EcoCalendar
March 5, 2010 - March 21, 2010
Welcome to another list of events, classes, actions, films, conferences, grant deadlines, and more. Our searchable website edition of the calendar contains events further into the future. Please continue to send event listings to calendar@ecologycenter.org.
The Ecology Center's events are listed first, followed by additional community event listings.
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ECOLOGY CENTER EVENTS
3/6/2010 Free Worm Composting Workshop EcoHouse Event
3/9/2010 National Nutrition Month at the Tuesday Berkeley Farmers' Market Farmers' Markets Event
3/11/2010 Panel Discussion: How Do We Close the Food Gap? Special Event
3/16/2010 National Nutrition Month at the Tuesday Berkeley Farmers' Market Farmers' Markets Event
3/17/2010 Author Event: "The Story of Stuff" -- Berkeley Special Event
3/18/2010 Author Event: "A Different Kind of Luxury" Store Event
3/18/2010 Author Event: "The Story of Stuff" -- San Rafael Special Event
3/18/2010 Climate Change Action Workshop Series (Thurs) Special Event
3/19/2010 Stomp the Stumps Benefit Dance Party BACH Event
3/23/2010 César Chávez Commemoration at the Tuesday Berkeley Farmers' Market Farmers' Markets Event
3/23/2010 - 5/25/2010 Merritt College Lectures on Natural Building at the Ecology Center Special Event
3/23/2010 Climate Change Action Workshop Series (Tues) Special Event
3/24/2010 Learn How to Facilitate Your Own Climate Change Action Group Class
4/8/2010 Basics of Seed Saving with Bill Merrill BASIL Event
4/18/2010 EcoHouse Tour EcoHouse Event
4/22/2010 40th Anniversary of Earth Day and The Ecology Center Special Event
OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS
3/5/2010 Benefit Concert: Connect the Dots -- Greening Nonprofits San Francisco
3/5/2010 SPAWN Native Plant Nursery Workday North Bay
3/5/2010 - 3/7/2010 Workshop: GROW BIOINTENSIVE Sustainable Mini-Farming Mendocino County
3/5/2010 Volunteer: Berkeley Youth Alternative Gardens East Bay
3/6/2010 Workshop: Seed Saving Peninsula
3/6/2010 Tree Planting at Alemany Farm San Francisco
3/6/2010 Save MUNI Summit San Francisco
3/6/2010 Sick Plant Clinic East Bay
3/6/2010 Solar Hot Water Basics for Residential Customers San Francisco
3/6/2010 Class: Urban Composting San Francisco
3/6/2010 International Women's Day Feast, Facts and Festival East Bay
3/6/2010 Mission Blue Butterfly Habitat Restoration Marin County
3/6/2010 Pier 94 Wetlands Restoration Workday San Francisco
3/6/2010 Greening Oakland Homes Fair East Bay
3/6/2010 Caring for Your Urban Orchard: A Hands-on Class on Fruit Tree Management North Bay
3/6/2010 Presentation: A Plastic Journey Peninsula
3/6/2010 Class: Malibu Compost East Bay
3/6/2010 - 3/7/2010 White Elephant Sale East Bay
3/6/2010 Volunteer: Remove Invasive Plants at Point Isabel East Bay
3/6/2010 Natural Dye Workshop North Bay
3/6/2010 Class: Edible Landscaping and Container Gardening North Bay
3/6/2010 Class: Secrets of Drought-Tolerant Landscaping Peninsula
3/6/2010 - 3/7/2010 Sustainable Fairfax Volunteer Corps Training North Bay
3/6/2010 The Buzz on Native Bees East Bay
3/6/2010 Volunteer: Creekside Habitat Restoration with SPAWN North Bay
3/6/2010 - 3/13/2010 Cooking Class: Moles of Oaxaca East Bay
3/6/2010 Free Worm Composting Workshop East Bay
3/7/2010 - 3/28/2010 Workshop: A Homebrewing Workshop East Bay
3/7/2010 Class: Seed Starting East Bay
3/7/2010 Hike: Wild Edibles East Bay
3/7/2010 Workshop: Greywater Recycling Sacramento County
3/7/2010 Program: Sheep to Shawl East Bay
3/7/2010 Film Screening: "The Age of Stupid" East Bay
3/7/2010 Class: City Chickens and Ducks -- (9:30am) East Bay
3/7/2010 Class: City Chickens and Ducks -- (2pm) East Bay
3/7/2010 Class: Growing Tomato Transplants from Seed Santa Cruz County
3/7/2010 Course: Medicinal Plants of the Bay Area: A Bioregional Exploration North Bay
3/8/2010 Give Comment: Consumers' Right-to-Know About Cell Phone Radiation San Francisco
3/8/2010 Colloquium: On the New Uses of the Honey Bee East Bay
3/8/2010 - 3/9/2010 Banff Mountain Film Festival North Bay
3/8/2010 Waves, Wetlands, and Watersheds Educator Workshop East Bay
3/9/2010 Film Screening: "The Greening of Cuba" East Bay
3/9/2010 Weed Watcher Volunteer Training North Bay
3/9/2010 Film Screening: Fish and Flicks, The End of the Line East Bay
3/9/2010 SPUR Forum: Vacant Lots: Ideas for Temporary Use San Francisco
3/9/2010 Professional Speed Networking In Oakland East Bay
3/9/2010 EcoVillage Coffee Hour East Bay
3/9/2010 National Nutrition Month at the Tuesday Berkeley Farmers' Market East Bay
3/9/2010 Bike Traffic Skills 101 Classroom Workshop - Fremont East Bay
3/10/2010 Panel Discussion: Women In Publishing San Francisco
3/10/2010 Public Meeting: Setting the Bay Area's Target for Curbing Greenhouse Gases Alameda County
3/10/2010 Discussion: Jill Richardson and Bonnie Powell on Food Policy East Bay
3/10/2010 Conference: Where is My Green Job? San Francisco
3/10/2010 Panel Discussion: Women in Construction San Francisco
3/10/2010 Conversation: Ernest Callenbach and John Curl East Bay
3/10/2010 Workshop: How To Make and Use Biodiesel Mendocino County
3/10/2010 Class: Urban Composting and Bioremediation East Bay
3/10/2010 Film: "Crude: The Real Price of Oil" East Bay
3/10/2010 - 3/13/2010 Salmonid Restoration Conference Shasta County
3/11/2010 Lecture: Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World East Bay
3/11/2010 Talk: The Incredible Shrinking Energy Bill Peninsula
3/11/2010 Thirsty Bear Brew Tasting at Crocker Galleria San Francisco
3/11/2010 Film: BUTTE, AMERICA: the Saga of a Hard Rock Mining Town East Bay
3/11/2010 Imagine H2O's Water Innovators Showcase San Francisco
3/11/2010 Panel Discussion: How Do We Close the Food Gap? San Francisco
3/11/2010 Nutrition Night - Foods to Reduce Cancer Risk East Bay
3/11/2010 - 3/16/2010 Medicinal Plants of the Anza-Borrego Desert: A Spring Bloom Field Exploration Southern California
3/11/2010 Workshop: Composting and Vermicompost East Bay
3/11/2010 Book Talk: "How Everyday Products Make People Sick" East Bay
3/12/2010 Speaker: "Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World" San Francisco
3/12/2010 Film & Talk: "In Search of Lorine Niedecker" San Francisco
3/12/2010 - 3/13/2010 Film & Talk: "Sweetgrass" San Francisco
3/12/2010 Seminar: Fuel Economy and Fleet Safety East Bay
3/12/2010 Film Screening: "Agrarian Utopia" San Francisco
3/12/2010 Volunteer: Restoration -- Riparian Re-Leaf East Bay
3/12/2010 SPAWN Native Plant Nursery Workday North Bay
3/12/2010 Green Friday Potluck: Bringing Solar Power to the Developing World East Bay
3/12/2010 Volunteer: Berkeley Youth Alternative Gardens East Bay
3/13/2010 Volunteer: Creek Stewardship Work Day East Bay
3/13/2010 Volunteer: Restoration -- Riparian Re-Leaf East Bay
3/13/2010 Beekeeping in the City: Introduction to Beekeeping San Francisco
3/13/2010 Class: Beginning Beekeeping San Francisco
3/13/2010 - 3/14/2010 Conference: "Empowering Women of Color" East Bay
3/13/2010 Film Screening: "Agrarian Utopia" San Francisco
3/13/2010 Steelhead Trout Habitat Restoration North Bay
3/13/2010 Public Collection Event for E-Waste Recycling (Fremont) East Bay
3/13/2010 Volunteer for a Day at Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden North Bay
3/13/2010 SCRAP Workshop: Artist Trading Cards San Francisco
3/13/2010 Meeting: Golden Gate Chapter of California Rare Fruit Growers East Bay
3/13/2010 Class: Beyond First-Year Beekeeping San Francisco
3/13/2010 Alternative Materials Cob and Strawbale Seminar East Bay
3/13/2010 Hands-on Workshop: Rainwater Harvesting and Rain Barrel Building Peninsula
3/13/2010 Class: Mediterranean Plants East Bay
3/13/2010 Sustainable Landscape Program: Soil Resources North Bay
3/13/2010 Class: Warm Weather Crops - Selection, Hardening Off, Diseases East Bay
3/13/2010 Class: Compost Crops and Rotations Peninsula
3/13/2010 Class: Planning Your Garden Peninsula
3/13/2010 Class: How To Trap Gophers North Bay
3/13/2010 Volunteer: Creekside Habitat Restoration with SPAWN North Bay
3/13/2010 Workshop: Greywater, Rainwater Harvesting and Composting Toilets East Bay
3/13/2010 Turtle Observer Orientation North Bay
3/13/2010 Author Event: Golden Gate Gardening by Pam Peirce San Francisco
3/14/2010 Education=Liberation: Feminists Fight for Quality Public Schools San Francisco
3/14/2010 Sea Watch for Endangered Sea Creatures San Francisco
3/14/2010 Workshop: Tending the Native Plant Garden East Bay
3/14/2010 California Least Tern Nesting Habitat Restoration East Bay
3/14/2010 Performance and Food: Foodshare East Bay
3/14/2010 Meeting: Passive Buildings California Group East Bay
3/14/2010 Author Event: Golden Gate Gardening by Pam Peirce East Bay
3/14/2010 Awakening the Dreamer with the Richmond Rivets East Bay
3/15/2010 Seminar: How I Built A Carbon-Neutral House East Bay
3/15/2010 Lecture: Green Infrastructure for the Future East Bay
3/16/2010 SPUR Forum: Update on the Water System Improvement Program San Francisco
3/16/2010 Speaker: Renovating from Old to Green: A Homeowner's Fable San Francisco
3/16/2010 Film: "Dirt! The Movie" (SF) San Francisco
3/16/2010 National Nutrition Month at the Tuesday Berkeley Farmers' Market East Bay
3/17/2010 TransForay: Movie Night in Uptown Oakland East Bay
3/17/2010 Environmental Education Presentation hosted by the Friends of Sausal Creek East Bay
3/17/2010 SF Green Building Professionals Guild Meeting: Insulation San Francisco
3/17/2010 Colloquium: "It's Not All About You: The Urban Designer's Role ..." East Bay
3/17/2010 Fruit Tree Tour 2010 South Bay
3/17/2010 Author Event: "The Story of Stuff" -- Berkeley East Bay
3/17/2010 Film Screening: "Agrarian Utopia" East Bay
3/17/2010 Cooking Club: Thai East Bay
3/17/2010 Green Speed Dating (for same-sex couples) San Francisco
3/17/2010 Grizzly Peak Walk East Bay
3/17/2010 Class: Urban Animal Husbandry East Bay
3/18/2010 Author Event: "The Story of Stuff" -- San Rafael North Bay
3/18/2010 - 4/8/2010 Climate Change Action Workshop Series (Thurs) East Bay
3/18/2010 Bay Area Greywater Roundtable East Bay
3/18/2010 Discussion: Evolution of Eco-Activism East Bay
3/18/2010 Panel: "The Greening of Health: the Convergence of Health and Sustainability" East Bay
3/18/2010 Author Event: "A Different Kind of Luxury" East Bay
3/19/2010 Amazon: Defending Rivers and Rights East Bay
3/19/2010 Stomp the Stumps Benefit Dance Party East Bay
3/19/2010 Volunteer: Berkeley Youth Alternative Gardens East Bay
3/19/2010 SPAWN Native Plant Nursery Workday North Bay
3/20/2010 Workshop: Seed Saving and Seed Swap San Francisco
3/20/2010 White-Crowned Sparrow Habitat Restoration San Francisco
3/20/2010 Volunteer: Creekside Habitat Restoration with SPAWN North Bay
3/20/2010 Friends of Five Creeks Work Party in Eastshore State Park East Bay
3/20/2010 Ripple Effects East Bay
3/20/2010 Rooftop Garden Community Workday East Bay
3/20/2010 Bus Tour: Cohousing in the East Bay East Bay
3/20/2010 Caring for Your Urban Orchard: A Hands-on Class on Fruit Tree Management North Bay
3/20/2010 Workshop: Advanced Beekeeping Mendocino County
3/20/2010 Conference: Healthy Harvest: Field to Table Sacramento County
3/20/2010 Workshop: Composting and Vermicompost East Bay
3/20/2010 Seminar: A Better Remodel Using Tax Rebates and Incentives East Bay
3/20/2010 Volunteer: Work Party at Strawberry Creek Lodge East Bay
3/20/2010 Conference for High School Students: EcoCareer Day San Francisco
3/20/2010 Workshop: Diesel Car Maintenance East Bay
3/20/2010 Occidental Arts and Ecology Center Garden Tour North Bay
3/20/2010 Class: Herbs in the Garden, Herbs in the Kitchen Peninsula
3/20/2010 Author Event: Succulent Container Gardens by Debra Lee Baldwin East Bay
3/20/2010 - 4/2/2010 Permaculture Design Course North Bay
3/21/2010 Class: Backyard Beekeeping East Bay
3/21/2010 Film Screening: Taking Root -- Green Belt Movement of Kenya San Francisco
3/21/2010 Class: Backyard Chicken Care South Bay
3/21/2010 Activity: Edible and Useful Plants Hike East Bay
3/21/2010 Cooking Class: Vegetarian Tamales East Bay
3/21/2010 Class: Learning All About Our Native Lilies, Slideshow and Walk East Bay
3/21/2010 Annual Meatout Celebration San Francisco
3/21/2010 Rainwater Harvesting for Urban Gardeners East Bay
3/21/2010 Program: Sheep to Shawl East Bay
Carrie Bennett
Ecology Center
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Thanks to David, James, Kimberly, and Serena for help with the EcoCalendar.
Thanks to Beck Cowles for guidance.
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