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Malibu Library Speaker Series: Douglas McCauley

In-Person Program

2023-01-31 19:00:00 2023-01-31 20:30:00 America/Los_Angeles Malibu Library Speaker Series: Douglas McCauley Dr. Douglas McCauley, a professor at UC Santa Barbara, will provide a brief history of human use of our seas and will share a view of what the future may bring for our oceans. For adults. Malibu Library - Meeting Room

Tuesday, January 31
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2023-01-31 19:00:00 2023-01-31 20:30:00 America/Los_Angeles Malibu Library Speaker Series: Douglas McCauley Dr. Douglas McCauley, a professor at UC Santa Barbara, will provide a brief history of human use of our seas and will share a view of what the future may bring for our oceans. For adults. Malibu Library - Meeting Room

Malibu Library

Meeting Room

Dr. Douglas McCauley, a professor at UC Santa Barbara, will provide a brief history of human use of our seas and will share a view of what the future may bring for our oceans. For adults.

The Malibu Library Speaker Series presents ocean scientist and UC Santa Barbara professor Dr. Douglas McCauley at Malibu Library on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, at 7 pm. Registration is required. Register online or call Malibu Library at 310.456.6438.

Dr. McCauley’s work on oceans has been featured in the New York Times, National Public Radio, and Time. He has researched topics ranging from manta rays, to bumphead parrotfish, to shark spotting drones, to AI for whales. He is a Sloan Research Fellow in the Ocean Sciences and a member of the World Economic Forum’s ocean team.

Business is booming in the sea. New ocean industries are coming online every day: we are building underwater power plants, factory farms for fish, desalination facilities along our coastlines, and undersea mines. Some of this activity may bring us things we want—clean energy, new jobs, and more nutritious food. But it will also create big new challenges for people and ocean wildlife. Dr. McCauley will provide a brief history of human use of our seas and
will share a view of what the future may bring for our oceans.

This event will take place at Malibu Library. Registration is required. Register online or call Malibu Library at 310.456.6438.

Since 2013, the Malibu Library Speaker Series, a program of the Malibu Library, part of LA County Library, and the City of Malibu, has featured experts, authors, and other notable figures discussing a wide range of subjects, including the entertainment industry, literature, science, motivation, the arts, education, sports, travel, food, and the environment.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Lectures & Conversations | Environment & Nature |

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Malibu Library

Phone: 310.456.6438

Hours
We're closed Monday March 27 due to César Chávez Day Closure
Mon, Mar 20 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Mar 21 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Mar 22 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Mar 23 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Mar 24 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Mar 25 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Mar 26 1:00PM to 5:00PM

About the branch

Malibu Library, located in the Malibu Civic Center Complex, was established in 1970 by the County of Los Angeles Public Library. Prior to 1970, a bookmobile provided library service to the Malibu community serving residents in Topanga Canyon and along the Pacific Coast Highway.

On April 22, 2012, a grand opening celebration was held to mark the completion of a $6 million renovation of the Malibu Library, designed by the architectural firm of LPA, Inc. and funded by revenue generated from local property taxes.

The new sustainable, LEED-certified library has been redesigned to represent Malibu's sand, sea and sun culture with features such as:

-A replica of the Adamson House tile rug in the main lobby
-A photographic exhibit featuring historical images of the area
-The Children's area featuring a marine life motif, including an 8' by 14' porcelain tile art piece designed by artist Christine Nguyen
-A Teen area that embraces Malibu's surf culture.
 

Upcoming events

Tue, Mar 21, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Meeting Room
Dr. Ian Jukes is the founder of an educational leadership consulting firm. He has been a classroom teacher, teaching every grade from kindergarten to Grade 12. He is the author of Reinventing Learning for the Always-On Generation.

Wed, Mar 22, 3:30pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room
Let’s get ready for school! Enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and movement while learning school readiness skills and having fun. For ages 2 - 5 with their parent or caregiver.

Thu, Mar 23, 11:00am - 11:30am
Meeting Room
Families will sing, move, and play child-friendly instruments together with early childhood music education specialist Cheryl Lev. For children ages 0 - 3 and their caregivers.

Thu, Mar 23, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Meeting Room
Celebrate Teens Create Month by using your creativity and imagination to design a masterpiece out of modeling clay. Learn about library resources you can use to discover the history of clay and its many uses. For ages 13 – 17.

Sat, Mar 25, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Meeting Room
The Topanga Actors Company presents a staged reading of Wendy Wasserstein's play Third. By the author of the famed Heidi Chronicles, Third is an affecting and humorous look at what divides and unites Americans. For Adults.

Sun, Mar 26, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Meeting Room
The Topanga Actors Company presents a staged reading of Wendy Wasserstein's play Third. By the author of the famed Heidi Chronicles, Third is an affecting and humorous look at what divides and unites Americans. For adults.

Wed, Mar 29, 3:30pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room
Let’s get ready for school! Enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and movement while learning school readiness skills and having fun. For ages 2 - 5 with their parent or caregiver.

Wed, Apr 05, 3:30pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room
Let’s get ready for school! Enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and movement while learning school readiness skills and having fun. For ages 2 - 5 with their parent or caregiver.

Thu, Apr 06, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Meeting Room
Enjoy a monthly event at the library for creative play with bricks. We provide the bricks, you bring the ideas and imagination. Participants can build freely or participate in a fun building challenge. For ages 5 – 12 with parent or caregiver.

Thu, Apr 06, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Elkins Auditorium
Our climate change anxieties have never been more overwhelming—but they’re also the key to saving the planet. Britt Wray shows us how to embrace our complicated, messy emotions about the climate crisis.