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Enjoy a variety of hikes/events offered by the Sierra Club's Loma Prieta Sierra Singles section (LPSS), the Black Mountain Hiking Section (BMHS) and the Guadalupe Group which are based in the midpeninsula region. Most leaders have many years of experience leading hikes and often have a great knowledge of many open space areas and parks in the Bay area. LPSS hikes/events will be "singles events" and BMG and Guadalupe group events are "open to everyone". Most hikes will have organized carpool points. We also have fun off the trail with social events such as dinners, concerts, picnics, a Halloween Party, a Super Bowl Party and an Academy Awards party.
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Let's Talk About Regenerative AgricultureWest Valley Branch Library, San Jose, CA
Celebrate Earth Day with us. Social & Snacks 7:00-7:30 PM, followed by the presentation.
Co-sponsored with the San Jose Public Library
Optional registration here.
Heavy machinery, deep tillage, chemical fertilizers, and pesticides degrade farmland soils. The soil can be improved using regenerative agriculture. The design of regenerative farming practices reduces and reverses greenhouse gas emissions (e.g., carbon dioxide and methane) that can change the global climate (see more at regenerativeagriculturefoundation.org). Regenerative farming starts with applying compost to the soil, adding inoculation with fungi, and low-till seeding. Agriculture may realize regenerative farming benefits by using cover crops, annual mulch applications, and planting perennial trees, vines, herb crops, and annual vegetable crops.
Dr. Christopher Potter is a scientist specializing in analyzing ecosystem services, agricultural production, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, soil nutrient dynamics, and water quality, ranging from individual growing fields to watershed and regional levels. Dr. Potter holds a Ph.D. in Biology from Emory University and has worked as a Senior Research Scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center in Mountain View for over 30 years. He and his colleagues at Stanford University were awarded NASA's Public Service Medal for the development of the first computer model for global ecosystem exchange of all significant GHGs with the atmosphere. He has published more than two scientific articles in peer-reviewed research journals on plant production and soil carbon capture. Dr. Potter has been a consulting scientist and planner for the Marin Carbon Project in northern California for ten years. He is presently a field scientist and remote sensing specialist working with numerous California land managers and ranchers, ranging from Sonoma County in the north to Santa Clara County in the south, in projects funded under the state of California's Healthy Soils Program and the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
