Sierra Club Offers Plant Workshop
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The Sierra Club’s natural science section, in conjunction with Earth Skills, will be sponsoring an intensive hands-on workshop with plants Friday through Sunday in the San Jacinto Mountains near Idyllwild. The naturalist-led workshops will teach participants about traditional uses of plants, natural history, cordage, basketry, plant identification and Chumash culture. Call (310) 833-4249.
SCIENCE POLICY
“The Permissibility of Classified Research in University Science” will be discussed at the Caltech Seminar on Science, Ethics and Public Policy on Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the Judy Library, Baxter Hall. Call (818) 356-4652.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center will be sponsoring a community forum on the Patient Self-Determination Act, a federal law designed to protect patients’ rights to make decisions about their medical treatment, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Harvey Morse Auditorium. Call (310) 855-5189.
HEALTH / MEDICINE
“Nutrition and Cancer” will be the topic of a community health education program offered by St. John’s Hospital and Health Center on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the hospital’s seventh-floor auditorium. Reservations are required. Call (310) 829-8453.
The UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital will sponsor a program on the role of medication in the treatment of mood disorders on Monday at 7 p.m. in the NPI Auditorium. Call (310) 206-5133.
ENVIRONMENT
The American Lung Assn. of Los Angeles County will be offering clean air information kits and other activities for individuals to mark Clean Air Week, May 2-8. Call (213) 935-LUNG or (818) 797-LUNG.
BOTANY
Tim Krantz, author of “Rare and Unusual Wildflowers of the Big Bear Valley Preserve,” will discuss plants of the area in an outing sponsored by the Friends of the Big Bear Valley Preserve on May 9. Early registration is required and space is limited. Call (714) 585-0717.
MARINE SCIENCE
Sea turtles will be the topic of the meeting of the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Cetacean Society tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Cabrillo Marine Museum in San Pedro. Call (310) 548-8500.
