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Culture Competence
04/26/2009
Helen Christians

Preceded by a short reading, this program by speaker Helen Christians was recorded on 4/26/09 at a regular meeting of the Humanists of Greater Portland (Oregon), or HGP.  Like learning to walk or think abstractly, individuals learn to interact with people of other cultures competently trough a series of developmental stages. Helen will review the 6 developmental stages of cultural competence. Several…

How Stars and Planets Form
03/08/2009
Dr. Steve Strom

Dr Steve Strom’s presentation will cover the formation of stars and planetary systems. Using that as a theme, he will integrate what we've learned from the Hubble Space telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope and a variety of large ground-based facilities, with what we expect to learn from facilities (space and ground) now on the drawing board. The presentations will include images from the Hubble and the Spitzer Space Telescopes.

Insights Into Ghana
03/01/2009
Jeff Strang

Preceded by a short reading, this program by speaker Jeff Strang was recorded on 3/1/09 at a regular meeting of the Humanists of Greater Portland (Oregon), or HGP.  HGP member Jeff Strang was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ghana from 1980-82, serving as a secondary school teacher and rural development organizer. He was able to pay a return visit in 1990, and went again this past July. He'll show video…

Smart Gardens and Energy Gardens
02/15/2009
Elizabeth K. Frances

Presented by Elizabeth K. Frances, President of The Garden Angels Landscape Design in Salem, OR. Elizabeth gives presentations quite regularly, and has a fun discussion about installing Smart Gardens and Energy Gardens which are becoming popular, even on the smallest of properties. She thinks humanists might have great interest in such a topic, as designing these places helps people "get off the grid" as much as possible with their living spaces and lifestyles. Great news for today.

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