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⚫ '''David Seaborg''' (born 1949) is an ]; as well as a ], author and a leader in the ]. He serves as director of the ],<ref>http://www.worldrainforest.org/biodavidseaborg.html</ref> the ], and the ] (a conservancy raising money to purchase open space in the ] region).
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⚫ '''David Seaborg''' (born April 22, 1949) is an American ], ], author and leader in the ]. He serves as director of the World Rainforest Fund, the Seaborg Open Space Fund, and the Greater Lafayette Open Space Fund (a conservancy raising money to purchase open space in the ] region).


==Family and education==
==Life==
David Seaborg was born on April 22, 1949, in ] and is the son of ] and ] ] (who discovered ] among other accomplishments). He attended and graduated from the ], with a bachelor's degree in zoology. Seaborg received his master's degree from the ].{{cn|date=April 2022}} Seaborg was born on ] in 1949.<ref name="contributions to periodic table">{{Cite journal |last = Seaborg |first = David |date = December 1, 2019 |title = The life and contributions to the periodic table of Glenn T. Seaborg, the first person to have an element named after him while he was still alive |journal = Pure and Applied Chemistry |language = en |volume = 91 |issue = 12 |pages = 1929–1939 |doi = 10.1515/pac-2019-0816 |s2cid = 208747513 |issn = 1365-3075 |doi-access = free }}</ref>
Seaborg is the son of ] and ] ] (who discovered ] among many other accomplishments).
He graduated from ], with a degree in zoology.<ref>http://www.commondreams.org/views/080600-102.htm</ref>


==Activism==
⚫ David Seaborg conceived, and helped secure passage by the ] City Council, of an ordinance banning the use of ] ] and ] in all products used by the city of Berkeley. This ordinance also required all businesses contracting with Berkeley to stop using old growth rainforest and redwood in any products or services Berkeley hires them to use or perform, or in any product they sell the city. He is currently working with the Berkeley city council to secure passage of an ordinance banning the use of ] in grocery stores, and plastic ] wrappers, in that city.<ref>http://reddipper.com/about/</ref>


⚫ Seaborg worked to secure the passage through the ] City Council of an ordinance that would ban the use of ] ] and ] in all products used by the city of Berkeley. This ordinance also required all businesses contracting with Berkeley to stop using old growth rainforest and redwood in any of the products or services that Berkeley hired to use or perform as well as in any product that was sold to the city. He is working with the Berkeley city council to secure passage of an ordinance banning the use of ] in grocery stores and plastic newspaper wrappings in the city.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.reddipper.com/about |title = red-dipper-llc - About |website = red-dipper-llc }}</ref>
He had some difficulty getting an ] allotment.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/08/17/BUGHQ892KC1.DTL| title=Some investors find Google hard to crack| author=Carolyn Said| work=]| date= August 17, 2004}}{{dl|date=February 2013}}</ref>


Seaborg has published several scientific articles discussing biological topics such as ], ], and ].<ref>{{Cite book |last = Seaborg |first = David |url = https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.1201/9780429440137/life-increases-biodiversity-david-seaborg |title = How Life Increases Biodiversity: An Autocatalytic Hypothesis |date = September 10, 2021 |publisher = CRC Press |isbn = 978-0-429-44013-7 |location = Boca Raton |doi = 10.1201/9780429440137 |s2cid = 240834792 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last = Seaborg |first = David M. |date = May 7, 1999 |title = Evolutionary Feedback: a New Mechanism for Stasis and Punctuated Evolutionary Change Based on Integration of the Organism |url = https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022519398908967 |journal = Journal of Theoretical Biology |language = en |volume = 198 |issue = 1 |pages = 1–26 |doi = 10.1006/jtbi.1998.0896 |pmid = 10329112 |bibcode = 1999JThBi.198....1S |issn = 0022-5193 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last = Seaborg |first = David M. |date = March 12, 1985 |title = Sexual Orientation, Behavioral Plasticity, and Evolution |url = https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v10n03_18 |journal = Journal of Homosexuality |volume = 10 |issue = 3–4 |pages = 153–158 |doi = 10.1300/J082v10n03_18 |pmid = 6533173 |issn = 0091-8369 }}</ref> He wrote an article entitled "The Greenhouse Diet" in the '']'' in the winter of 2004<ref name="greenhouse diet">{{Cite journal |last = Seaborg |first = David |date = 2004 |title = The greenhouse diet |url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/43879201 |journal = Earth Island Journal |volume = 18 |issue = 4 |pages = 39–41 |jstor = 43879201 |issn = 1041-0406 }}</ref> that is a summary of the scientific research on the effects of high atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide other than global warming.<ref name="new board member">{{Cite web |date = July 7, 2013 |title = David Seaborg, Global Environmental Committee |url = https://ourpeacecenter.org/agents/david-seaborg-new-board-member/ |access-date = April 27, 2022 |website = Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center |language = en-US }}</ref> This article states that as the amount of carbon dioxide in the air increases the plants grow larger but are less rich in nutrients despite the excess of carbon dioxide.<ref name="greenhouse diet" /> Seaborg has also written a book consisting of a collection of poems entitled ''Honor Thy Sowbug'' (2008).<ref>{{cite news |first = Janice |last = De Jesus |date = November 24, 2009 |title = David Seaborg's book of poetry includes opinions on good poems, today's poetry |work = Contra Costa Times |url = http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_13860206?source=most_emailed&nclick_check=1 }}</ref>
He recently wrote a book of poetry titled, ''Honor Thy Sowbug'' (2008).<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_13860206?source=most_emailed&nclick_check=1| title=David Seaborg's book of poetry includes opinions on good poems, today's poetry| author= Janice De Jesus| date=2009-11-24| work=Contra Costa Times}}</ref>


Seaborg has written a biography of his father, which describes Glenn Seaborg's upbringing and contributions to ] from the perspective of his son.<ref name="contributions to periodic table" />
David Seaborg resides in ].


David Seaborg founded and heads the World Rainforest Fund, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to saving the earth’s ] and biodiversity. He also founded and headed the Seaborg Open Space Fund, named in honor of his father, to raise money and awareness to save open space from development in central ]. This fund raised $20,000 in less than a year to successfully help save ] in ]. He had to close the fund down because he did not have time to continue running it. Seaborg founded and heads the ], a nonprofit foundation dedicated to saving the earth's ] and biodiversity. He also founded and headed the Seaborg Open Space Fund, named in honor of his father, to raise money and awareness to save open space from development in central ]. This fund raised $20,000 in less than a year to help save ] in ].


⚫ In the 1990s and part of the first decade of the 20th century, he served on the Board of Directors and as Vice President of the ] of the USA, the environmental think tank that published '']'' in the 1970s.<ref name="new board member" />
He wrote an article that is a summary of the scientific research on the effects of high atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide other than global warming. Unlike the climatic effects, these effects are not well known to the general public. They are very serious, and have the potential to cause high levels of extinction of species and greatly disrupt ecosystems and our food supply.
He was on the city of Lafayette’s General Plan Advisory Committee, which he guided to producing a ten-year General Plan for that city that emphasized environmental sustainability, preserving open space, combating ], and ].
⚫ In the 1990’s and part of the first decade of this century, he served on the Board of Directors and as Vice President of the ] of the USA, the environmental think tank that published '']'' in the 1970’s. This is a computer simulation study that showed that continued growth and consumption of resources will lead society to disaster.

He was on the Board of Directors of the East Bay Chapter of the ] from 2006 to 2009, where he is the lead environmental person. He gave the keynote address at their last annual meeting, and helped secure the passage of key resolutions on biodiversity and global warming and the ], at the local, state, and national levels of the UNA/ USA. These resolutions call for action on these issues by the U. N. and U. S. government. He is leading a drive to sign Bay Area cities up to commit to making an inventory of and limiting their greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol, a necessary effort in light of the Bush administration’s refusal to sign this U. N. treaty.

David carried the Ten Commandments for the Earth, a version of the original ] re-written to focus on saving the earth’s environment, while riding a camel down ], the mountain in Egypt down which ] carried the original Ten Commandments. Then, in a brief ceremony, he presented these Ten Commandments to a Bedouin youth, who represented the indigenous people and the youth of the planet, the generation inheriting the earth for its stewardship. After completing this act, which was captured on video camera, David swam for over an hour with a dolphin in the Red Sea.

David conceived the idea for and was the head organizer for a press conference of Nobel Prize winners on global environmental issues that was held at the time of the 100th ] ceremonies in ], Sweden, in December, 2001.

He is renowned for being especially socially skilled, excellent at working with and bringing out the best in people, and inspiring them to have an interest in biology, the earth, its animals and their habitats. He has inspired countless people to become environmentalists passionate about saving the earth. As a result of this passion, many of these people worked hard at saving the environment and achieved a considerable degree of success at it.

David has been to over 30 countries, observing various natural ecosystems and wildlife. He is an award-winning nature and wildlife photographer and an award-winning poet. He is listed is in '']''. An excellent public speaker, he lectures to various scientific, environmental, civic, business, and other organizations on evolutionary biology, the philosophical implications of science, and environmental issues.


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David Seaborg
Born (1949-04-22) April 22, 1949 (age 75)
Berkeley, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of California, Davis
University of California, Berkeley
Occupations
Parent(s)Glenn T. Seaborg
Helen L. Seaborg

David Seaborg (born April 22, 1949) is an American evolutionary biologist, peace activist, author and leader in the environmental movement. He serves as director of the World Rainforest Fund, the Seaborg Open Space Fund, and the Greater Lafayette Open Space Fund (a conservancy raising money to purchase open space in the Lamorinda region).

Family and education

David Seaborg was born on April 22, 1949, in Berkeley, California and is the son of Helen L. Seaborg and Nobel Laureate Glenn T. Seaborg (who discovered plutonium among other accomplishments). He attended and graduated from the University of California, Davis, with a bachelor's degree in zoology. Seaborg received his master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Seaborg was born on Earth Day in 1949.

Activism

Seaborg worked to secure the passage through the Berkeley City Council of an ordinance that would ban the use of old growth rainforest and redwood in all products used by the city of Berkeley. This ordinance also required all businesses contracting with Berkeley to stop using old growth rainforest and redwood in any of the products or services that Berkeley hired to use or perform as well as in any product that was sold to the city. He is working with the Berkeley city council to secure passage of an ordinance banning the use of plastic bags in grocery stores and plastic newspaper wrappings in the city.

Seaborg has published several scientific articles discussing biological topics such as evolution, behavioral plasticity, and biodiversity. He wrote an article entitled "The Greenhouse Diet" in the Earth Island Journal in the winter of 2004 that is a summary of the scientific research on the effects of high atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide other than global warming. This article states that as the amount of carbon dioxide in the air increases the plants grow larger but are less rich in nutrients despite the excess of carbon dioxide. Seaborg has also written a book consisting of a collection of poems entitled Honor Thy Sowbug (2008).

Seaborg has written a biography of his father, which describes Glenn Seaborg's upbringing and contributions to nuclear science from the perspective of his son.

Seaborg founded and heads the World Rainforest Fund, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to saving the earth's tropical rainforests and biodiversity. He also founded and headed the Seaborg Open Space Fund, named in honor of his father, to raise money and awareness to save open space from development in central Contra Costa County, California. This fund raised $20,000 in less than a year to help save Acalanes Ridge in Lafayette, California.

In the 1990s and part of the first decade of the 20th century, he served on the Board of Directors and as Vice President of the Club of Rome of the USA, the environmental think tank that published The Limits to Growth in the 1970s.

References

  1. ^ Seaborg, David (December 1, 2019). "The life and contributions to the periodic table of Glenn T. Seaborg, the first person to have an element named after him while he was still alive". Pure and Applied Chemistry. 91 (12): 1929–1939. doi:10.1515/pac-2019-0816. ISSN 1365-3075. S2CID 208747513.
  2. "red-dipper-llc - About". red-dipper-llc.
  3. Seaborg, David (September 10, 2021). How Life Increases Biodiversity: An Autocatalytic Hypothesis. Boca Raton: CRC Press. doi:10.1201/9780429440137. ISBN 978-0-429-44013-7. S2CID 240834792.
  4. Seaborg, David M. (May 7, 1999). "Evolutionary Feedback: a New Mechanism for Stasis and Punctuated Evolutionary Change Based on Integration of the Organism". Journal of Theoretical Biology. 198 (1): 1–26. Bibcode:1999JThBi.198....1S. doi:10.1006/jtbi.1998.0896. ISSN 0022-5193. PMID 10329112.
  5. Seaborg, David M. (March 12, 1985). "Sexual Orientation, Behavioral Plasticity, and Evolution". Journal of Homosexuality. 10 (3–4): 153–158. doi:10.1300/J082v10n03_18. ISSN 0091-8369. PMID 6533173.
  6. ^ Seaborg, David (2004). "The greenhouse diet". Earth Island Journal. 18 (4): 39–41. ISSN 1041-0406. JSTOR 43879201.
  7. ^ "David Seaborg, Global Environmental Committee". Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center. July 7, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  8. De Jesus, Janice (November 24, 2009). "David Seaborg's book of poetry includes opinions on good poems, today's poetry". Contra Costa Times.

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