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Building Beautifully and Wisely in Fire Country
In this program, San Diego architect Drew Hubbell approaches sustainable design from lived experience. He grew up on a property near Julian, California, where his parents, including his late father, noted artist and architectural designer James Hubbell, built experimental structures with adobe, stone, mosaic, reclaimed cedar, and other local materials. In 2003, the Cedar Fire…
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Tom Steyer on the Future of Energy
When climate investor and philanthropist Tom Steyer sat down with Scott Lewis of Voice of San Diego for the 2025 Charles David Keeling Memorial Lecture, one of the first things he talked about was a graph. Every morning, he checks the Keeling Curve, which he likens to “the Earth’s temperature,” comparing yesterday’s number with the…
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California Seaweed
Kelp cutters once harvested tons of the nearshore kelp off the San Diego County coastline, producing additives for your ice cream, beer and pharmaceuticals. And of course, anyone who has had a California Roll or a bowl of miso soup is familiar with the centuries-old use of Nori. But now Scripps researchers are working to…