After Dark: Dirt

Dig into soil science (http://www.exploratorium.edu/gardening/feed/dirt/index.html) and get the dirt on everything from mushrooms to meteorites.

Join biointensive farming expert John Jeavons (http://www.johnjeavons.info/john-jeavons.html) to learn how food can be grown with a fraction of the soil and water used in conventional agriculture. Find out how City Slicker Farms... [read more]

Dig into soil science (http://www.exploratorium.edu/gardening/feed/dirt/index.html) and get the dirt on everything from mushrooms to meteorites.

Join biointensive farming expert John Jeavons (http://www.johnjeavons.info/john-jeavons.html) to learn how food can be grown with a fraction of the soil and water used in conventional agriculture. Find out how City Slicker Farms (http://www.cityslickerfarms.org/) is bringing urban farming to Oakland, and get a taste for growing gourmet mushrooms from coffee grounds with Back to the Roots (http://backtotheroots.com/).

Take a tour of extraterrestrial dirt found as far away as Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and as near as your own home. Sift through the sedimentary history of the San Francisco Bay, and peer into the teeming world of a rotting log. Meet other denizens of dirt with SaveNature.org’s Insect Discovery Lab (http://savenature.org/content/IDL), and get down and dirty with compost, seed bombs, liquefaction, and more.

Dirt also features Staub (Dust) (2008), a documentary by Hartmut Bitomsky, and an exhibition of historic photographs (http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsac/) documenting the end of the Dust Bowl era.

BUY TICKETS in advance at:
http://www.museumtix.com/ticket/ord_eventdate.aspx?vid=820&pid=210048967&evd=2%2F16%2F2012

TACTILE DOME
http://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/tactile_dome/
Get in touch with your senses during a special After Dark preview tour of the Tactile Dome. For only $7, you can feel your way through this legendary, interactive excursion in total darkness. Spaces are limited, tickets available on site only.

UPCOMING AFTER DARK: WHAT CAN YOU DO?
THURSDAY | MAY 3, 2012
www.exploratorium.edu/afterdark


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