Feb. 4 | Attend the THE NEW METROPOLIS: Building a Sustainable and Healthy Bay Area in the Age of Global Warming lecture
Feb. 6 | Join the ReUSE Program
Feb. 9 | Check out the "Is Population Growth Inevitable?: How Slowing Growth Leads to Prosperity" lecture
Feb. 4 | Attend the THE NEW METROPOLIS: Building a Sustainable and Healthy Bay Area in the Age of Global Warming lecture
9:30am-2:00pm | Rialto Cinemas Cerrito (10070 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito, CA 94530)
http://ca-elcerrito.civicplus.com/Calendar.aspx?EID=350&month=2&year=2012&day=30&calType=0
“THE NEW METROPOLIS: Building a Sustainable and Healthy Bay Area in the Age of Global Warming” will bring together policy makers and community members to discuss strategies for urban and suburban revitalization and environmental sustainability in the Bay Area. The forum is being presented by the City of El Cerrito Environmental Quality Committee and co-sponsored by the West Contra Costa County League of Women Voters and Torrice Productions. Jazz vocalist Jennifer Johns will provide a spirited opening to the day. Award-winning filmmaker Andrea Torrice will show segments from her recent PBS series, The New Metropolis, as well as premiere a new segment about the Bay Area.
Following the screening, community dialog groups continue from 12:30 P.M-2:00 P.M. next door at Nong Thon Vietnamese restaurant in El Cerrito, with complimentary appetizers provided by the City of El Cerrito. Group discussions will focus on themes such as Food and Water; Housing and Transportation; Health and Air Quality; Climate Change Adaptation; the Role of Education, Arts and Media; and Economic Development.
The event is free and open to the public. Both venues are wheelchair accessible. Pre-Registration is strongly encouraged as space is limited.
Feb. 6 | Join the ReUSE Program
7-8pm | 204 Dwinelle
Would you like to help our campus reach Zero Waste through reuse? Our group is looking for a few more enthusiastic students to serve as ReUSE Station managers, develop outreach & educate the campus, coordinate and help out at our Reader Giveaways and 2nd Chance Clothing Sales, and hang out with fun sustainability-minded people every other week while enjoying FREE FOOD! Volunteer commitments are about 1 hr / week and schedules are flexible. We'll be holding our first meeting of the semester this Monday, 2/6 from 7 - 8PM in 204 Dwinelle (we'll have dinner food!). If you are interested in joining our team, please reply to ucberkeleyreuse@gmail.com by Sunday 2/5, and let us know if you have any food allergies before our first meeting! Check us out at reuse.berkeley.edu
Feb. 7 | Attend the Focus the Nation Clean Energy Forum
6-9pm | Eshelman Library
This forum, sponsored by the ASUC Sustainability Team and Focus the Nation, will focus on the question "Is 100% clean energy possible for the UC Berkeley campus?" By bringing students, professors, community businesses, professionals, and legislators together, we will engage in multi-disciplinary discussions to identify roadblocks and solutions on the road toward a fossil-fuel-free campus. Using the ideas and momentum generated during this forum, our student Focus the Nation chapter will develop and implement a clean energy action plan on campus that engages the partnerships we have formed in the community. Speakers and participants include Professor Daniel Kammen, Rachel Barge of Greenstart, Sungevity, the Local Clean Energy Alliance, Spearhead Solar, and Transition Berkeley.
RSVP on our Eventbrite Page (http://focusthenationforum.eventbrite.com) and check out our Facebook Event (http://www.facebook.com/events/230139187056120/)
We are hoping to bring together as many different voices as possible for this collaborative discussion, so please consider attending! It is free, there will be pizza and of course, stimulating ideas!
Feb. 9 | Check out the "Is Population Growth Inevitable?: How Slowing Growth Leads to Prosperity" lecture
7-9pm | Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (1924 Cedar St. at Bonita)
Free and open to all ages, donations accepted
510-848-9061 | dan@howmany.org | http://www.howmany.org/
Dr. Malcolm Potts and Dr. Martha Campbell of UC Berkeley's Bixby Center for Population, Health and Sustainability will enliven our Speaker Series for a fun and informative evening. The topic is "How to help people understand how to slow population growth". This is central to ameliorating global issues of economic hardship, threats to basic reproductive health care and fragile ecosystems disappearing at record rates - as well as local issues of carbon emissions and possible resource shortages. Apart from teaching at U.C., both spend time each year conducting research in the developing world.
