Amber Mace<\/a>, Interim Executive Director of the California Academy of Sciences. \u201cFor more than 170 years, the Academy has been documenting and deepening our understanding of California\u2019s plants, animals, and ecosystems, and putting that knowledge to work to help conserve and regenerate the natural world. \u00a0It is especially meaningful to welcome conservation leaders from across the state for the 30\u00d730 Partnership Summit later this month, while also inviting our community to connect with California\u2019s nature firsthand through hands-on community science and stunning visual storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\nThe events for this September kick off with free community science events on September 5 and 12 at Dimond Park in Oakland and Sunset Dunes, respectively. San Franciscans can also catch a screening of the museum\u2019s new original film, Timescapes, which officially debuted on September 4. The movie details California\u2019s natural past, exploring how people changed the area over time. The film will be screened in the Morrison Planetarium and is included in museum admission.<\/p>\n
At the end of the month, the academy will host a nature festival in Golden Gate Park to celebrate the state\u2019s biodiversity. The festival will take place in front of the academy on September 27 and will host local organizations, community leaders, and initiatives that work in nature conservation. The festival is free, and a wonderful chance to learn more about conservation efforts in the state. <\/p>\n
Check out the California Academy of Sciences website<\/a> for ticketing information and more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The California Academy of Sciences is well known for its expansive collections and many exhibits, including a planetarium,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-454837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Photo by Tim Williamson, courtesy of California Academy of Sciences<\/p>\n