OCTOBER EcoMetro Local Green Events

EAT Tea Tasting (Nutrition)
Explore the healing benefits and medicinal properties of tea. Each week there will be a new discovery - from the familiar to the rare and exotic!
October 10, 3-4pm    
Elephant Pharm, Berkeley

PLAY Harvest Festival at Ardenwood
It's harvest time on the farm! Bring your family and join your friends for some down home country fun. Harvest the Indian corn and popcorn and help fill our corncribs. Take home a share of our colorful corn for your holiday table. Please bring your own bags to take home your harvest. Enjoy magic shows, cider pressing, old-time music and crafts. Visit the blacksmith, ride the horse-drawn train and tour the beautiful Patterson House.
October 11 - 12, 10am–5pm
Ardenwood Historic Farm, Fremont

HOME HERBDAY
Learn the history of the Garden’s Herb collections, including the Garden’s most distinctive ethnobotanical collection on this tour through the Chinese Medicinal Herb Garden and Herb garden with
Horticulturist Elaine Sedlack. Cost - $15, $12 members.
October 11, 10am-12pm
University of California Botanical Garden, 200 Centennial Dr. Berkeley

EAT, LIVE Fall Fruit Tasting & Pow Wow
The best local organic farmers and prepared food vendors plus the Saturday Berkeley Farmers’ Market annual FALL FRUIT TASTING and the annual Indigenous Peoples Day Pow Wow & Indian Market. Free. Open to the Public.
October 11,
Fall Fruit Tasting - 10am-3pm
Saturday Berkeley Farmers’ Market, Center St. at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Indigenous Peoples Day Pow Wow & Indian Market - 10am-6pm
Civic Center Park (adjacent to the Berkeley Farmers’ Market)

HOME Solar Power Basics for Residential Customers [Register]
Is solar electricity right for you? Hear about current market-ready solar power technologies and the key steps necessary to own a solar electric system for your home. Become familiar with the solar power installation process and how to reduce energy costs. Get answers to frequently asked questions. This is not an advanced class. This short overview is for residential customers interested in learning the fundamentals of solar power for small grid-tied systems.
October 11, 10am-12pm
Pacific Energy Center, 851 Howard Street, San Francisco

GO Step Out - Walk to Fight Diabetes
Step Out is a whirlwind day packed with energy, fun, support for others and a perfect amount of selfless dedication. Anyone can take part in Step Out—your participation isn't measured by your dexterity or the speed you walk, but by the level of your enthusiasm and your commitment to ending diabetes. Step Out To Fight Diabetes while strolling the streets of beautiful downtown Walnut Creek. Enjoy a complimentary continental breakfast, great lunch, health fair, and kid zone.
October 12, Registration Opens: 8:30am/Event Start Time: 9:30am.
Civic Park - Civic Drive, Walnut Creek

EAT Annual Fall Fruit Tasting
All of our usual wonderful farmers and prepared food vendors plus
our annual Fall Fruit Tasting. Free. Open to the Public
October 14, 2-7pm
Tuesday Berkeley Farmers" Market, Derby St. at MLK, Jr. Way, Berkeley

LIVE Homeopathic First Aid (Holistic Health)
This class covers all the basics of using homeopathic remedies for First-Aid. Get your household prepared - naturally!
October 16, 7:30-8:30pm    
Elephant Pharm, Berkeley

LIVE Volunteer: Berkeley Youth Alternatives Garden
Help in one of Berkeley Youth Alternatives' two gardens. Tasks may include weeding, bed preparation, sowing, transplanting, and harvesting. Meet at the main garden. For more information call 510-647-0709 or visit the website.
October 17, 10am-1pm.
Berkeley Youth Alternatives Garden, Bancroft Way, between Bonar and West, Berkeley.