Environmental and Animal Protection plus Vegetarian Events Calendars
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Also see the Political Events Calendar for types of events not directly related to the above subject areas.
Environmental and Animal Protection plus Vegetarian Events Calendars
This is an automated self-serve calendar; to add an event click here
Also see the Political Events Calendar for types of events not directly related to the above subject areas.
January 2012
| Event Start Date | Event |
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| 01/12/2012 | What is a Mushroom Anyway?
J. R. Blair is a past President of the Mycological Society of San Francisco. He is also a Lecturer at San Francisco State University and Director of the Sierra Nevada Field Campus. J.R. will be discussing how mushrooms fit into the scheme of things: what exactly they are and how they form relationships with other life forms. Randall Museum, Randall Room (upstairs), 199 Museum Way, San Francisco CA 94114. 7:30-9 pm. For more information, go to www.sfns.org or contact Patrick Schlemmer at JKodiak@earthlink.net or (415) 225-3830. Free and open to everyone. |
| 01/16/2012 | Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service with the Watershed Project!
Point Pinole Regional Shoreline Cleanup Monday January 16, 2012, 9:30 am - 1:00 pm Richmond Greenway Bioswale Monday, January 16, 2012, 9:30 am 1:00 pm Come out with your family, friends, and neighbors and join us in making a difference in North Richmond. Be a part of this festive and inspirational event! " Clean up trash from the Pt. Pinole Regional Shoreline before it becomes floats into the Bay. Join the ice plant patrol and help remove this invasive plant from the Shoreline Learn about the benefits of planting native and edible plants in your local garden. " Join the Watershed Projects effort to build a Habitat Garden and Bioswale * Habitat Garden Help mulch, build garden beds and plant native shrubs and flowering plants. * Greenway Swales help weed, mulch and plant native trees, shrubs, and grasses. FREE refreshments will be served. Tools and gloves provided. Please bring a bucket, comfortable clothing, sturdy closed-toe shoes, and own reusable water bottle. RSVP for groups of 10+. Children must be accompanied by an adult. |
| 01/22/2012 | Get Your Spawn On: Searching for Endangered Salmon at Muir Woods
A 2012 Golden Gate National Parks Endangered Species Big Year Trip Sunday, January 22, 2012, 10:00 am 12:00 pm: Join Brent Plater of the Wild Equity Institute as we take an easy stroll through Muir Woods National Monument to search for endangered salmonids in Redwood Creek. Well learn about the lives of Coho Salmon and Steelhead as the fish return from the Ocean, and discuss what we all can do to help them recover. Part of the Golden Gate National Parks Endangered Species Big Year, a competition to see and help save the Parks endangered species. Dress for cold, wet weather and wear boots as trails may be muddy. RSVP required: within the trip info See link below. Meet at the Dipsea Trail Trailhead within the auxiliary/south parking lot for Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, CA, 94941. Park entrance fees apply, but the hike is free. For more info: http://wildequity.org/events/3345 The Golden Gate National Parks contains more endangered species than any other National Park in continental North America. This is certainly cause for celebration, but also for concern. Take part in the 2012 GGNP Endangered Species Big Year and get to know these species while helping them recover. It is free. For more information go to http://wildequity.org and see the calendar for upcoming Big Year trips and activities. |
| 01/29/2012 | Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction -- a film and discussion
Sunday January 29th 2012, 1-4 PM Koret Auditorium - Lower Level -- San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, SF 94102 All over the world species are becoming extinct at an astonishing rate, from 1000 to 10,000 times faster than normal. The loss of biodiversity has become so severe that scientists are calling it a mass extinction event. Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction is the first feature documentary to investigate the growing threat to Earths life support systems from this unprecedented loss of biodiversity. Through interviews with leading scientists, psychologists, anthropologists, philosophers, and indigenous and religious leaders, the film explores the causes, the scope, and the potential effects of the mass extinction, but also looks beyond the immediate causes of the crisis to consider how our cultural and economic systems, along with deep-seated psychological and behavioral patterns, have allowed this situation to develop, continue to reinforce it, and even determine our response to it. Call of Life tells the story of a crisis not only in nature, but also in human nature, a crisis more threatening than anything human beings have ever faced before. Before the feature presentation, Call of Life, a short clip from a film about Jung called "Matter of Heart" will be presented. Following the screening, there will be a conversation between Call of Life executive producer David Ulansey and a Jungian analyst, Dr. Thomas Singer. Please register in advance at calloflife.eventbrite.com although no one will be turned away at the door. This event is co-sponsored by the C.G. Jung Institute in San Francisco. For more information go to www.sfjung.org All Library events are free and open to the public. Website: http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=1008573501 |
February 2012
| Event Start Date | Event |
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| 02/02/2012 | February 2nd, 2012:
The Economics of Happiness: Film Showing and Discussion HowMany.org is a proud co-sponsor of the Bay Area premiere of this inspiring new film brought to us by the International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC). The Economics of Happiness challenges us to restore our faith in humanity, challenges us to believe that it is possible to build a better world. The film describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions. On the one hand, an unholy alliance of governments and big business continues to promote globalization and the consolidation of corporate power. At the same time, people all over the world are resisting those policies, demanding a re-regulation of trade and finance, and, far from the old institutions of power, communities are coming together to re-build more human scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm - an economics of localization. The film features expert insights from Vandana Shiva, Bill McKibben, David Korten, Samdhong Rinpoche, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Michael Shuman, Zac Goldsmith and Keibo Oiwa, among others. HowMany.org Senior Writer, Suzanne York, will join a panel discussion following the film. Time: 7:00-9:00pm Location: Berkeley Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo. Ave., Berkeley |
| 02/09/2012 | HowMany.org's Speaker Series featuring Dr. Malcolm Potts and Dr. Martha Campbell of UC Berkeley's Bixby Center for Population, Health and Sustainability for a fun and informative evening.
When: Thursday, February 9th, 7 - 9 p.m. Where: Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, 1924 Cedar St. (at Bonita), Berkeley, CA Cost: Free and open to all ages |
| 02/09/2012 | A Visual Tour of San Francisco's Native Wildflowers.
Margo Bors has been documenting San Francisco's native plants for more than 15 years. She is an artist who has had numerous solo exhibitions in both art and photography, including several at the Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture in Golden Gate Park. Margo Bors has maintained a studio on Potrero Hill for many years. Her early art experience was as a muralist and founding member of Precita Eyes Muralists. Margo's art and interests have consistently centered on the natural world. She is active in the California Native Plant Society, and as photo documentation chair she has had an opportunity to photograph a wide range of San Francisco's native wildflowers. She has over 300 images in the UC Digital Library and both her artwork and photographs have appeared extensively in publications of conservation groups from the Audubon Society to Bay Nature magazine. A sample of her art and photography can be seen at www.margobors.com. Randall Museum Theater, 199 Museum Way, San Francisco CA 94114. 7:30-9 pm. For more information, go to www.sfns.org or contact Patrick Schlemmer at JKodiak@earthlink.net or (415) 225-3830. Free and open to everyone. |
| 02/11/2012 | In celebration of Valentine's Day, Karine Brighten Events is excited to announce the SF events in a series of 3 Veg Speed Dating events of 2012!
* Saturday, February 11th @ noon for ages 50+, * Saturday, February 11th @ 3pm for ages 35 50ish, Both at Pause Wine Bar in SF! Come join us for an amazing time, including: * Complimentary cocktail upon arrival * Light vegan appetizers * An evening of mingling with awesome veg folks * A chance to win some wonderful prizes from our sponsors * 5-minutes getting to know possible matches * Emails with contact information of your matches after the event * Email reminders prior to the event * Tips on speed dating & and your potential veg soul mate! &all for only $30! Only 22 tickets available for each time event, SO GET YOURS TODAY! See our awesome promo video (made by Eco Vegan Gal at ecovegangal.com) here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-LF1MgZRc3A For more information, please visit vegspeeddating.com For more information, visit vegspeeddating.com |
| 02/18/2012 | Conscious Eating Conference
Conscious Eating will inform and empower our community on the true nature of sustainable food choices. Food is in our lives every day, but what are the most ethical, environmental and healthy choices to make? Are you sure you know? Experts in the field of sustainable agriculture and eating will answer your questions and help you understand why we need a truly stable global and local food system where we all have access to healthy food, where all are treated with compassion, and where all are well fed. Saturday, February 18, 2012 Location: University of California, Berkeley, Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, 4th Floor Registration: 8am Program: 8:30am - 6pm FREE for students with IDs. $10 all others For more information: http://www.idausa.org/conscious_eating/index.html hope@idausa.org 415-448-0058 |
| 02/23/2012 | Exploring 7 Billion: Population, Inequities, and our Changing Climate
When: Thursday, February 23rd, 7 - 9 p.m. Where: Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave. at Dwight Way, Berkeley, CA. Cost: Free and open to all ages Info: 510-548-2220 x240, debra@ecologycenter.org In late October, 2011, Earth became home to 7 billion people. For every one person alive at the turn of the 20th Century when many of our grandparents were children, there are now more than four. The world's resources are not growing in step with humans. Our dramatic resource exploitation has profound implications for our climate and for human health. But larger family sizes don't always correlate with greater resource consumption: a child born in the U.S. will be responsible for almost seven times the carbon emissions of a child born in China and 168 times the impact of a child born in Bangladesh. Join experts from the Institute for Population Studies (IPS), Global Footprint Network, and Earth Island Institute as we explore the complex and critical, yet often not discussed, intersection of population growth and climate change and the effects both have on human health, women's rights, and the social and economic issues we face globally and locally. We'll begin with a screening of the internationally acclaimed, award winning film, "Mother: Caring for 7 Billion" (www.motherthefilm.com), and follow with a panel and audience discussion. About the Regenerating Solutions Salon series: The Bay Area environmental scene is rich with opportunities to volunteer, take action, and get politically engaged. What's missing? A time and space for talking with others about questions, issues, and challenges that come up when engaging in environmental advocacy and personal action. The Ecology Center's Regenerating Solutions Salon addresses this through presentations and facilitated discussions touching on a variety of topics. |
March 2012
| Event Start Date | Event |
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| 03/23/2012 | The Economics of Happiness conference March 23-25, 2012 David Brower Center 2150 Allston Way Berkeley, CA 94704 Around the world, the realization is dawning that the economic, environmental and social problems we face are linked. In March 2012, the Economics of Happiness Conference will bring together activists from around the world to discuss an agenda for change away from jobless growth towards sustainable livelihoods; from large-scale sweatshops towards scaled-down business; from self-recrimination and guilt towards empowerment and collaboration; from a globalized system of exploitation and inequality towards an economics of happiness. Hosted by the International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC), the conference will offer clarity on the way forwardtowards more truly sustainable ways of living. It will cover many of the themes explored in ISEC's new documentary film, The Economics of Happiness, which has inspired audiences from the US, UK and Australia to Peru, Thailand and Japan. Topics will include public policy choices; local initiatives in food, energy, education, business and banking; the need to bridge the North-South divide; and the influence of the economy on our psychological well-being. Presenters include Vandana Shiva, Bill McKibben, Annie Leonard, Sulak Sivaraksa, Michael Shuman, Joanna Macy, Gustavo Esteva, Richard Heinberg and many more. Website: www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org/conference Contact: conference@theeconomicsofhappiness.org |
April 2012
| Event Start Date | Event |
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| 04/22/2012 | The Second Annual Berkeley Vegan Earth Day is coming!
For more info please visit: http://www.berkeleyveganearthday.com/ The host, Karine Brighten Events, is a full service event-planning firm serving the San Francisco Bay Area. We specialize in eco-friendly, socially responsible events, and we are proud to be the first Green Certified event planning firm in the Bay Area. * Ticket: $10-$20 * Date and Hours: Sunday, April 22nd, 2012 10AM - 6PM * Location: UC Berkeley Campus. 112 Wurster Hall (map) * Organizer: Karine Brighten Events * Event Description: The phenomenal response to last years event has spawned a new tradition in the community! Were very excited to announce the Second Annual Berkeley Vegan Earth Day will happen Sunday April 22, 2012. It has grown from an evening event to an all-day extravaganza that will include films, workshops, panel discussions and an eclectic assortment of speakers. Area businesses will be on-site with products to sample and buy, while non-profit groups will be there with a wealth of information about their eco/vegan organizations. For more info please visit: http://www.berkeleyveganearthday.com/ |