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  • Thursday, October 31, 4 p.m. Washington DC – David will give a talk called “Terra Sapiens: The Human Chapter in the History of the Earth” in the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. Click here for details.
  • Friday, October 25th, 3:30pm (refreshments at 3:00pm) Greenbelt, MD – David will speak at a scientific colloquium held at NASA – Goddard Space Flight Center (building 3 Auditorium) on the subject of “Astrobiology and the Anthropocene Epoch”. Click here for details.
  • October, 21st, Washington, DC. David presents to the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Human Spaceflight called “Space Exploration as Insurance against Existential Risk” Click here for more details.
  • September 12th, Washington, DC. David will moderate the Library of Congress Symposium on the Longevity of Human Civilization! Click here for more details.
  • Monday July 15th, Portland, Oregon – David will be giving a talk at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry on “The Human Role in Earth Evolution”.
  • Saturday July 13th at 7pm, Jackson Hole, WY – Free Family Concert in the Center Theater where The House Band of the Universe plays under a planetarium full of breathtaking cosmic visualizations, as Grinspoon narrates the story of the history of the Universe-from the Big Bang to Life of Earth, and everything between. More info.
  • Wednesday July 10th at 7:30pm, Jackson Hole, WY – David will give a talk titled “Terra Sapiens: The Origin & Fate of a Human Planet” during “Art Across the Universe“
  • Thursday, June 13th, David will speak about Venus at the International Venus Workshop in Catania, Sicily in Italy.
  • Wednesday, 11:00am May 15th – David will be speaking at the Carnegie Institute of Washington on “The Human Role in Earth Evolution”. Click for more info.
  • Wednesday, April 24th 7pm Mountain – Exploring TItan for Clues to the Origin of Life – At the Denver Museum of Nature & Science – for more information and to reserve your spot/buy tickets click here: http://www.dmns.org/learn/adults/after-hours/searching-for-life-on-titan/
  • Thursday, April 4th at 11:00 AM Pacific / 2:00 PM Eastern. Join the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science for the next “Beer with BMSIS” podcast seminar
    Speaker: David Grinspoon
    Title: “The Human Role in Earth Evolution: Will the Anthropocene be an Event, An Epoch or a Transition?”
    Beverage Intro: Jim Cleaves
    To participate in the live seminar, connect with us on Skype
    (username: BlueMarbleSpace).

  • Just in! David will be discussing Venus on the John Batchelor Radio Show TONIGHT (April 3rd) at 9:30 EDT!

  • January 4th, 2013 (8:30pm) – David will be giving the lecture titled: “The Human Role in Earth Evolution: Will the Anthropocene be an Event, An Era or a Transition?” At The John Wesley Powell Auditorium – adjacent to the Cosmos Club, 2170 Florida Avenue NW, Washington DC 20008. For more info click here!
  • September 14th, 2012 – David will be a guest on Startalk Live in New York, with Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Sarah Silverman!!!
  • September 11th, 2012 – Missions to Titan event at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
  • August 5th, 2012 – Mars Science Lab landing event at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
  • June 26th – Climate change on Earth and on Other Planets – Featuring Bill Nye the Science Guy and David Grinspoon. In Boulder, Colorado.
  • June 25th-29th – Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets conference, in Boulder, Colorado
  • June 12-17th – FameLab Finals at The Times Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK. For more information on FameLab NASA please visit the flier here.
  • June 5-6th 2012 – Venus Transit
  • May 20th 2012 – Solar Eclipse