East
Bay Environmental Training
Make time this Fall to learn from a great assembly of people working
for the environment.
The East Bay Environmental Training program is a six-week immersion
course designed to provide participants with a sustainability and
justice framework for understanding local and global environmental
issues. The course will introduce participants to the urban environment
of the East Bay, as well as to local organizations and people active
in social change work. Sessions will include presentations by speakers
from a wide-range of organizations and projects (see list below),
as well as field trips, discussions, course readings, student projects,
and an evening film series.
The course begins with an introduction to ecology, environmental justice,
sustainability, and environmental health. Subsequent session topics
will include:
- Food and Agriculture;
- Water;
- Air and Toxics;
- Waste and Consumerism;
- Energy, Transportation, and Global Warming;
- Housing, Land Use, and Sprawl.
We'll look at both the problems we face and the solutions people are
working on. Our hope is that participants leave having become activated,
inspired, and better equipped to engage as advocates for protecting
and restoring the environment and its people.
Saturdays, October 7, 2006 - November 11, 2006
Time: 10am - 4pm
Location: Various locations throughout the East Bay.
Cost: $75 - $150, sliding scale. (One year Ecology Center membership
included.)
Space is limited. Call (510-548-2220 x233) or email (erc@ecologycenter.org) to find out if there is still space in the course. Provide your name, phone number and email address. Once you are registered, your payment must be received by Oct 1. You can pay:
- At The Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo, Berkeley, Tue-Sat 11-6,
by cash, check or credit card
- By calling in your credit card information to 510-548-2220 x233
Info: 510-548-2220 x233, erc@ecologycenter.org.
Schedule of Presentations
(Possibly subject to change)
The EBET will kick off with this evening film presentation. Click
on the title above for more information.
Day 1: Introduction + Air Quality/Toxics
October 7, 2006
- Robin Grossinger, San Francisco Estuary Institute, Historical
Ecology of the East Bay
- Karen Pickett, Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters, Activism and
the Environment
- Tiffany Golden, Ecology Center, Environmental Justice Overview
- Michael Wilson, UCB, Overview of Environmental Health and East
Bay air pollution point sources
Air/Toxics Panel Discussion with
- Dr. Henry Clark, West County Toxics Coalition, (Richmond, Contra
Costa County)
- Janice Schroeder, West Berkeley Alliance for Clean Air and Safe
Jobs
Click on the title above for more information.
Day 2: Food and Agriculture + Garbage and Consumerism
October 14, 2006
- Martin Bourque, Ecology Center, Our Local Waste Stream, Zero Waste
- Annie Leonard and Monica Wilson, Global Alliance for Incinerator
Alternatives (GAIA), Materials and product lifecycles, cradle
to cradle
- Jill Stapleton, Ecology Center, Sustainable products, fair and
local trade, green consumer choices
- Carl Rosato, Woodleaf Farm, Problems with conventional agriculture,
environmental impacts of pesticides, herbicides
- Maria Catalan, Catalan Family Farm, Organic farming, farmworkers
and farm conditions, small farmers
- Gerardo Marin, Ecology Center Farm Fresh Choice Program, Food
justice movements in the city, improving access to healthy food
Click on the title above for more information.
Day 3: Water
October 21, 2006
- Peter Vorster, The Bay Institute, SF Bay as estuary, watershed,
history of estuary, where we get our water and how it affects
bay health
- Junko Bryant and Mike Vukman, Urban Creeks Council, East Bay Watershed
Creeks
- Whitney Dotson, Environmental Justice and Water
- Laura Allen, Water Cycles, and politics of water
- Martha Berthelson, The Watershed Project, Wetlands, Restoration
Click on the title above for more information.
Day 4: Housing, Land Use, and Sprawl
October 28, 2006
- David Reid, Greenbelt Alliance, Overview of Land Use / Sprawl
- Bruce Mast, Green Affordable Housing Coalition
- Linus Eukel, Muir Heritage Land Trust
- David Reid, Greenbelt Alliance, Sustainable Development
- Kathryn Lyddan, Brentwood Agricultural Land Trust
- Kathy Gleason, Concord Naval Weapons Station Neighborhood Alliance
- Ron Brown, Save Mount Diablo
Day 5: Energy, Transportation, Climate Change
November 4, 2006
- Ori Skloot, Rising Sun Energy, Overview of problems with PG &
E power mix and its environmental impacts, work of the California
Youth Energy Services program
- Paul Fenn, Local Power, viability of alternative energy, economics
of alternatives to PG&E
- Jennifer Radtke, Biofuel Oasis, Transportation, impact of transportation
systems, alternative fuels, women-owned worker cooperative
- Alice La Pierre, City of Berkeley Energy Office, Personal action
on energy conservation
- Tom Kelly, KyotoUSA, Global warming, local initiatives
Day 6: Alternative Visions, Student Projects, Evaluation
November 11, 2006
- Ian Kim, Ella Baker Center, Reclaim the Future
- Student Reports
- More TBD
