Events

4^rd Annual

Mayors’ Healthy Cook-Off

Hosted by the City of Concord and Mayor Ron Leone

Thursday August 23^rd, 4 pm at Todos Santos Plaza

The City of Concord is hosting the 4^th Annual Mayor’s Healthy Cookoff on Thursday August 23^rd in Todos Santos Plaza. T

Do you have ivy in your backyard or on your creek bank? Battling ivy can be overwhelming. We've been working to remove this invasive and nasty plant from the grounds of the El Sobrante Library for over ten years. We have gained lots of tips and trick

There's an opportunity in Lafayette on Thursday to stand up against a system that's rigged for billionaires and big corporations. Meet Congressman George Miller and State Senator Mark DeSaulnier at a Town Hall meeting with Getting Big Money Out of Po

The "Iron Chef"-style cook-off starts at 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, in Todos Santos Plaza. That's when individual chefs will be given a grab bag of produce selected by Gershen. The produce comes from the Pacific Coast Farmers Market and Vince Scalise,

Learn about what this keystone species did for this community, watershed and wildlife!  

Free family fun and activities for kids plus booths from many local environmental organizations!

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Renowned artist Vik Muniz journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dumb, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of "catadores" - self-designated pickers of

Join SPAWNERS and Ranger Bob Flasher on a seldom used hiking trail above the San Pablo Reservoir.  Exotic vegetation, especially in Mediterranean climates, is bringing about significant changes in native plant communities.  But these invasive plants

Sustainable Contra Costa is Now Accepting Nominations for the 2012 Leadership in Sustainability Awards!

The annual Contra Costa Leadership in Sustainability Awards pays tribute to those who demonstrate outstanding commitment, leadership and contrib

Sustainable Lafayette’s Summer Film Series concludes with a “can’t miss” event featuring Bag It, and much more, on Tuesday, July 31^st at 7pm at the Lafayette Library.   Bag It has been garnering awards at film festivals across the nation. What starte

Please help The Urban Farmers (a nonprofit organization) to get fresh fruit to hungry people in our community! It's easy - here's how you can help:

- Register your fruit tree 

- Share this information with a friend

- Volunteer to help harvest 

Learn more

Join rescued elephants "live" in Thailand via Skype* with your host, International artist Connie English, and founder of BLES, Katherine Connor (http://blesele.org/). Hear the entertaining stories and see the short film of this artist’s experience li

Sustainable Lafayette is hosting a summer film series at the Lafayette Library (Community Hall).  The second documentary, SWITCH, will be shown on Tuesday, July 17^th at 7pm.  Test audiences have called this ‘the most important energy film since An In

The Herb of the Year is the Rose.  Come and learn about Rose care and maintenance, how to make Rose beads, making a spiral herb garden and  container gardening with herbs and succulents.  Enter into several of the many raffles during the course of th

Your interest in sustainability has prompted me to tell you about a program this Friday, “All in Good Time: Sustainable, Seasonal Bouquets”. This seminar, an effort between The Ruth Bancroft Garden, the Garden Conservancy and The Gardens at Heather F

Learn about a valuable but little-known part of our local historic heritage. We will visit twelve “check dams” built in the 1930s along Mistletoe Creek, which runs on the eastern end of the reservoir. SPAWNERS and local ranger Tom Bracket will lead a

with Arlene Molina, GHF Education Coordinator, Recycling Artist and Sandi Sherwood, Paper & Book Artist

Ever wonder what to do with all those magazines and greeting cards we all have hanging around? This is the class for you. This is a FUN family clas

Sustainable Lafayette is hosting its second annual summer film series at the Lafayette Library & Learning Center featuring "In Organic We Trust" (6/26), "SWITCH" (7/17), and "Bag It" (7/31).  Free coffee and cookies.  $5 donation suggested.

Join members from the Institute for Population Studies (IPS), Transition Albany and Transition Berkeley as we explore the complex relationships between population growth, social equity and climate change, and the importance of Transition Towns in pur

with Patrice Hanlon, GHF Garden Manager, Susan Handjian, Garden Consultant/Coach

Do you always envy those beautiful & colorful flower gardens you see every summer and fall? Do you have a sunny spot crying out for color? And it’s not just the flowers t

with Sheryl Vierra of Waterwise Landscapes

Get your hands dirty at the build a terrarium workshop. The class provides a lecture on the different types of terrariums and how to construct & maintain a terrarium along with a list of suitable plants for f