Good evening. Welcome here to welcome here to the st. Juliana. Thank you all for coming. I am Arsen Kashkashian from the boulder bookstore. We appreciate everyone coming out. Im sure that doctor warren hern does, as well. We would like to do a brief introduction before we bring him out. Doctor warren hern is a boulder physician an epidemiologist who has conducted ecological and research in the peruvian amazon among the ship people, native amazonian people in 1964. He is professor adjunct at the department of boulder and the department of colorado medical campus. His Scientific Research and reports concerning ecology, human fertility, demography, population matters, and abortion which have been published in a wide variety of International Scientific journals. In 1973, dr. Hern was a founding medical of a first private nonprofit Medical Clinic in colorado which opened in boulder in november, 1973. He opened [applause] he opened his private medical practice, boulder abortion clinics, on j
Flocculant glop that looks like guacamole and smells like crap. Thats not just an environmental problem. Thats an economic catastrophe for the area. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Our tradition has been to take care of mother earth, because its that that gives us water, gives us life. The land is here for everyone. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention. In the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastin
Flocculant glop that looks like guacamole and smells like crap. Thats not just an environmental problem. Thats an economic catastrophe for the area. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Our tradition has been to take care of mother earth, because its that that gives us water, gives us life. The land is here for everyone. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention. In the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastin
Is a crack. Go this mission was founded in 1786 but the Church Structure has been rebuilt several times over the years. The current one that we occupy was rebuilt after the 1820s so it dates back for the 1830s. It was the frontier for them in this case california frontier especially in the 18th century of the incursion by other european powers, english, french and russian bath just the territories that of new spain so with the system working hand in hand with the stylish but they were part of that arm of Spanish Colonialism but had another purpose first and foremost they were here to spread christianity to the non christian population in california. Santa barbara is special in several ways but first and foremost its the only mission that wasnt closed that wasnt secular. Its been here operating as a Catholic Church since its founding so since they were closed, much of the content of the missions, the documents of the books, the art and artifacts ended up coming back to the mission and f
In Yellowstone National park Robert Crabtree and his team of scientists seek to untangle the cascading effects in the ecosystem when the top predator the wolf is removed and years later returned to the park. By looking at the delicate balance between different species, both scientists hope to learn how to manage and preserve these ecosystems and others worldwide. In panama, on Barro Colorado island an ecological preserve created through the making of the panama canal, Stuart Davies hopes to uncover some of the mysteries of a complex ecosystem the rainforest. Man im the director of the center for Tropical Forest science, which is a group who study the rainforests of the world. And we Work Together as one very Large Network to try to understand how rainforests function and how theyre gonna change in the future. Narrator tropical rainforests are believed to be the oldest terrestrial ecosystems on earth. They are home to over 5 million known species of plants, animals, and insects, with mi