Events

Help us pull weeds and plant native flowers at our Outdoor Classroom behind De Anza High. All ages welcome. No experience necessary. We'll provide tools and snacks. You bring a reusable water bottle and sturdy shoes.

RSVP: (510) 665-3538

RSVP at http://sanramonsolar2012.eventbrite.com or call Joe Tanner with the City of San Ramon at (925) 973-2572

Join the City of San Ramon and Sustainable San Ramon to learn more about solar energy for your home. Is this renewable energy option right

Living with Creeks Workshop
Saturday, June 2, 2012
10am-12pm
El Sobrante Library, 4191 Appian Way
 
We want to help you care for your creek! If your property has a creek or a waterway flowing through it, it is your responsibility to maintain it. As a

Workshop to Reduce your Energy Bills and

Increase the Health, Comfort, and Durability of

your Richmond Home

Come to the City of Richmond's workshop to learn how Richmond homeowners can take advantage a unique opportunity to save energy and increase thei

The Contra Costa Master Gardeners will soon be accepting applications for their 2013 class.

In order to apply to the training program, attendance at one of the following free Orientation Sessions is required:

Monday, June 25 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm at 1

We still need donations of quality household items, clothing, furniture, jewelry, etc. for our Rummage Sale this Sunday!  Please contact loleigh@astound.net if you have items to donate and we will pick them up.

Donations to SCOCO are tax deductible.

The Gardens at Heather Farm Adult Education Class: Suzanne Arca, principle of a Design/Build landscape firm in the Bay Area will discuss what you can do instead of having a lawn. Creating gardens that use less water does not have to mean inferior aes

Join us for Butterflies & Bulldozers - a film about the fight to save San Bruno Mountain.  Enjoy tasting from Whole Foods Market Lafayette and The Fig Tree  Restaurant in Pleasant Hill.  Wine tasting provided by Two Mile Winery.

Join us to connect and find support for green projects at your school.  This summit will focus on funding your project including grant writing and local and sustainable fundraising resources. We have some great raffle prizes too so don't miss this on

If you want an inexpensive but highly valuable organic fertilizer for your garden – worm castings are the way to go. This class goes step by step through the fundamentals of composting with red wiggler worms – the best digesters in nature. Elements i

We all have stuff we don't want anymore...help create the world's largest recycling event by taking your unwanted items to the curb for someone else to use!

Envision it!  In one weekend – you and others throughout Contra Costa, together taking 350 Actions to grow food, save water, conserve energy, and build our community stronger, cleaner and healthier – May 12th & 13th! That’s the goal of Contra Costa’s

Please join us at our next mixer Tuesday May 8 from 5 to 7pm at the Pear Street Bistro in Pinole. Joining us will be members of the Sustainable Business Alliance which is based in Berkeley. All are welcome.

In this workshop we will work with bronze clay. Using this relatively inexpensive material allows us to consider making larger pieces, such as elegant plant and garden markers.

Bronze clay can also be fashioned into jewelry, buttons, keychain tags and

This is a SECOND opportunity to purchase plants for your spring garden from the greenhouses of The Gardens at Heather Farm. We will be featuring more annual flowers and veggies like beans and squash, cucumbers. Plants are available in 6-packs, 4” and

CA Reyner will use a combination of Yoga styles plus physical therapy. The goal of the class is to provide you with information to give you freedom from pain, and strength to do what you want to do. Learn how to protect your body while gardening; pra

Did you know that 95% of the bugs in your garden are not pests? This class will give you the tools to identify beneficial insects and common garden pests as well as the knowledge to incorporate basic Integrated Pest Management practices in your garde

Take a hike, launch a solar balloon, learn about composting, study a dragonfly, create a leaf t-shirt, candid camera animals -- great fun, entertainment, and presenters. Join Us!

Enjoy and celebrate our wonderful towns and planet on this 32nd annual celebration of Earth Day.

Earth Day celebrations have grown tremendously since the first one in 1970, but the human population has doubled. In 1970, it was widely understood that w

Enjoy and celebrate our wonderful towns and planet on this 32nd annual celebration of Earth Day.

Earth Day celebrations have grown tremendously since the first one in 1970, but the human population has doubled. In 1970, it was widely understood that w