CMBC Brown Bag – April 23, 2019

Celebrate Earth Week at the CMBC Brown Bag
12:30 – 1:30
4500 Hubbs Hall
Speaker:  Laura Lilly, representing the SIO Sustainability group
Presents: The Science of Sustainable Surfing:  What goes into your surfboard, what happens when  you’re done with it, and how surfboards can help used as scientific platfomrs “

Panel of speakers:
– Dr. Phil Bresnahan, The Smartfin Project/Scripps – using surfers and surfboards as platforms for citizen science-based oceanographic data collection
– Dr. Stephen Mayfield, UCSD – Turning algae into everything from surfboards to flip-flops
– Kevin Whilden, Sustainable Surf – ECOBOARD certification, Foam to Waves, and other projects- Billy Burns, Rerip San Diego – upcycling used and broken boards into art and building materials