[Sdpg] Event from Ecology Center Berkeley CA Monthly Newsletter

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson]

Below is some listings of stuff in Berkeley and San Francisco area from a 
great monthly events calendar from Ecology Center in Berkeley

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Saturday, May 31, 2003
   Sebastopol Sustainable Living Walking Tour  — Erik Ohlsen will be 
our  guide, beginning w/ an excellent
   example of the abundance that can be  squeezed into a small backyard. We 
will then walk downtown for a
   talk  with Mayor Craig Litwin on Sebastopol's organic focus, followed by 
a  trip to the Community Garden
   and the proposed sight of the Permaculture  Garden/Skateboard Park 
Project.  Call or email to register.
   Location:  Sebastopol. Cost: $20-$50 sliding scale. Info: 
707/869-2565,  dailyacts at ecoisp.com.

Saturday, May 31, 2003
   Film .:. Bum’s Paradise — After decades of being a garbage dump, the 
Albany Landfill closed in 1986.
   Nature slowly reclaimed the land and various homeless men and women 
moved in. They built modest
   dwellings, became a community, and lived free from the public scorn and 
scrutiny that commonly plagues
   the homeless in America. This film uncover’s the residents’ daily lives, 
remarkale creativity, and eventual
   eviction by the city of Albany. Party to follow with live music. 
Location: Liberation Drive-In, Lot #69 on
   Harrison St btwn 15th & 17th St, Oakland. Time: 9pm. Info: 
http://www.nonchalance.org.

Saturday, June 7, 2003
   Sonoma County Sustainable Living Tour — We'll tour Shone Farm 
with  Laura Mendes, the director of Santa
   Rosa Junior College's Sustainable  Agriculture program. Up the road, 
local Biofuels expert Rusty Davis  will
   talk veggie vehicles and tour us through his Permaculture gardens  at 
Porter Creek Vineyard. Next we'll visit
   Davis Bynum Wineries  Permaculture gardens w/ breathtaking views  before 
heading to Golden  Nectar
   organic farm with medicinal plants, tasty fruits, a cob oven and  a 
natural building with a living roof, recently
   on the cover of the  North Bay Bohemian. Call or email to register. 
Cost: $20-$50 sliding  scale. Info:
   707/869-2565, dailyacts at ecoisp.com.