Celebrate the release of Karl Linn’s book “Building Commons and Community”
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2007 3 to 6 pm
Berleley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall
1924 Cedar Street (at Bonita)
Berkeley, CA
Join us in launching two new books from New Village Press: “Building Commons and Community” by the late Karl Linn and “Undoing the Silence: Six Tools for Social Change Writing” by Louise Dunlap. Together we will honor the process of community building and social action with short inspirational talks by Louise Dunlap and by Carl Anthonly, Linn’s friend and co-founder of Urban Habitat. Enjoy live music, refreshments and, of course, each other’s company!
Co-sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Committee and Architects?Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility. This event is open to the public and wheelchair accessible.
For more info: 510-420-1361; press@newvillage.net
Both books available now through new Village Press:
newvillagepress.net
Karl’s book may be purchased online at
http://newvillagepress.net/pub_buildingCommons.html
December 9th, 2007 Lee Trampleasure
Graduate students in river restoration speak, along with a keynote on what we can learn from urban-creek restoration in the Pacific Northwest, at the Fifth Annual Berkeley River Restoration Symposium, 9 am – 1 pm Sat., Dec. 8, 112 Wurster Hall. Talks include Cerrito Creek at Blake Garden, Kensington; alternatives to Whole Foods planned parking garage edging Codornices Creek; and lessons learned from restoration at heavily polluted Yosemite Creek, San Francisco . Schedule and abstracts at http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/WRCA/227_07.html.
December 8th, 2007 Lee Trampleasure
December 5, Wednesday, 7:30 to 9 pm
(Live Oak Park Center – Theatre, in Live Oak Park, 1201 Shattuck Avenue,)
Within less than a decade, New Deal public works agencies such as the Works Progress Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps put millions of men to work creating and improving the nation’s public parks and recreational facilities, but their contributions were quickly forgotten after WWII killed those agencies. Gray Brechin is the Project Scholar for The Living New Deal Project, a collaborative effort to inventory, map, and interpret the great legacy of these agencies on California. He is also a fascinating and engaging speaker. He will illustrate the invisible landscape of New Deal accomplishments in Berkeley and seek recollections of long-time residents in the parks so improved. $5-10 donation at the door; Contact: John Steere or Georgia Silvera: seatulip AT hotmail DOT com
December 5th, 2007 Lee Trampleasure
Grow a Greener Community - Become a Master Composter
Inspire others and make a difference in your community. The annual Master Composter Training Program is currently accepting applications from Alameda County residents for the 2008 Class.
The Master Composter Program is a certificated, extensive compost course. Participants receive training in the art and science of basic and worm composting, soil health, and Bay Friendly gardening techniques.
Participants use this knowledge to train others through a compost community outreach project.
All participants receive a compost bin and several composting and gardening books, including the East Bay Municipal Utility District’s “Plants and Landscapes for Summer Climates of the SF Bay Region.” Teachers who complete the program are eligible for a $200 stipend to use toward school garden and/or classroom compost activities. Classes will meet Tuesday nights weekly in Oakland from early February through mid-May 2008, plus a Saturday field trip. The Program offers graduate level and continuing education credits from California State University at Hayward or credit from
Merritt College Landscape Horticulture Department. Master Composter training enhances the skills of community leaders, activists, educators, environmentalists, gardeners, and recyclers. We encourage people of all ages, abilities, and ethnic groups to apply. If you have ideas and energy for community actions, this class is for you.
HOW? Complete an application by January 11, 2008.
Reserve the evening of January 16 or 17 for an interview.
Visit our website at www.BayFriendly.org to apply on-line or download an application.
From the home page, click on the Bay-Friendly Gardening link on the bottom left, click on the Residents icon, and then the Master Composter Program link.
The website also provides a class syllabus and examples of projects from past participants. For more information, please contact StopWaste.Org at www.BayFriendly.org or 510-444-SOIL.
December 3rd, 2007 Lee Trampleasure
November 17, 2007, Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon
Berkeley’s Downtown Parks: Real, Envisioned, and Vanished.
Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Historical Society and led by Steve Finacom & Linda Perry. Downtown Berkeley is a commercial, transportation, and civic hub, with a hidden history of open space. Learn of Civic Center Park and the vanished park in Shattuck Square, and fountains that once ran down the center of Shattuck Avenue. In celebration of the Centennial of Berkeley’s public park system, we’ll visit all these sites, as well as sites of proposed open spaces that never were. Contact: Reserve a space by calling (510) 848-0181, between 1 pm and 4 pm on Thursday or Friday before the tour; or go to www.cityofberkeley.info/histsoc/#EVENTS
November 17th, 2007 Web Weaver
