Planning for the Future What would you like to see HCSV look like in 2013? Bring your best ideas. These will be recorded and passed on to the HCSV Board, Program Committee, or wherever they might help us do better in 2013. As usual in HCSV there were as many different ideas as there were…
Yearly Archives: 2012
HumanLight & POTLUCK The Humanist Community in Silicon Valley will celebrate our umpteenth Holiday Potluck. The theme will be ‘HumanLight’, a secular holiday celebrated since 2001 by secular folk. Ever since hominids figured out at the Solstice that the sun ceases to withdraw its light and warmth from the earth and every day is brighter,…
Reinvent Yourself: Creating a Life of Passion and Purpose Michelle Chappel, PHD, is an internationally acclaimed musician, businesswoman and speaker. After being voted “Most Inspirational Psychology Professor” at UC Santa Cruz, she ditched academics to be a singer-songwriter. She writes, “In these times, we all need to be able to develop a second act…
Solar Energy Environmental benefits of solar power are well known. Financial benefits of solar in California are not as well understood. Mark Thomas and Rick Devlin will discuss these and other aspects of solar energy. The cost of photovoltaic panels has dropped dramatically in the last 4 years, and is now less than 25% of…
A Mind of My Own: memoir of recovery from Aphasia A Mind of My Own is a dramatic true story of one woman”s recovery from traumatic brain damage following a motorcycle accident in Greece. Facing far more than broken bones and physical impairments, this classical antiquity professor had lost what was most important to her:…