EcoCalendar http://www.ecologycenter.org
January 22, 2010 - February 7, 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.
ECOLOGY CENTER EVENTS
1/26/2010 Presentation: Asia's Workers Fight for Health, Safety and Workplace Rights (Oakland) Special Event
1/26/2010 Presentation: Asia's Workers Fight for Health, Safety and Workplace Rights (Berkeley) Special Event
1/28/2010 Author Event: "Envisioning Sustainability" with Peter Berg Special Event
2/9/2010 Learn How to Facilitate Your Own Climate Change Action Group Class
2/22/2010 Climate Change Action Workshop Series (Mon) Special Event
2/25/2010 Reduce Your Footprint in 2010: A Free Community Workshop Special Event
OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS
Through 1/22/2010 Application Deadline: 2010 Business Environmental Awards SF Bay Area
Through 1/23/2010 EcoFarm Conference Monterey County
Through 1/31/2010 Competition Deadline: Digging Deeper, Building Blocks for Sustainable Design
Through 2/1/2010 Application Deadline: Metropolitan Transportation Commission Policy Advisors SF Bay Area
Through 2/4/2010 Deadline: Contra Costa County Community Watershed Stewardship Grant Program Contra Costa County
Through 2/12/2010 Associate Program Application Deadline: The Greenlining Institute
Through 2/12/2010 Application/Nomination Deadline: Citizens Redistricting Commission California
Through 2/19/2010 Fellowship Program Application Deadline: The Greenlining Institute
Through 2/19/2010 Give Comment: Rulemaking Underway Related to Disclosure of All Pesticide Ingredients
Through 2/26/2010 Application/Nomination Deadline: Silicon Valley Water Conservation Awards South Bay
Through 2/27/2010 Exhibition: Greenhouse Britain East Bay
Through 2/28/2010 Contest: Berkeley, Get Off Your Gas Again! East Bay
Through 2/28/2010 Application Deadline: Young Eco-Hero Awards
Through 2/28/2010 Deadline: International Compost Awareness Week Poster Contest
Through 3/18/2010 Reflections: Satellite Art Show East Bay
Through 3/27/2010 Bay Interpretive Training East Bay
Through 5/28/2010 Students Wanted: Green Classes and Workshops at Merritt College's Environmental Program East Bay
1/22/2010 Give Away Day East Bay
1/22/2010 Lunchtime Forum: The Legacy of "Livable Streets" San Francisco
1/22/2010 Book Talk: "The Death and Life of American Journalism" San Francisco
1/22/2010 Seminar: The Economics of Carbon Capture East Bay
1/22/2010 Stroll: Santa Fe Right-of-Way/Ohlone Greenway East Bay
1/22/2010 - 1/23/2010 Art at the SF Dump: "Redemption" & "The Last Shall Be First" San Francisco
1/22/2010 Volunteer: Berkeley Youth Alternative Gardens East Bay
1/22/2010 Presentation: Landmine Clearance in Afghanistan East Bay
1/22/2010 Go Live: Real Food Concert East Bay
1/23/2010 Mentor Training: City Slicker Farms Backyard Garden Program East Bay
1/23/2010 Friends of Five Creeks Work Party--CANCELLED East Bay
1/23/2010 Workshop: Herbal-Medicine Making for Winter Health San Francisco
1/23/2010 Conference: Schools Going Green Southern California
1/23/2010 Endangered Species Big Year Trip: Snake and Frog Habitat Restoration Peninsula
1/23/2010 Seminar: Turning a Home Remodel into a Green Energy Retrofit East Bay
1/23/2010 Orientation: Ranch Guide Training at Audubon Canyon Ranch North Bay
1/23/2010 Ohlone Greenway Work Party (Berkeley) East Bay
1/23/2010 Volunteer: Wetland Planting at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline (Oakland) East Bay
1/23/2010 "Food Rules: An Eater's Manual" with Michael Pollan San Francisco
1/23/2010 Help the People of Haiti East Bay
1/23/2010 Community Meeting: New Park & Community Center in the Mission San Francisco
1/23/2010 Author Event: Cacti, Agaves, & Yuccus of California and Nevada by Stephen Ingram East Bay
1/23/2010 TransForay in the East Bay East Bay
1/23/2010 Together Green: Volunteer Days San Francisco
1/23/2010 Introduction to Rainwater Harvesting Workshop for San Francisco Residents San Francisco
1/23/2010 Bay Area Environmental Education Resource (BAEER) Fair North Bay
1/23/2010 Sustainable Landscape Program: Ecological Principles North Bay
1/23/2010 Class: Fruit Trees - Selection, Planting, Staking, Pruning & General Care East Bay
1/23/2010 Class: Rose Pruning East Bay
1/24/2010 Residential Green Building and Remodeling Seminar East Bay
1/24/2010 Class: Early Spring Vegetable Gardening Santa Cruz County
1/24/2010 Sustainably Queer Potluck San Francisco
1/24/2010 Benefit Performance: The San Francisco Mime Troupe - "Too Big to Fail" San Francisco
1/24/2010 Hands-On Greywater Workshop San Francisco
1/24/2010 - 5/23/2010 Course: Beneficial Beasts in the Garden & Landscape East Bay
1/25/2010 Comedy Benefit: Stand Up for Haiti San Francisco
1/25/2010 - 1/26/2010 Certified Green Building Professional Training (Foster City) Peninsula
1/25/2010 Talk: Tackling the Oldest Environmental Problem: Agriculture and Its Impact on Soil East Bay
1/25/2010 Down to a Science Forum: Pond Scum to Power: Algae Fuel San Francisco
1/25/2010 Workshop: Introduction to Rainwater Harvesting South Bay
1/25/2010 Berkeley Downtown Area Plan Forum East Bay
1/26/2010 Class: Sprinkler Design for Landscape Professionals (Richmond) East Bay
1/26/2010 Lecture: The Wealth of Nature -- Integrating Nature's Real Value In Traditional Economic Systems Marin County
1/26/2010 Panel Discussion: Diversified Farming Systems East Bay
1/26/2010 - 1/27/2010 ARCSA Rainwater Harvesting Accreditation Courses (Level 200) South Bay
1/26/2010 Talk: The Peak: Oil, Water and Climate San Francisco
1/26/2010 Volunteer Q&A Session: Rafting with Inner City Outings San Francisco
1/26/2010 James Balog In conversation with Rachael Myrow San Francisco
1/26/2010 - 1/28/2010 Free Toy Testing Drop-in Hours East Bay
1/26/2010 Presentation: Asia's Workers Fight for Health, Safety and Workplace Rights (Oakland) East Bay
1/26/2010 EcoTuesday: David Pascal/Carbon Collaborative San Francisco
1/26/2010 Talk: Less is More: Simplicity, Stress, and the Pursuit of Happiness in Troubled Times Peninsula
1/26/2010 CA Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) Workshop on Air Monitoring Network Sacramento County
1/26/2010 Give Comment: Bus Rapid Transit Service in Oakland (Temescal) East Bay
1/26/2010 Presentation: Asia's Workers Fight for Health, Safety and Workplace Rights (Berkeley) East Bay
1/26/2010 Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North East Bay
1/26/2010 Talk: From Tamales to Creme Brulee: The Economics of Streetfood San Francisco
1/27/2010 Class: Sprinkler Design for Landscape Professionals (SF) San Francisco
1/27/2010 Urban Forest ( Nature in the City ) San Francisco
1/27/2010 Spring Semester Begins: EcoArt Matters Class at Laney College East Bay
1/27/2010 Give Comment: Bus Rapid Transit Service in Oakland (Downtown) East Bay
1/27/2010 Screening: "Garbage Dreams" East Bay
1/27/2010 Kick-Off Party: San Francisco Ocean Film Festival San Francisco
1/27/2010 Rally at Environmental Protection Agency to Demand Environmental Justice! San Francisco
1/27/2010 Lunchtime Forum: Sustainable School Architecture San Francisco
1/27/2010 Panel: The Global Food Crisis and Local Solutions San Francisco
1/28/2010 Conference: Beyond Copenhagen, Forging a Global Response to Climate Change East Bay
1/28/2010 Lecture: Coyote Project San Francisco
1/28/2010 - 3/19/2010 Muse/Reuse: Visual Reflections on Sustainability East Bay
1/28/2010 Saving Seabirds: Stories From the Frontline East Bay
1/28/2010 - 1/29/2010 Certified Green Building Professional Training (Foster City) Peninsula
1/28/2010 Dinner and Presentation: California Indians and Archaeology East Bay
1/28/2010 - 1/29/2010 ARCSA Rainwater Harvesting Accreditation Courses (Level 200) East Bay
1/28/2010 Presentation: Ecocity Builders' Update -- Berkeley Center Street Plaza East Bay
1/28/2010 Fundraiser Screening: "First Earth" East Bay
1/28/2010 Webinar: DIY Biodiesel: Keeping It Safe, Keeping It Legal
1/28/2010 Give Comment: Bus Rapid Transit Service in Oakland (Elmhurst) East Bay
1/28/2010 Talk: The Science of a Comfy Home Peninsula
1/28/2010 Waves, Wetlands, and Watersheds Educator Workshop San Francisco
1/28/2010 Class: Sprinkler Design for Landscape Professionals (Mill Valley) North Bay
1/28/2010 Author Event: "Envisioning Sustainability" with Peter Berg East Bay
1/29/2010 Seminar: The Impact of Climate Change on Household Welfare East Bay
1/29/2010 - 3/11/2010 Workshop: Reducing Your Carbon Footprint: 101 East Bay
1/29/2010 California Solar Initiative (CSI) Program Forum San Francisco
1/29/2010 Volunteer: Berkeley Youth Alternative Gardens East Bay
1/30/2010 Embracing Sustainability: A Twenty-first Century Approach to Gardening San Francisco
1/30/2010 - 3/27/2010 Environmental Forum of Marin's Sustainable Communities Seminar North Bay
1/30/2010 Volunteer: Piedmont Way Community Planting Day East Bay
1/30/2010 Bay Area League Day: Big Steps, Little Steps to Addressing Climate Change Alameda County
1/30/2010 eWaste Recycling Event Peninsula
1/30/2010 Talk: "The Secret Green Sauce" East Bay
1/30/2010 Mendocino Permaculture Winter Abundance Workshop Mendocino County
1/30/2010 Friends of Five Creeks Work Party East Bay
1/30/2010 Endangered Species Big Year Trip: Sea Watch for Endangered Sea Creatures San Francisco
1/30/2010 Film & Discussion: "The Age of Stupid" East Bay
1/30/2010 Restoring The Eden Landing Ecological Reserve South Bay
1/30/2010 Fundraising Brunch: Harvesting Justice East Bay
1/30/2010 Outing: Spores and More Peninsula
1/30/2010 Wild Night at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum East Bay
1/30/2010 California Water Law Symposium San Francisco
1/30/2010 Class: Fruit Trees for Sonoma County North Bay
1/30/2010 Performance: "A Sweeter Music" San Francisco
1/30/2010 Workshop: Grow Mushrooms In Your Own Garden San Francisco
1/30/2010 Symposium: Greening California's Landscapes Sacramento County
1/30/2010 Talk and Hike: Life at the Bottom of the Food Chain East Bay
1/30/2010 Class: Fruit Tree Pruning East Bay
1/30/2010 - 4/17/2010 Class: Edible Garden Series: From Design to Harvest Peninsula
1/31/2010 Class: Greywater for Backyard Gardeners East Bay
1/31/2010 Class: Mushroom Cultivation East Bay
1/31/2010 Volunteer: Habitat Restoration at Point Reyes National Seashore North Bay
1/31/2010 White Elephant Preview Sale East Bay
1/31/2010 Workshop: Home-Grow Algae East Bay
1/31/2010 A Place to Play -- Benefit for Homeless Kids' Playground East Bay
1/31/2010 North Berkeley Litter Clean-Up East Bay
1/31/2010 Awakening the Dreamer Symposium East Bay
2/1/2010 - 3/22/2010 Course: Eco Village Planning and Design Studio East Bay
2/1/2010 - 3/22/2010 Course: Green Building -- Materials and Construction East Bay
2/1/2010 Volunteer Q&A Session: Rafting with Inner City Outings East Bay
2/2/2010 Class: Waterscape Design for Landscape Professionals (Richmond) East Bay
2/2/2010 Panel: "After Copenhagen: What Happened? What Now?" San Francisco
2/2/2010 - 3/23/2010 Course: Living Building Challenge Studio East Bay
2/2/2010 - 3/9/2010 Course: Freehand Drawing and Nature Drawing East Bay
2/2/2010 Evening Symposium: Closing the Climate Gap San Francisco
2/2/2010 Lunchtime Forum: Transit 2.0 San Francisco
2/3/2010 Berkeley Path Wanderers: Panoramic Hill Walk East Bay
2/3/2010 - 3/10/2010 Course: Solar Energy East Bay
2/3/2010 - 2/5/2010 Lectures: Visualizing the Future of Environmental Design East Bay
2/3/2010 - 3/10/2010 Course: Greywater and Rainwater Reuse, and Ecological Sanitation East Bay
2/3/2010 Planting at Save The Bay's Native Plant Nursery East Bay
2/3/2010 Workshop: Healthy Homes East Bay
2/3/2010 - 2/4/2010 Conference: Landscape Industry Show Southern California
2/3/2010 - 2/7/2010 San Francisco Ocean Film Festival San Francisco
2/3/2010 Class: Waterscape Design for Landscape Professionals (SF) San Francisco
2/4/2010 Talk: Colorblindness and its Consequences: How Ignoring Race Deepens the Racial Divide East Bay
2/4/2010 Info Session: Green Chemistry and Sustainable Studies East Bay
2/4/2010 Redford Center Presents the Art of Activism San Francisco
2/4/2010 Panel: Consumer Clean Tech Trends Peninsula
2/4/2010 - 3/25/2010 Course: Design for Human Behavior East Bay
2/4/2010 Class: Waterscape Design for Landscape Professionals (Mill Valley) North Bay
2/4/2010 - 3/25/2010 Course: Eco Residential Remodeling East Bay
2/5/2010 Volunteer: Berkeley Youth Alternative Gardens East Bay
2/5/2010 Workshop: Create Your Own Valentine's Day Notecards San Francisco
2/5/2010 fearless Meditation I: practice of the body East Bay
2/5/2010 - 5/7/2010 Workshop: How to Integrate Sustainability Into Your Organization Development Practice San Francisco
2/5/2010 Workshop: Nonviolent Communication East Bay
2/5/2010 - 2/7/2010 San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival East Bay
2/6/2010 Class: Sprouts are Good Peninsula
2/6/2010 Volunteer: Remove Invasive Plants at Point Isabel East Bay
2/6/2010 Lecture and Panel: Visualizing the Future of Environmental Design East Bay
2/6/2010 Volunteer Appreciation Day at Bothin Marsh North Bay
2/6/2010 Crissy Field Center's Grand Green Opening San Francisco
2/6/2010 Workshop: Urban Composting San Francisco
2/6/2010 Class: Growing Pepper Transplants From Seed Santa Cruz County
2/6/2010 Class: Growing Tomato Transplants from Seed Santa Cruz County
2/6/2010 - 2/7/2010 Workshop: Introduction to Natural Plasters and Paints East Bay
2/6/2010 Workshop: Introduction to Organic Garden Design San Francisco
2/6/2010 Grafting Class East Bay
2/6/2010 Class: Xeriscaping East Bay
2/6/2010 Open House: The Future of Berkeley's Downtown Streets East Bay
2/6/2010 Sarah's Saturday Science East Bay
2/6/2010 Social Justice Symposium East Bay
2/6/2010 - 2/7/2010 Workshop: Volunteer Watershed Monitoring East Bay
2/6/2010 Speakers: Predicting the Future of San Francisco Bay East Bay
2/6/2010 Class: Edible Perennials North Bay
2/6/2010 Restore Wetlands at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline East Bay
2/7/2010 Short Class: Keep Green With Untapped Water East Bay
2/7/2010 Course: Medicinal Plants of the Bay Area: A Bioregional Exploration East Bay
2/7/2010 Art Opening: Sixties Photographs by William Haigwood East Bay
2/7/2010 Class: City Chickens and Ducks 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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