Events

It’s time for the holidays, and what better way to celebrate the joys of the season than by hosting a zero-waste party! We'll explore great ideas for eco-friendly parties by applying the elements of reduce, reuse, and recycle to everything, from send

We know by now just how much our carbon footprint has taken a toll on the health of all living things. Jennifer DeVinney has created an event to raise some money for those organizations that are doing something on the front lines to combat our carbon

Our FREE 2019 BayREN Home Upgrade Workshop will provide you with information and contacts to make your home more energy efficient with rebates up to $5,500!

Local Participating Contractors, Building Scientists, and Financing Experts will provide you

Free, family event with pumpkin painting, rope-making, food and more! Storytime with PH Librarian. Local vendors present harvest related activities and information on their organizations. 

Worldviews create worlds. Our civilizational crossroads reflects a crisis of consciousness. Everything's going to change, and the only question is how.

For our 30th conference, "Seeding the Field: Growing Transformative Solutions," we've assembled a

Our FREE 2019 BayREN Home Upgrade Workshop will provide you with information and contacts to make your home more energy efficient with rebates up to $5,500!

Local Participating Contractors, Building Scientists, and Financing Experts will provide you

– Activities will be buzzing around Oakley Ace on October 5 as Our Water Our World joins with Oakley’s favorite hardware store for Oakley Ace’s first ever Fall Pollinator Event. From 7:30am-8pm on October 5, Oakley Ace invites their neighbors to shop

Join Our Class! Learn How To Build a Hoop Greenhouse in Your Backyard! 

We are having a class on how to build a hoop greenhouse approximately 20' X 60' for plant propagation. It's a DYI project with PVC Conduit and wood framing and polyethylene plast

Join us for a wonderful night of inspiration and celebration!

Sustainable Contra Costa will present the Leadership in Sustainability Awards at the 11th Annual Awards Gala & Fundraiser on September 17th. This fun and inspiring event supports and celeb

These events will give practical, everyday knowledge about the carbon footprint of different foods and growing methods. We will have snacks and include eco-spirituality in each of these events and we will share some of the local and state-wide advoca

Mediterranean and drought tolerant gardens are low maintenance once you implement a plan. Proper maintenance practices such as pruning at the correct time, water management, insect identification, and proper fertilization are the key to a successful

Stock up on your favorite water wise plants at the Ruth Bancroft Garden's Fall Plant Sale - Sat/Sun Sept 7-8 from 10am - 5pm.

The nursery has stocked a wide variety of water wise plants including - succulents, cacti, CA natives, Australian and South A

Are you looking for a new and meaningful way to get involved and serve our community and our state? Have you ever considered applying for an appointment to a State Board or State Commission? There are over 200 opportunities to serve our state in a wi

By walking, biking and electrifying our transportation — cars, scooters, buses, shuttles, and more — we can tackle the largest source of our greenhouse gas emissions, while improving air quality and health for all.

Free and open to the public!

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Join us for Friday morning coffee meetups, where a group of like-minded community friends gather at local coffee shops to discuss environmental topics and issues impacting our community.

Contact Brad for more information.

Please join Contra Costa County Supervisors, staff, county-wide sustainability leaders, and community members to celebrate our new solar parking lot that will power the County’s New Administration Building with near Net Zero Energy (NZE) clean energy

Learn practical ways of applying permaculture principles in your garden and community. Join us at Shelter Solano in Fairfield for this FREE event.

Planning to plant, then planting to plan could be one of the most beneficial acts for our planet’s well