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Help create and maintain a beautiful, water-conserving garden that demonstrates healthy garden practices using water recycling, mulch, drought-tolerant and native plantings, and no pesticides.  Garden work parties may prepare beds, apply sheet mulchi

Lower your water bill ** Conserve water ** Practice reuse ** Grow happy plants

• LEARN how to reuse water from your from your bathroom sinks, showers, tubs, and washing machines in this hands-on workshop.

• LEARN about common and popular greywater systems

Please Join us for our community crop swap where we will be trading home gown foods and goods. No money exchanges hands. We will be trading herbs, honey, eggs, fruit, home canned goods, breads, veggies, recipes, ideas and more. Arrive at 6:15  swappi

Are you a sharing economy legal professional or looking to meet legal professionals in the sharing economy? Are you a friend of a fan of SELC or want to learn more about community resilience? Do you want to relax over a drink, chips, and salsa after

Learn how to prune roses after the first flush of flowers has faded. This summer rose class covers pruning, watering, fertilizing, disease and pest control.

Learn how to prune roses after the first flush of flowers has faded. This summer rose class covers pruning, watering, fertilizing, disease and pest control.

The Resilient Communities Legal Cafe provides direct legal support to individuals and groups who are working to create new solutions for resilient local economies. Inaugurated in February 2013, the Legal Cafe runs weekly at different locations from E

Attendees will learn all the ways we can save water at home and at our businesses. From EBMUD rebates for water saving, to ideas and support for turning lawns into a low-water native plant or bee forage gardens or growing our own groceries, to learni

Help create and maintain a beautiful, water-conserving garden that demonstrates healthy garden practices using water recycling, mulch, drought-tolerant and native plantings, and no pesticides.  Garden work parties may prepare beds, apply sheet mulchi

This popular class fills up every time we offer it, so sign up early! Honeybees are a joy to keep in the backyard simply for their buzzing presence and, on hot days, the smell of honey, wafting through the air within ten feet of the hive. They increa

Ever wondered about the mysteries of curds and whey? Come to this class and learn how to make different types of cheese in your kitchen. In the May class we will make Ricotta and mini herbed Chèvres. We will have a cheese tasting, provide lots of han

Bring assorted “treasures” to make your own unique set of wind chimes.  Possibilities include shells (with a hole is a plus), old flatware, driftwood, rounded weathered glass pieces, bottle caps, metal pieces and ????  Use your imagination, anything

Take action in getting chickens, backyard bees, running on biodiesel, fermenting kraut/kombucha, and more!  In honor of our 5th Anniversary at our Ashby location, the BioFuel Oasis will be offering 10% off on everything in our urban farm store and 10

Help to make Walnut Creek's Centennial the best celebration ever. Click here to check out the jobs and sign up to help!

This workshop will explain how employees of a business with publicly traded securities can convert it to a worker cooperative. Unlike other conversions methods this only requires action on the part of the workers, and does not require the consent of

Stop into the Gill Tract Farm and check out this unique community-UC collaborative project.  Enter through the Jackson St Gate (see map) for OPEN HOURS:

Tuesday 3:30pm-7:30pm

Thursday 3:30pm-7:30pm

Sunday 10:00am-4:00pm

Also, please SIGN UP ON OUR EMAIL

A free workshop for homeowners, landlords, and small business owners presented by Citizens for a Greener El Sobrante.
-Convert your water-guzzling lawn to drought-tolerant landscaping – the easy way. 
-How to install a drip irrigation system.
-How to co

Propagation is one of the first techniques to learn as you explore your love for succulent plants. Whether you want to use your plants in crafts and décor or just have an abundance for your garden, we will teach you the most successful and easiest me

This fun, exciting and informational class is designed to educate participants on the importance of sustainability; teach simple and effective ways to make sustainable practices part of your everyday life; and even show you how sustainable practices

Come design and assemble a gorgeous container for Mother’s Day. Simply purchase the potting soil, plants, and container at Navlet’s, and then let us guide you on how to put it all together—beautifully! Be prepared to roll-up your sleeves, get your ha