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SUMMARY:ABDNHA Travel Series: Romania Travelogue - Beautiful Landscapes and Complex Identities
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Don Barrie\, ABDNHA Board Member \nJoin 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.
URL:https://abdnha.org/activity/abdnha-travel-series-romania-travelogue-beautiful-landscapes-and-complex-identities/
LOCATION:ABDNHA Library\, 652 Palm Canyon Drive\, Borrego Springs\, CA\, 92004\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Lecture
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SUMMARY:Plants of Anza-Borrego - FULL (waitlist)
DESCRIPTION:Leader: Don Rideout\, Coordinator\, Desert Botany Club  \nShort Lecture and Field Trip (Easy walk\, okay for all vehicles) \nAn 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.
URL:https://abdnha.org/activity/plants-of-anza-borrego-full-waitlist/
LOCATION:ABDNHA Parking Lot\, 652 Palm Canyon Drive\, Borrego Springs\, CA\, 92004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Club,Field Trip,In-Person Lecture
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Applied Earth Science - The Rare Earth Elements
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Madhukar (Maud) Rao\, Ph.D. \nRare 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.
URL:https://abdnha.org/activity/lecture-applied-earth-science-the-rare-earth-elements/
LOCATION:ABDNHA Library\, 652 Palm Canyon Drive\, Borrego Springs\, CA\, 92004\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Lecture
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