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Learn to convert your thirsty lawn to a beautiful water-smart garden! This FREE workshop will visit the beautiful Pittsburg Living Green Garden and learn the low-cost, SIMPLE method of

Throughout 2018, we've seen how powerful we are when we gather together, raise our voices, and advocate for change. Now it's time to do it again. Together we rise! All Contra Costa residents are invited to join us on January 19, 2019 for this non-par

Fresh fruit off your tree is so much better than what you find in stores! The best time to plant fruit trees and berries is in January and February, when nurseries have the best selection of bare root plants. Master Gardener and fruit tree expert Hel

Winter does not have to be dormant! Discover the display of beautiful blooming CA Natives in The Ruth Bancroft Garden. Led by RBG Docent, Ed Ellebracht, learn how to plant and take of California Natives in your own water-wise garden to add sustainabl

By 2020 leaf blowers and other small gas-powered gardening equipment will create more ozone pollution than all the passenger cars in California!

Electric options have improved significantly now offering longer batterly life with less vibration, less n

Volunteers participate in an orientation session training in the basics of solar, electricity, and construction safety. Afterwards, you are eligible to volunteer for solar installations, working together with SunWork’s professional staff, attaching r

Join the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District with the Restoration Trust at our 6th Annual Native Planting event on Clayton Valley Drain.

Giving Natives a Chance began as a joint effort between the Contra Costa County Fl

n the award-winning new documentary Modified, the filmmaker and her mother embark on a very personal and poignant investigative journey to find out why genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are not labeled on food products in the United States and Ca

An in-person, inspiring educational experience that invites you to discover a radical and emerging reality in the effort to address climate change. You’ll learn about the latest research from Paul Hawken's Project Drawdown on how it is possible to ac

Join Contra Costa County's Last Plastic Straw, a Crestwood Healing Center sustainability campaign, for a screening of the film Straws at the Campbell Theater in Martinez on 11/14 at 6:00pm. Learn about the problems caused by plastic pollution and ste

On September 8th, over 250,000 people on all 7 continents stepped up to demand tangible action on climate change from their elected officials. Hundreds of frontline communities led the way, building momentum and urgency for this fight. So we’re askin

Join us in the Garden for an afternoon of Expert Talks, Sustainable Partner Exhibits, and Hands-on Educational Activities! Families welcome.

PHIG and other exhibitors will provide information and hands-on activities on gardening for wildlife habitat,

Be part of the hands-on Solar Workshop Team led by Dr. Sean White (Expert PV/Renewable Energy Teacher, Author, Speaker Extraordinaire).  You will be helping with the wiring and hookup of the 2.2kW array at Ecohouse Walnut Creek.  "World's first permi

Join Sustainable Lafayette October 16th to view Al Gore's powerful film "An Inconvenient Sequel" with a panel of climate change advocates. Founder Steve Richard will be on hand to answer questions and share his insights on how we can continue to make

Join us for this interactive salon and learn about Resilient Richmond, a plan to microgrid the entire city of Richmond with locally generated renewable energy. As Naomi Klein describes in The Battle for Paradise, a community with a solar microgrid be

The Museum of the San Ramon Valley now has on display two exhibits each with the common thread of the first inhabitants of California: Native California and The Anza Expedition, and California Indians: The First People. The latter exhibit covers how

Learn biointensive organic urban farming and permaculture methods that you can use in your own backyard. Bethallyn Black will teach our first and only 2018 farm class on how to work with urban soils, lay out and build planting beds, install drip irri