Live: Sustainable Gardening/Farming for Kids & Parents
Join teacher John Ryan explore sustainable gardening. Activities will include soil preparation, composting at home for your own garden, starting your own seedlings, choosing what to plant in a small space and much more! Class is held adjacent to Wildcat Canyon. Bring a picnic and take a hike after class. Bring your children and be ready to dig into the soil. All skill levels welcome! Drop in OK. Rain or shine! Ages 4-9yrs. Call to sign up. $50/child+parent team for 5 weeks; $10/child+parent team per class.
February 7, 10am-Noon
East Bay Waldorf School, 3800 Clark Rd, (at Wildcat Canyon in the Upper Field), El Sobrante
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Eat: The CoG Winter Workshop Series: Beans
Come for a demonstration of easy ways to include more healthful, ecological, and delicious dried beans in your diet and help you fit bean cooking into your lifestyle. Learn how to use beans as a base to create quick meals. Class includes tastes of dishes from recipes in Heirloom Beans and other simple bean recipes. Bring a small plate and eating utensil. All workshops are free and open to all CoG members, their friends, and anyone else interested in participating and learning more about The CoG. Non-members will be welcome to shop the warehouse after class. Please RSVP.
February 7, 2-4pm
The Cooperative Grocery, 1450 67th Street, Emeryville
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Live: Doing the 4RS - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot/Compost
StopWaste.Org is offering a professional development workshop, Doing the 4Rs, for teachers and informal educators teaching grades 3rd-6th in Alameda County. Participants will gain valuable skills in leading students through classroom activities that demonstrate the 4Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot/Compost while teaching science concepts, content standards and ways to reduce waste and conserve natural resources. More information at the website or contact 510-891-6500, cbartholomew@stopwaste.org.
February 7, 9am - 3:30pm
irecycle@school Education Center, Davis Street Station for Material Recycling and Transfer, 2615 Davis Street, San Leandro
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Go: Biking and Birding the Iron Horse
TrailBring your bicycles, family, and friends for a guided nature ride. From Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek, we'll follow beautiful Iron Horse Trail as we look for signs of the season along twelve miles of flat, paved trails. Helmets required for minors. Disabled accessible. Registration required, call 1-888-EBPARKS.
February 8, 10-1pm
Heather Farms, Walnut Creek
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Go: Free Hands-on Bicycle Classes at REI Berkeley
Join an REI bike technician to learn how to maintain your bike in excellent working condition. The class will cover flat repair. All you need to bring is your bike and tools. We’ll provide the expert guidance. For more information call 510-527-4140.
February 8, 11am - 12pm
REI Berkeley, 1338 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley
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Live: Editorial Meeting for Youth - Green News Team
The Green News is an on-line magazine by and for youth. Come join the Editorial Board and meet other youth from all over the Bay who are interested in journalism, creative arts, and environmental issues. Develop your marketing, communication, artistic and web skills, learn about environmental issues facing the bay and the globe, how our communities are impacted and... what YOU can do to make a difference! Call or email for more info about Earth Team or to RSVP.
February 8, 2 - 4pm
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge at Shattuck, Berkeley

Live: SBA Speaker Series: The Green Economic Revolution
Join Bill Roth as he outlines how Sustainability has merged with Globalization and the Information Age to create a transformational mega-trend that will impact how we live, redefine our core business systems and provide the basis for renewed economic growth. Bill writes a regular column for Entrepreneur.com, he is also President of NCCT, an East Bay firm that has participated in the development of the first hydrogen-fueled Prius and solar peak power plants. A professional economist, Bill published On Empty (out of time), which provides compelling documentation and explanations of what he has labeled 'The Green Economic Revolution'.  RSVP at the website. $15 SBA Members, $20 Non-Member, $25 at the door.
February 10, 5:30 - 7pm
Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, UC Berkeley Campus at Bancroft & Telegraph Avenue

Play: Green Movie Night - 11th hour
EarthTeam, Generation Green, Sustainable Moraga, Sustainable Lafayette, and Parents for a Safer Environment are sponsoring the February Green Rheem film night, featuring The 11th Hour. Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, this captivating documentary explores the perilous state of our planet, and the means by which we can change our course. Click here to learn more about the movie and watch the preview. Students, parents, and teachers are all welcome! $10 entrance fee.
February 12, 7pm
Rheem Theater, 350 Park Street, Moraga (Rheem Shopping Center)