Go: The Bay Bridge will be closed
September 3, 8pm to September 8, 5am
Go to
511.org for alternatives
Live: Climate Change Action Groups
Reduce your personal and community carbon footprint through the Ecology Center's four-session Climate Change Action Groups, you can join with other community members in a supportive, engaging and creative setting and play a pivotal role in mitigating climate change. Write to debra@ecologycenter.org or call 510-548-2220 x240 to sign up.
September 7, 16, 23 & 30, 6 - 8pm
Ecology Center, 2350 San Pablo Ave (at Dwight), Berkeley
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Live: Green Living Project: Sustainability Across South America, Part III
The Green Living Project returns to the Bay Area with an inspiring, new multimedia presentation, featuring unique sustainability projects in Brazil, Peru, and Ecuador. Join Rob Holmes, as he and other members of the Green Living Project Team journey through rainforests and mountains, and along rivers and coastlines, to document innovative projects, involving wildlife conservation, community education, renewable energy, eco-lodge operation, and “voluntourism”. Rob will discuss responsible travel and how you can get involved with each of these exciting projects. Come learn about the Amazon rainforest, efforts to protect endangered birdlife, sea turtle and shark conservation, organic farming, Brazil nut harvesting, indigenous cultures, outdoor adventures (hiking, cycling, horseback riding), and more. Don’t miss free giveaways and the chance to take home great raffle prizes from “National Geographic Adventure”, Gregory, Timberland, Keen, ExOfficio, and Clif Bar! For more information, please visit www.greenlivingproject.com.
September 9, 7 – 8:30pm
REI, 1338 San Pablo Avenue, in Berkeley
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Play: Kid's Story Time
Bring the little ones for an afternoon story.
September 9, 3:30pm
Laurel Book Store, 4100 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland
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Eat: City of Lafayette Farmers Market in September
The City of Lafayette will have a trial farmers market at the downtown Plaza Park on the first three Thursday evenings of September. This market will be more local than most, with most of the farmers coming from less than 100 miles! The purpose of the trial is to see if there are any traffic or parking issues, and to gauge the impact on local businesses.
September 10, 4 - 8pm
Plaza Park, downtown Lafayette
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Play: Green Rheem Film Night- “Addicted to Plastic"
Green Rheem film nights are a chance to socialize with friends, enjoy local wine and appetizers, and then watch an educational documentary related to the environment. The doors open for wine and appetizers in the lobby at 6pm and then the movie starts around 7pm. More information at the website. The two for the price of one summer special is continuing for one more month! Purchase 1 ticket and bring a second person for free!
September 10, 7pm (appetizers at 6pm)
Rheem Theater, 350 Park Street, Moraga (Rheem Shopping Center)
Live: EARTH DAYS
EARTH DAYS looks back to the dawn of the modern environmental movement -- from its post-war rustlings in the 1950s and the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, to the first wildly successful Earth Day celebration in 1970, and the subsequent firestorm of political action. In personal testimony, the era's pioneers -- among them Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand, Population Bomb author Paul Ehrlich, Apollo Nine astronaut Rusty Schweickart, and renewable energy pioneer Hunter Lovins -- reveal what originally motivated them to act, the political and social changes that have taken place over the years, and the ways in which they are moving forward now to forge positive change. Berkeley's Ecology Center was incorporated on that very first Earth Day in 1970 and continues to pursue our goals, 40 years later! Ecology Center Executive Director Martin Bourque will be on hand to give a short presentation after the film, and answer questions about the Ecology Center's role in the movement. $10 general; $8 senior/child/student.
September 11, 7pm
Shattuck Cinemas, 2230 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley
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