EcoCalendar http://www.ecologycenter.org
May 14, 2010 - June 6, 2010
Greetings Ecology Center members and friends,
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. The Ecology Center's events are listed first, followed by additional community event listings. Please continue to send event listings to calendar@ecologycenter.org
Featured this calendar:
Urban Drought Solutions: Greywater, Rainwater Catchment, Earthworks
Fundamentals of Herbal Medicine - New Dates and Price!
Perennial Vegetable Workshop and Plant Sale at the Berkeley EcoHouse
Check out and sign up for these special Ecology Center classes!
ECOLOGY CENTER EVENTS
5/15/2010 How to Build and Sustain Your School Garden Class
5/16/2010 Urban Drought Solutions: Greywater, Rainwater Catchment, Earthworks EcoHouse Event
5/22/2010 Annual Strawberry Tasting at the Saturday Berkeley Farmers' Market Farmers' Markets Event
5/23/2010 Revolutionary Ecology: A Commemoration and a Celebration of Revolutionary Resistance BACH Event
5/23/2010 Fundamentals of Herbal Medicine - New Dates and Price! Class
5/24/2010 Marking the Moment: 20 Years After the Bombing of Judi Bari BACH Event
5/26/2010 Learn How to Facilitate Your Own Climate Change Action Group Class
5/27/2010 Author Event: Breakthrough Communities Special Event
5/29/2010 Perennial Vegetable Workshop and Plant Sale at the Berkeley EcoHouse EcoHouse Event
6/4/2010 Going to Seed Summer Revival Tour Special Event
6/5/2010 Family Fun Festival at the Saturday Berkeley Farmers' Market Farmers' Markets Event
6/8/2010 Climate Change Action Workshop Series (Tues) Special Event
6/13/2010 EcoHouse Tour EcoHouse Event
6/26/2010 Free Talk: Know Your Soil Class
7/11/2010 Urban Drought Solutions: Greywater, Rainwater Catchment, Earthworks EcoHouse Event
8/8/2010 EcoHouse Tour EcoHouse Event
9/19/2010 Urban Drought Solutions: Greywater, Rainwater Catchment, Earthworks EcoHouse Event
10/10/2010 EcoHouse Tour EcoHouse Event
11/14/2010 Urban Drought Solutions: Greywater, Rainwater Catchment, Earthworks EcoHouse Event
12/12/2010 EcoHouse Tour EcoHouse Event
OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS
5/14/2010 - 5/16/2010 Class: Plants of Mount Diablo, Identifcation and Medicinal Use East Bay
5/14/2010 - 5/15/2010 Art Reception: "The Uncanny Valley Orphanage" & "Break in Case of Emergency" San Francisco
5/14/2010 Ferment Change Fermented Feast Fundraiser East Bay
5/14/2010 Volunteer: Berkeley Youth Alternative Gardens East Bay
5/14/2010 Screening: "FRESH" East Bay
5/14/2010 Day of Action, Night of Mourning Against Offshore Drilling East Bay
5/14/2010 Berkeley Critical Mass Bike Ride East Bay
5/15/2010 Workshop: Introduction To Permaculture Mendocino County
5/15/2010 Volunteer: Creekside Habitat Restoration with SPAWN North Bay
5/15/2010 Class: How to Trap Gophers North Bay
5/15/2010 Workshop: Diesel Car Maintenance East Bay
5/15/2010 Class: How To Start Your Vegetable Garden Peninsula
5/15/2010 Sustainable Landscape Program: Plants and Plant Communities North Bay
5/15/2010 Class: Attracting Beneficial Insects to Your Garden East Bay
5/15/2010 Healthy Gardens without Toxic Chemicals East Bay
5/15/2010 Eco-Garden Tour -- Marin County Marin County
5/15/2010 Volunteers Needed for Eco-Friendly Garden Tour Marin County
5/15/2010 Hidden Gems of Berkeley Bicycle Tour East Bay
5/15/2010 Class: Landscape Watering San Francisco
5/15/2010 Class: No Fuss Landscape Beautification South Bay
5/15/2010 Class: Secrets of Drought Tolerant Landscaping South Bay
5/15/2010 Art in the Garden Workshop: Mini-EcoSystems with Brandon Windt South Bay
5/15/2010 Workshop: Bees in the City San Francisco
5/15/2010 Lecture: What Makes Water Wet? East Bay
5/15/2010 Volunteer: White-Crowned Sparrow Habitat Restoration San Francisco
5/15/2010 - 5/16/2010 Workshop: Processing Animals for Food North Bay
5/15/2010 Workshop: Compost San Francisco
5/15/2010 How to Build and Sustain Your School Garden East Bay
5/15/2010 - 5/16/2010 Intro to Practical Permaculture Workshop Northern California
5/15/2010 Volunteer: Martin Luther King Jr. Shore Restoration East Bay
5/15/2010 REI Cycling Festival East Bay
5/15/2010 - 5/16/2010 350 Garden Challenge Sonoma County
5/15/2010 Volunteer: Work Party at Strawberry Creek Lodge East Bay
5/15/2010 Workshop: Microphone Mysteries Revealed: Nature Sounds Society Tech Talk San Francisco
5/15/2010 Workshop: How to Install a Water Feature Peninsula
5/15/2010 Planting the Future Conference Sonoma County
5/16/2010 Class: Greywater for Backyard Gardeners East Bay
5/16/2010 Workshop: Advanced Permaculture Mendocino County
5/16/2010 Workshop: Composting and Vermicompost East Bay
5/16/2010 Meeting: Passive Buildings California Group East Bay
5/16/2010 $$Smart and Green Day East Bay
5/16/2010 Urban Drought Solutions: Greywater, Rainwater Catchment, Earthworks
5/16/2010 Behind the Rainbow -- Post-Apartheid South Africa Film Showing and Discussion San Francisco
5/16/2010 Commonweal Gardens Open House and Tour North Bay
5/16/2010 Class: Landscape Watering East Bay
5/16/2010 City Slicker Farms Bike Tour and Potluck East Bay
5/16/2010 Tour: The History of Camp Herms East Bay
5/16/2010 Informational Meeting: Black Mesa Weavers Annual Wool Buy East Bay
5/16/2010 Garden City: Diggin In -- Getting Your Garden Started San Francisco
5/16/2010 Tidepool Exploration at Moss Beach Peninsula
5/16/2010 Community Event: La Pena's Food Justice Series Presents: Foodshare East Bay
5/16/2010 Walk: Medicinal Plants in the Garden San Francisco
5/16/2010 Film: Call+Response North Bay
5/16/2010 A Celebration of Old Roses East Bay
5/16/2010 Alameda Backyard Chicken Coop Bicycling Tour East Bay
5/16/2010 Volunteer: Point Reyes Weed Watchers Invasive Plant Training and Hike North Bay
5/17/2010 Joint Crockett-Rodeo Town Meeting East Bay
5/17/2010 Panel Discussion: Ecology Emerges: Economies of Nature San Francisco
5/17/2010 Open House: How Should Emeryville Increase Use of Sustainable Transportation? East Bay
5/18/2010 The Passive House Standard: A Study in High Performance Peninsula
5/18/2010 Book Signing: "Feed Your Pet Right" East Bay
5/18/2010 Farm Film Night, Featuring DIRT! The Movie San Francisco
5/18/2010 Presentation: What We See: Advancing the Observations of Jane Jacobs San Francisco
5/18/2010 Cars in the City: A Conversation With Traffic Engineer Jack Fleck San Francisco
5/18/2010 Lecture: Indigenous Peoples and Conservation -- From Rights to Resource Management Marin County
5/18/2010 Building a Beautiful Carbon Neutral Home Peninsula
5/18/2010 Local Food Currency: BACE Project Roundtable Meeting San Francisco
5/18/2010 Community Forum: Oakland's Health Disparities in Black and White East Bay
5/18/2010 Clark Kerr Campus Power Walk East Bay
5/18/2010 Screening: "A Village Called Versailles" -- SF San Francisco
5/18/2010 Panel Discussion: Turning Over a New LEAF: The Start of an Electric Vehicle Revolution? San Francisco
5/18/2010 Discussion: Drill, Baby, Spill San Francisco
5/19/2010 Children in Nature Forum: Creating Natural Play Environments South Bay
5/19/2010 East Bay Green Drinks East Bay
5/19/2010 Film Screening: Bab'Aziz: The Prince who Contemplated his Soul East Bay
5/19/2010 Cooking Club: Using Spices & Herbs East Bay
5/19/2010 - 5/20/2010 Certified Green Building Professional Training (Pleasant Hill) East Bay
5/19/2010 Workshop: Solar Panel Recycling South Bay
5/19/2010 Screening & Talk: Symphony of the Soil East Bay
5/19/2010 Screening: "A Village Called Versailles" -- Oakland East Bay
5/19/2010 SF Green Building Professionals Guild Meeting: Urban Landscaping in San Francisco San Francisco
5/19/2010 Presentation: Owls and Bats East Bay
5/19/2010 Fundraiser & Launch Party: Project Survival Media's Solutions for Survival San Francisco
5/20/2010 Take Back The Mic East Bay
5/20/2010 Restoring the Wild Heart of the South Bay - The Salt Pond Restoration Project San Francisco
5/20/2010 Presidio Clarkia Monitoring San Francisco
5/20/2010 "Farmer Jane" Book Release Party and Panel East Bay
5/20/2010 Talk: Zero Waste: The Mother of Necessity North Bay
5/20/2010 Taste & A Talk: Stop the Indoor Water Waste Peninsula
5/20/2010 Meeting: Berkeley Simplicity Forum -- Tiny Homes and Mobile Living East Bay
5/20/2010 Seminar: The Five Keys to Navigate Conflicts San Francisco
5/20/2010 Bay Area Open Space Council Conference San Francisco
5/20/2010 Forum: The Future of the India Basin San Francisco
5/20/2010 Workshop: How to Shop on Your Bicycle East Bay
5/20/2010 Discussion: Can You Be a Good Environmentalist and Still Eat Meat? East Bay
5/20/2010 Lecture: The Natural History and Future of California Condors San Francisco
5/20/2010 Presentation: The New Ruralism: Smart Growth + Local Food San Francisco
5/20/2010 Presentation: Michael Moss: A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Look at the Food Industry San Francisco
5/20/2010 Sustainable Communities Best Practices Forum San Francisco
5/21/2010 - 5/23/2010 Golden Gate National Parks Endangered Species Weekend SF Bay Area
5/21/2010 Class: Intro to Therapeutic Cooking East Bay
5/21/2010 Expressions Gallery: Art Exhibit & Poetry Reading East Bay
5/21/2010 Volunteer: Berkeley Youth Alternative Gardens East Bay
5/21/2010 Design for Wildlife Workshop East Bay
5/21/2010 Talk: Niger Delta's Emem Okon San Francisco
5/21/2010 Workshop: Be a Resource for Your Community East Bay
5/21/2010 Lecture: Technology Out-of-Control East Bay
5/22/2010 Workshop: Introduction To Biointensive Gardening Mendocino County
5/22/2010 Introduction to Permaculture Sierra Region
5/22/2010 Workshop: Composting and Vermicompost East Bay
5/22/2010 Class: Bamboo East Bay
5/22/2010 Tour: Ecology Action Research Mini-Farm/Garden Mendocino County
5/22/2010 Volunteer: Creekside Habitat Restoration with SPAWN North Bay
5/22/2010 Lecture: Drip Irrigation for Beginners North Bay
5/22/2010 Class: Starting Your Summer Garden Peninsula
5/22/2010 Class: California Natives Water Conserving Strategies and Innovative Materials South Bay
5/22/2010 Class: Controlling Weeds - Tools & Tricks East Bay
5/22/2010 Class: Sustainable Gardening with California Natives South Bay
5/22/2010 Class: Water Efficient Garden Planning Alameda County
5/22/2010 Volunteer at Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden North Bay
5/22/2010 Class: New Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance South Bay
5/22/2010 Help Restore Habitat for the California Quail San Francisco
5/22/2010 Volunteer: Celebrate Endangered Species Day with the Tidewater Goby North Bay
5/22/2010 El Cerrito Spring Citywide Garage Sale East Bay
5/22/2010 Photography Activity: "Shoot the Shed" East Bay
5/22/2010 - 5/23/2010 Maker Faire Bay Area Peninsula
5/22/2010 - 11/6/2010 Urban Herbalism Class Series: San Francisco Bay Area SF Bay Area
5/22/2010 Panel Discussion: Moving Around the City, Let's Stay Active San Francisco
5/22/2010 Tour: Urban Gardens For Families San Francisco
5/22/2010 Annual Strawberry Tasting at the Saturday Berkeley Farmers' Market East Bay
5/22/2010 SCRAP Workshop: Wearable Books San Francisco
5/22/2010 Native Medicinal Plants of California: Propagation and Cultivation Methods East Bay
5/22/2010 Class: Living Soils San Francisco
5/22/2010 Art as Propaganda: A Revolutionary Workshop Series San Francisco
5/22/2010 Benefit: Sock Hop to Support BOSS and Children's Hospital East Bay
5/22/2010 Exhibition Reception: Women's Environmental Artists Directory East Bay
5/22/2010 Seminar: Alternative Materials, Cob and Strawbale East Bay
5/22/2010 Panel Discussion: A Piece of the Pie: Not My Priorities East Bay
5/23/2010 Class: Introduction to Chinese Traditional Medicine East Bay
5/23/2010 Speaker: Marion Nestle on Food Politics Marin County
5/23/2010 Workshop: Creating Re-Usable Bags from T-Shirts to Save Sea Turtles East Bay
5/23/2010 - 6/27/2010 Fundamentals of Herbal Medicine - New Dates and Price! East Bay
5/23/2010 Fund and Hope Raiser for Haiti East Bay
5/23/2010 Class: Backyard Chickens East Bay
5/23/2010 Film & Discussion: "In Transition" East Bay
5/23/2010 Living Roof Workshop East Bay
5/23/2010 Volunteer: Ocean Beach Clean-up on World Turtle Day San Francisco
5/23/2010 Revolutionary Ecology: A Commemoration and a Celebration of Revolutionary Resistance East Bay
5/23/2010 Class: No Sewer, No Problem! East Bay
5/23/2010 Workshop: Vegetable Focus -- Legumes San Francisco
5/23/2010 Edible and Medicinal "Weeds" of the Bay Area East Bay
5/23/2010 East Bay Homo Homestead Tour East Bay
5/23/2010 Berkeley BBQ & Benefit Concert for Chile East Bay
5/23/2010 Workshop: Building Maintenance For Women East Bay
5/24/2010 TransitionSF Community Meeting on Local Currencies San Francisco
5/24/2010 Marking the Moment: 20 Years After the Bombing of Judi Bari East Bay
5/24/2010 Panel: Impact of Campaign Finance Reform On Our Environmental and Natural Resources San Francisco
5/25/2010 Talk: Novel Herbal Compounds in Cancer Therapy East Bay
5/25/2010 Lecture: Dr. L. Hunter Lovins East Bay
5/25/2010 Forum: Short Sea Shipping and the Environment East Bay
5/25/2010 California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Workshop and Public Participation Hearing Sacramento County
5/25/2010 Webinar: Climate Science 101
5/26/2010 Class: Water Efficient Garden Planning South Bay
5/26/2010 Party: Women's Earth Alliance, Weaving the Worlds Gala San Francisco
5/26/2010 Discussion: Growth and Planning: San Francisco's Role in the Region San Francisco
5/26/2010 Info Session: Professional Programs in Sustainable Design, Solar, and Green Building San Francisco
5/26/2010 Learn How to Facilitate Your Own Climate Change Action Group East Bay
5/26/2010 Film Screening: The Invisible Forest by Antero Alli East Bay
5/26/2010 Panel: Secondary Units - A Zero Sprawl Solution? East Bay
5/27/2010 Book Launch: "Remaking Citizenship: Latina Immigrants and New American Politics" San Francisco
5/27/2010 HUB SoMa Launch Party: Radical Collaboration San Francisco
5/27/2010 Film & Discussion: "The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil" East Bay
5/27/2010 Author Event: Breakthrough Communities East Bay
5/27/2010 Lesson and Discussion: An Evening of Locavore Delights San Francisco
5/27/2010 Greywater Roundtable: Lessons From a Greywater-Friendly State East Bay
5/27/2010 Global Exchange's Human Rights Awards Gala San Francisco
5/28/2010 Volunteer: Berkeley Youth Alternative Gardens East Bay
5/28/2010 Compost Give-away at Berkeley Marina for Berkeley Residents East Bay
5/28/2010 - 5/30/2010 Workshop: Woodshop For Women (May) North Bay
5/29/2010 Volunteer: Creekside Habitat Restoration with SPAWN North Bay
5/29/2010 Class: Climate and MicroClimate For Gardeners Peninsula
5/29/2010 Tiburon Paintbrush Habitat Restoration North Bay
5/29/2010 - 5/30/2010 Workshop: Install A Greywater System Mendocino County
5/29/2010 Workshop: Building a Greywater System South Bay
5/29/2010 Spring Tracking Series Marin County
5/29/2010 Perennial Vegetable Workshop and Plant Sale at the Berkeley EcoHouse East Bay
5/29/2010 Wise Water Management Course North Bay
5/30/2010 Tidepool Exploration at Duxbury Reef North Bay
5/30/2010 Program: Botany Bash South Bay
5/30/2010 Film: "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" East Bay
6/1/2010 - 6/8/2010 Class: Solving Residential Drainage Problems East Bay
6/1/2010 Deadline: Applications for Master Gardener Fall Training Peninsula
6/1/2010 - 6/7/2010 TransForm Car-Free Challenge
6/2/2010 Silicon Valley/Peninsula Nonprofit Forum Peninsula
6/3/2010 Acterra Business Environmental Awards Reception Peninsula
6/3/2010 Maude Barlow In Conversation with Alan Snitow San Francisco
6/3/2010 Qinghai Quake Benefit East Bay
6/3/2010 East Bay Farm to Fork Tour San Francisco Bay Area
6/4/2010 Volunteer: Berkeley Youth Alternative Gardens East Bay
6/4/2010 Wild River Dance East Bay
6/4/2010 Class: Garden to Garden Cooking East Bay
6/4/2010 Fundraiser: Art of Justice Silent Auction East Bay
6/4/2010 Ferment Change Benefit Dinner for City Slicker Farms East Bay
6/4/2010 Going to Seed Summer Revival Tour East Bay
6/5/2010 Workshop: Lovely Lavander East Bay
6/5/2010 Class: Yoga For Gardeners Peninsula
6/5/2010 Sick Plant Clinic East Bay
6/5/2010 Class: Solar Electric Basics for Residential Customers San Francisco
6/5/2010 Class: Graywater Landscape Irrigation South Bay
6/5/2010 Class: Organic Pest, Disease and Weed Management SF Bay Area
6/5/2010 - 6/6/2010 Workshop: Building With Bamboo Mendocino County
6/5/2010 Workshop: Graywater System Design North Bay
6/5/2010 World Environment Day Tread'n Water Aqua Boogie w/ Wheel Unite East Bay
6/5/2010 - 6/6/2010 Workshop: Introduction to Building with Earthbags East Bay
6/5/2010 Class: Gardening 101: Urban Dirt Farmers East Bay
6/5/2010 Workshop: Healthy Gardens without Toxic Chemicals East Bay
6/5/2010 Volunteer: Work Party on Cerrito Creek at El Cerrito Plaza East Bay
6/5/2010 Class: The Botany and Ecology of How Plants Grow San Francisco
6/5/2010 Tour: Ecology Action Research Mini-Farm/Garden Mendocino County
6/5/2010 Family Fun Festival at the Saturday Berkeley Farmers' Market East Bay
6/5/2010 Medicinal Plants of the Bay Area Herb Walk: Albany Bulb East Bay
6/5/2010 - 6/6/2010 San Francisco's Union Street Eco-Urban Festival San Francisco
6/5/2010 Lecture: Can Your Home Take the Shake? East Bay
6/5/2010 La Pena Street Carnival & Fair East Bay
6/5/2010 Class: Winged Visitors in Your Garden Sanctuary East Bay
6/5/2010 Workshop: Urban Composting San Francisco
6/6/2010 Class: Edible and Medicinal "Weeds" of the Bay Area East Bay
6/6/2010 Ceremony: Future Leaders 4th Annual Legacy Awards East Bay
6/6/2010 Awakening the Dreamer -- Changing the Dream East Bay
Carrie Bennett
Ecology Center
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Thanks to David, James, and Serena for help with the EcoCalendar.
Thanks to Beck Cowles for guidance.
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