Explorers Club Members, Associates/Friends, Members’ Guests and Non-Members’ Guest List You are cordially invited to the October 2021 ECWG dinner meeting at the Cosmos Club, w/ after-dinner presentations by Richard E. Schneider. About the Presentation Hidden Treasure chronicles a preservation project at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) that was full of unexpected discoveries. When …
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Julius (“Jay”) Kaplan died unexpectedly on September 1, 2021. He was born on August 3, 1934 in Washington, DC, and lived most of his life in the District. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Ann Lanyon Kaplan, his two children, Samantha Kaplan (Dirk Mason) of Madison, WI and Lael Kaplan (Cheryl Kaplan) …
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Explorers Club Members, Associates/Friends, Members’ Guests and Non-Members’ Guest List You are cordially invited to the September 2021 ECWG dinner meeting at the Cosmos Club, w/ after-dinner presentations by Meredith L. Gore. About the Presentation A scientific understanding of human behavior is critical for improving humans’ ability to predict and adapt to global environmental change. The type …
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A new documentary, “Godspeed, Los Polacos!”, just won the Best Adventure Film and Audience Choice awards at the Boulder International Film Festival. After claiming the first descent of the world’s deepest canyon, five university students from Krakow risk it all to fight for democracy. Film subject and ECWG Fellow Piotr Chmielinski (who went on to …
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About the Presentation Amanda will take us on a journey to the remote islands of Micronesia where she is working to promote agroforestry of breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis), a traditional crop for many indigenous communities across the Pacific. Amanda has been working with communities and partners across the islands of Yap and Palau with the goal …
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