2 Lunch Time Talks & Field Trip NEXT Friday!

3 important announcements:

NEWS REPORTS: We are going to postpone news reports for the next three weeks! We will pick up News Reports again after the Conference on Democracy!

Next Thursday & Friday (October 7 & 8) we will not have regular class.

Thursday: Lunch time talk in our classroom 12:15

bring your lunch & be on time!

A block class: We will not be meeting. Please sign in with Lindsay when you arrive to school!

Friday: Field Trip to Lagunitas Creek Area (West Marin)

9:30 am to 2:30 pm

You will miss E, F and G blocks

Please check in with your teachers now to tell them you will be out!

The following Thursday & Friday (October 14 & 15) we will not have regular class.

Thursday: Lunchtime talk in our classroom 12:00

Please bring your lunch & be on time!

A & G block classes will not meet! A block you must sign in with Lindsay when you get to school on Thursday!

FOR MORE DETAILS SEE OUR SALMON SYLLABUS (UNIT 2)

Google Picks 5 Futuristic Idea Winners!

Listen to the story (1 min & 40 seconds) Morning Edition, NPR

September 27, 2010

Google has announced the winners of a contest that will give out $10 million to people with futuristic ideas. The Internet giant received more than 150,000 submissions. The picture to your left is a SCHWEEB

Schweeb: Pedal powered personal pod! (New Zealand amuzement park)

What's Greener, Flying or Driving?

Listen to the story (October 11, 2007, Morning Edition NPR- Climate Connections series with National Geographic)

"Planes emit about 3% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions."

Democracy Conference 2010

STATE OF SALMON BLOG

Sea of Trash & Haiti & Dominican Republic

Check out this 2 minuted and 19 second video that details the vast floating garbage dump in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!

CBS News Report: Sea of Trash

Island Divide: Haiti vs Dominican Republic

Haiti & the Dominican Republic: A Tale of Two Countries (Time)

Food for thought (inspired by the Earth Report 2009)

Check out Anne Fourgeron's take on San Francisco 100 years from now...

There was a competition to envision San Francisco as the city of the future...

More about the Vertical Farm

"Dickson Despommier, a professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Microbiology at Columbia University, developed the idea of vertical farming with some of his graduate students. The goal is to grow crops and raise animals in skyscrapers in city centers. It is projected that by 2050 about 80% of the world’s population will live in cities; for such economical reasons, Desponmmier believes that the food growth should come from the inside."