Live: Master Gardeners Garden Walk
Contra Costa Master Gardeners are offering a garden Walk which showcases stylish ways to landscape without lawns. View 6 Master Gardener owned neighborhood gardens located in Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, and Martinez. Nearly all of the gardens selected for this year's Garden Walk demonstrate how to have a vibrant and useful garden without extensive turf. $15/person.
September 12, 10am - 4pm
Various locations in Contra Costa County
Eat, Play: Webster Street Jam
Join us in September for the annual Webster Street Jam, a special weekend of music, wine, international food and art, plus a fun-filled area for the kids! Stop by the EcoMetro table on Saturday.
September 12, 10am - 6pm and September 13, 10am - 5pm
Webster Street, Alameda
Play: 4th Annual Day in the Park
Featuring local musicians, kids' games, bike repair, BBQ and a lot more.
September 12, Noon - 5pm
Maxwell Park, Oakland
Eat, Play: Solano Stroll
Over five hundred vendors, non-profit organizations, food booths and entertainers! Look for the new 2010 EcoMetro Guide being sold by your favorite merchants and fundraisers.
September 13, 10am - 6pm
Solano Avenue, Albany and Berkeley
Eat, Play: Montclair Village Jazz and Wine Festival
This year's event features Jazz pianist Taylor Eigsti, Swingin' vocalist Kitty Margolis; Wayne Wallis Latin Jazz Quarter, Middle East Meets West Mo' Rockn' Project, and Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra. Wine tasting, arts & crafts, wellness/eco village, kids' down. This year, a portion of the proceeds support the Oakland Fund for the Arts. Visit the EcoMetro Guide booth and enter to win prizes.
September 13, 11am - 6pm
Montclair Village, Oakland
Go: Bike Love Festival & Swap Meet
This "swap meet plus" features discounted and used gear from bike shops and bike geeks, as well as an Alley Cat ride, raffle, and free coffee and donuts. Show your Oakland Bike Love and support Walk Oakland Bike Oakland - proceeds will benefit our efforts to improve Oakland's neighborhoods by making it easier and safer to bike and walk.
September 13 at 8am - 2pm
2400 Valdez, Oakland
Live: Energy in California Conference
This 11th annual conference will bring together experts at the local, state and federal levels, as well as the private sector, to address the current state of energy markets, legislative and regulatory initiatives, the perspective and concerns of the financial community and developments under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
September 14-15
InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel at One Nob Hill in San Francisco
Eat, Play: East Bay Green Drinks
A lively monthly gathering for anyone interested in sustainability, including green business, environmental and social causes, architecture and design, organics, renewable energy and more.
September 16, 5:30 - 8pm
Luka's Tap Room, Oakland
Live: Teachers Focus Group
As the new school year begins, we would like to get your feedback on how the Depot can better meet the needs of teachers. We are hosting an evening focus group to get your input on what materials you would like to see at the Depot, how we can help you weave re-use and environmental awareness activities into the classroom, and also to share our plan for an exciting new Green Educator Program that we will launch this Fall. There will be a free and delicious light dinner, and a raffle. So please come, and help us to better serve you! Please RSVP (required) to julie@creativereuse.org by September 11th.
September 16, 5:30 - 7:30pm
East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, 4695 Telegraph Ave, Oakland
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Live, Play: Diablo East Bay’s Inaugural Gala
Join the newly formed East Bay Branch of the US Green Building Council (USGBC) in an evening of sustainability. Enjoy a presentation on the sustainable practices used by the Wente vineyards, live music, excellent food, and fun activities. Gil Friend, CEO of Natural Logic and author of The Truth About Green Business, will provide a motivational presentation from his 37 years in business.
September 17, 6 - 8:30pm
Wente Vineyards, 5050 Arroyo Rd, Livermore
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 17, 4 - 8pm
Plaza Park, downtown Lafayette
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Play: Film & Talk: "No Impact Man"
Author Colin Beavan, in research for his next book, began the No Impact Project in November 2006. A newly self-proclaimed environmentalist who could no longer avoid pointing the finger at himself, Colin leaves behind his liberal complacency for a vow to make as little environmental impact as possible for one year. Debra Berliner of the Ecology Center will lead a Q&A after the 7pm screening, and discuss ways to get involved with the Climate Change Action Project.
September 18, 7pm
Shattuck Cinemas, 2230 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley
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