desert Botany Club
PROGRAM IS FULL - PLEASE CALL ABDNHA at 760-767-3098 to get on waitlist
Short Lecture and Field Trip (Easy walk, okay for all vehicles)
An offering of the new Botany Club, these walks will focus on the plants of Anza-Borrego Desert, with locations varying depending on where we find the most interesting plants. Our pace will be generally slow, allowing plenty of time for plant identification, questions, discussion, and photography. All levels of knowledge are welcome, including children. Meet at ABDNHA; carpool as best we can, as we head to the field trip site. No Charge. Space is limited. Register at the Nature Center or call 760-767-3098.
Lecture: Applied Earth Science – The Rare Earth Elements
Speaker: Manhukar (Maud) Rao, Ph.D.
Rare earth elements have been very much in the news recently, but what exactly are they? What are they used for? Why are they so uniquely essential? Where do they come from? How are they processed? And, why does the U.S. import about 80 percent of them, despite their importance? Dr. Rao is a retired Chemical Engineer and currently serves as the Chief Strategy Officer for Workforce Development at Innovation Impact Partners, LLC. He has more than 36 years of industrial R&D experience with major chemical and semiconductor materials companies. Maud volunteers as a math and science teacher and as a docent at the San Diego Air and Space Museum, and enjoys engineering, history, and teaching. In the ABDNHA Library. General Public: $12, Members: $10, ABDNHA Volunteers: $8. Register at abdnha.org or the Nature Center at 760-767-3098.
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