Attend an Earth Day Event in the Bay Area!
There are a plethora of Earth Day events happening in the Bay Area over the next two weekends. Check out this comprehensive listing for a celebration near you!
Marine Science Institute Earth Day Celebration: Saturday, April 19, 2008
The Marine Science Institute invites one and all to come celebrate the Earth, San Francisco Bay and all things marine science. The day is jam packed with activities for the entire family, including four 2-hour discovery voyages on San Francisco Bay aboard our 90 ft. research vessel the Robert G. Brownlee, a lunch-time performance by the Banana Slug String Band, shark feedings, interpretive tables, fish and shark touch tanks, juggling and vaudeville presentation, ocean crafts, canoe demonstrations, environmental info faire, plankton shows, traditional Pacific Islander dancing, and much, much more.
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
For more information visit our website at www.sfbaymsi.org, or contact Aaron Tinker at (650) 364-2760 x16 or by email aaron@sfbaymsi.org. Entrance is FREE, but there is a cost for the boat trips. Pre-registration via website for the Discovery Voyages is strongly recommended.
Volunteer: “Earth Day Build-A-thon”: Saturday, April 19, 2008 - Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Come help celebrate the day with friends, co-workers and colleagues and be a part of Habitat for Humanity East Bay’s biggest building event of the year. Help frame 6 green, affordable homes in 4 days! Participants collect pledges and must be 16 or over. No construction experience necessary. Register online.
Time: 7:30am - 4:30pm.
Info: 510-251-6304 x311, http://www.habitateb.org/volunteer/buildathon.shtml.
Earth Day Festival: help plant seedlings, free food & live music by
Second Annual Earth Day Celebration at Alemany Farm. Saturday, April 19
Co-sponsored with San Francisco Parks Trust. Youth from Student Conservation
Association will be volunteering on-site, among other groups.
Visitors can participate in digging beds and planting seedlings. This
is a potluck, but there will also be sustainably farmed beef ribs
available and some vegetarin options. Live music with Slow Motion
Cowboys, a special acoustic performance by indiepop Botticellis and
more. (SF Guardian Featured Event) 10:00 am to 4:30 pm
Volunteer: Earth Day Shoreline Clean-up: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Learn about the Albany Bulb while helping to clean the shoreline. Learn about the amazing plants and animals who call this shoreline home and how urban trash such as styrofoam, plastics, threaten this delicate ecosystem. Wear sturdy shoes, a hat, and sunscreen. Bring your own water bottle and gloves if you can. Snacks provided. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Sponsored by the City of Albany and coordinated by the Watershed Project.
Location: Albany Waterfront Trailhead, End of Buchanan Street, Albany.
Time: 9am - noon.
Info: 510-665-3508, staff@thewatershedproject.org , http://www.thewatershedproject.org.
Festival: “Earth Day 2008 in Alameda”: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Come celebrate with us at Alameda’s Earth Day Festival! Enjoy FREE activities for the kids, Earth Day games and exhibits and learn about building a clean, healthy, sustainable world for generations to come. AC Transit accessibility, free valet bike parking.
Location: Washington Park, Central Ave. & 8th St., Alameda.
Time: 11am - 4pm.
Cost: Free.
Info: 510-747-7529, http://www.ci.alameda.ca.us/arpd/events.html.
Volunteer: Earth Day Celebration at Pier 94: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Golden Gate Audubon will celebrate Earth Day with a special workday at our Pier 94 wetland restoration site–and you’re invited! GGA’s work at Pier 94 began on Earth Day in 2002. Since then, hundreds of volunteers have helped to remove trash and invasive species, plant natives, monitor the restoration project’s success, and create habitat for birds, wildlife, and plants–including the endangered California Sea-blite. In addition to our restoration and maintenance of the site, we’ll take a lunch break and go on a bird walk. RSVP by phone or email.
Location: Pier 94, SF.
Time: 11am - 3pm.
Info: 510-919-5873, jrobinson@goldengateaudubon.org , http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/
Earth Day Open House at EcoHome Improvement: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Clay plaster presentations, hourly raffle, organic food and drink, 10% off everything in-stock.
Location: Ecohome Improvement, 2619 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley.
Time: Noon - 5pm.
Info: 510-644-3500, http://www.ecohomeimprovement.com/
Volunteer: Oakland Earth Day: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Join with your friends and neighbors to plant, trim, dig, and have fun! T-shirts provided! See website for locations.
Location: Oakland.
Time: 9am - Noon.
Info: 510-238-7611, http://www.oaklandearthday.com/AssetFactory.aspx?did=2932.
Environmental Art on Earth Day: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Environmental artist Zach Pine will host his fourth annual participatory Earth Day celebration at Stinson Beach. Using sand, rocks, and other natural objects from the beach, participants create a vast, temporary, multi-element, site-specific sculpture, with no predetermined plan. In past years, beachgoers erected rock towers, made spirals from seaweed, planted a forest of “trees” made of driftwood, and created fairies from sand, shells, and stones. The event site, the south end of Stinson Beach, offers diverse natural materials and microenvironments: boulders, a wide variety of stones, tide pools, seaweed, driftwood, feathers, and sea glass. All ages; rain or shine; bring a picnic.
Location: Stinson Beach, Stinson Beach.
Time: 11am - 3pm.
Cost: Free.
Info: http://www.naturesculpture.com/
Earth Day Breakfast Work Party: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Start your Earth Day with a breakfast work party sponsored by SPAWNERS and the El Sobrante Chamber of Commerce. After an energizing community breakfast join your neighbors in multiple beautification projects. Help with creek and storm drain cleanup at multiple locations, plant and mulch at the Children’s Reading Garden and learn about the winner of our annual Watershed Art Contest. Location: El Sobrante Library, 4191 Appian Way, El Sobrante.
Time: 8:30am - 11:30am.
Info: 510-665-3538, juliana@thewatershedproject.org , http://www.spawners.net/
Berkeley Earth Day: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Cultural Performers include: Shawl-Anderson Dance Center’s 50th Anniversary Featuring The Shawl-Anderson Youth Ensemble; Marcia Flores Cantillana; Antoine Hunter/Urban Jazz Dance Company; Aileen Kim; Dana Lawton; Corrine Nagata (Dance) & Howard Wiley (Saxophone); Phoenix and Afterbuffalo; Orquesta d’Soul. Activities include: Demonstrations of biodiesel and electric cars, solar power; Berkeley Farmer’s Market; Climbing Wall; Vegetarian food, craft and community booths. Volunteers Needed: Call (510) 654-6346 x 2. Please don’t drive. Take Berkeley BART, walk one block west. Valet Bike Parking by Bicycle Friendly Berkeley Coalition. Sponsored by the City of Berkeley. Location: Civic Center Park, Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, Center Street, Berkeley.
Time: Noon - 5pm.
Cost: Free. Info: http://tinyurl.com/2v8rtm
West County Earth Day Festival: Saturday, April 19th
Enjoy workshops, food, music, games and more! Preregister online to attend the West County Earth Day Festival and you will be automatically entered in a prize drawing. We will email you a reminder to attend the festival.
Location: Integrated Resources Facility, 101 Pittsburg Ave, Richmond.
Time: 11am - 3pm.
Info: http://www.recyclemore.com/earthday/_ed_home.asp
Woodside Environment Fest: Sunday, April 20, 2008
The event will include information on high efficiency heating systems, alternative fuel vehicles, and sustainable local organic food. A focus of the festival will be on global warming. Booths, an art contest for children focused on solutions to global warming, a video room showing short, relevant pieces, and a performer of songs for children with an environmental message will be part of the event.
Location: Woodside Elementary School, 3195 Woodside Road, Woodside Time: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
McLaren Park Earth Day: Sunday, April 20, 2008
Celebrate nature where you live. Join us for: live music; food; performances; DIY bicycle repair; Eco-Stewardship Fair; native plant sale; bring back habitat: creek clean-up and planting; meet and hold live animals: frogs, turtles, lizards & snakes; enjoy hikes, walks & talks: birding, butterflies, wildflowers, geology & more, led by trained, enthusiastic naturalists; hands-on science and art projects. Dogs welcome. Valet bike parking available. SF Muni lines 29, 44, 52 and 54.
Location: McLaren Park, John Shelley Drive, Jerry Garcia Amphitheater, SF.
Time: 11am - 5pm.
Cost: Free.
Info: http://natureinthecity.org/earthday_2008.php
Green Apple Festival: Sunday, April 20, 2008
A weekend of music and environmental awareness.
Location: Golden Gate Park, Speedway Meadow, near Fulton and 25th Ave., SF.
Time: Noon.
Cost: Free.
Info: http://www.greenapplefestival.com/
“Dreaming the Earth” Earth Day Event: Sunday, April 20, 2008
This event brings together dreamwork, spiritual practice, and environmentalism. “The Earth is Humming,” a short dramatization based on actual dreams about the earth, will be performed. Co-sponsored by The Arts & Consciousness and Dream Studies Programs at JFK. To be held at JFK Art Annex, San Pablo Ave at Ashby.
Location: JFK University, Berkeley.
Time: 2pm - 4pm.
Cost: $10-$20 sliding scale.
Info: 510-845-1767, http://www.dream-institute.org/
World View of Warming and How Cities Can Save the Earth: Monday, April 21, 2008
Ecocity World Summit - Pre-Conference Event. Held in conjunction with the Ecocity World Summit, and open to the public, Gary Braasch, photographer and author, Earth Under Fire, How Global Warming is Changing the World (University of California Press, 2007), will present his past and present photographic record of climate change around the world with emphasis on cities, their contributions to the problems of the world’s environment, and whole systems initiatives for change. Tickets are on sale now.
Location: Herbst Theatre, War Memorial Performing Arts Center, 401 Van Ness Ave, @ McAllister, SF. Time: 7pm - 9pm.
Cost: $15 general, $12 student/senior.
Info: http://www.ecocityworldsummit.org/index.htm
A Benefit for Women’s Earth Alliance: Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Weaving the Worlds with Joanna Macy and Gemma Bulos: A Speaker Series Event to Benefit the Women’s Earth Alliance’s June 2008 Women and Water Conference in Nairobi, Kenya to be hosted by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai and the Greenbelt Movement. Evening will include an opportunity to give!
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Numi Tea Garden, 2230 Livingston Street Oakland, CA
Seating is limited. Advance ticket purchase recommended at https://www.earthisland.org/WEA/donate.html.
For more information call 415.662.6939 or email events@womensearthalliance.org
Earth Day Celebration at Ashkenaz: Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Ashkenaz celebrates Earth Day with conscious music from the Adrian Xavier Band and Joe B, preceded by ecologically-themed short films. Seattle’s Adrian Xavier has been performing for almost two decades, starting the band Pure Water in 1997, and under his own name since 2000, singing and playing reggae-rooted world music that adds in rock, hip-hop, jazz and soul. His 2004 debut CD, “R-Nature,” features such original songs as “Mother Nature” and “Redemption Road.” On lead vocals and guitar, Xavier is backed by a globe-trotting band featuring keyboardist Mark Cardenas, violinist Geoffrey Castle, Jamaican-born Lennox Holeness on bass, drummer David Carpenter and lead guitarist Brian Ray. www.adrianxavier.com Joe B, the leader of The Flux, will also be making special guest appearance debuting his new acoustic project! Presented by the Berkeley City College Green Club and Ashkenaz, the Earth Week Film Festival offers free showings of three movies, totaling approximately 80 minutes: “Sidewalk Stories” by Hannah Chauvet Commissioned by the Ecology Center to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their Curbside Recycling Program, a brief history of the recycling movement in Berkeley. Shows interviews with some champion recyclers - winners in the Cash for Trash contests. Shows how the materials are sorted and follows the baled recycled materials to the Oakland port. Chauvet will appear in person to discuss her inspiration for making the film. “The Recyclergy” by Jeremy Kaller www.recyclergy.com San Francisco Bay Area recycling pioneers share their insightfully hilarious thoughts and stories on garbage collection, treasure hunting, Jack Benny, and the products we buy. Featuring music by Rube Waddell, The Recyclergy is an entertaining examination of a fading subculture. “The Story of Stuff” narrated by Annie Leonard www.storyofstuff.com An animation of the consumerist society, “‘The Story of Stuff’ is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patternsÉexposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world.” Doors at 7pm; music at 9:30pm; Free films from 7:30pm-9pm.
Location: Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave., @ Gilman, Berkeley.
Time: 7pm.
Cost: Free before 9pm, $8 general, $5 students with valid ID.
Info: 510-525-5054, http://www.ashkenaz.com/
Digital Be-In 16: Ecocity: Friday, April 25, 2008
The Digital Be-In is returning for the third year in a row during Earth Day week in San Francisco, serving as a launching platform for evolutionary ideas, art, and initiatives — at the nexus of humanistic technology and the sustainability movement. The cyberculture event is being developed this year in conjunction with the 7th Ecocity World Summit taking place in SF 4/22-26/08 with attendees from around the globe. The Digital Be-In is a nine hour journey of presentations, exhibits, performances, live music, top DJs, visuals, art installations, and the Third Force! This year the Digital Be-In is pleased to be working with SF’s newest and greenest night club and community center, Temple. Presented by Cyberset in conjunction with Green Century Institute, Ecocity Builders, and SF Environment. Details and ticket info online. Note new date. Location: Temple, 540 Howard Street, SF.
Time: 7pm - 4am.
Cost: $25 at door, $20 in advance.
Info: http://www.be-in.com/
Festival: Emeryville Earth Day . Saturday April 26th
The Emeryville festival will run from 12 noon until 4:00 pm. (heavy rain cancels), at Temescal Creek Park, at the corner of 47th Street and Adeline. Call (510) 596-3782 for more information.
Earth Day with Literacy for Environmental Justice: Saturday, April 26, 2008
Get ready for the 10th Annual Earth Day celebration hosted by Literacy for Environmental Justice! This year, the theme of our Earth Day 2008 will be the Celebration of Life. Along with some great entertainment and activities, we will focus on the social, local, health, and economic environments of our community. Those groups/organizations/businesses interested in tabling at the event, please contact by email.
Location: Super Save, 4517 3rd Street, Parking Lot, SF.
Time: 10am - 4pm.
Cost: Free.
Info: goodneighbor@lejyouth.org , http://www.lejyouth.org/index.php4
Volunteer: “Earth Day Clean-Up”: Saturday, April 26, 2008
Protect wildlife and the environment. Join us for our annual Earth Day Cleanup at Guadalupe Slough. Bring a hat, sunscreen, and water. We’ll supply gloves and trash bags. Be prepared to get dirty! Reservations are required, space is limited. Call to reserve your spot.
Location: Don Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge Env. Ed. Ctr., Grand Blvd, Zanker, Alviso.
Time: 8:30am - Noon.
Info: 408-262-5513 , http://www.fws.gov/desfbay/index.htm
Beyond Earth Day: A Future Full of Hope with James Stark: Sunday, April 27, 2008
How do we live in harmony with Earth and all its inhabitants? What is sustainable human habitat? Join us for an exciting day of vision and practical application. James Stark is founder and director of the Regenerative Design Institute. Bring a bag lunch. Register online.
Location: Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame.
Time: 10am - 4pm.
Cost: $60 general, $20 students with ID.
Info: 650-340-7474, http://www.mercy-center.org/Flyers_2008/04_27beyond_earth/beyond.htm
UAS Green Movie Night and Forum: Monday, April 28, 2008
Join us for the Spring Return of the UAS Green Movie Night and Forum! Once every month in 2007 UAS hosted a Green Movie Night and Forum where we challenge ourselves to present inspirational (solution-oriented) content, provide a platform for local organizations and engage the community in a group discussion about the UAS monthly newsletter theme (this month Community and Governance). We took a short hiatus for the winter and now we are back and bigger than ever - we’ve moved from a 50 seat venue to a 450 seat venue and we’ve got a full year of rare, amazing films, so please spread the word and bring your friends! The UAS Green Movie Night and Forum is a great place to meet allies and forge community through exploring solutions together! This month’s theme is Community and Governance and the film we are showing is… The Power of Community
Time: 6:30 – 9:00PM
Location: Victoria Theatre, 2961 16th Street San Francisco
Cost: $10 general admission, $5 for seniors, students, payable at the box office. This is a non-profit event for the community. If you would like to attend but feel you cannot afford it, please come and talk to us.
Info: http://uas.coop/node/1129
Wow, Dave, this is an awesome list. But you didn’t tell us which one(s) you’ll be at.
So many choices, so little time. I am pretty to stop through the Berkeley Earth Day this weekend and I will be tabling for the Local Clean Energy Alliance at the Emeryville Earth Day at Temescal Creek Park next Saturday. I hear the latter is more like a block party and has many fun kids activities. Our motivation for tabling is get to know some of the Emeryville constituents that may be interested in learning more about Community Choice Energy. I imagine that I will hit some of the other events as well.