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Climate Action and Adaptation Tour at the EcoHouse 8/13/11

August 10, 2011 by Ecology Center

Draw inspiration to reduce your impact on climate change, and climate change’s impact on you. We’ll present ideas for do-it-yourself projects with a tour that features our toolshed built with 4 different natural building methods–strawbale, rammed earth, clay, and cob–all topped with a living roof; our ground-breaking constructed wetlands and simple laundry greywater systems; an… Read more »

Calling Alameda County Residents: Recycle to Win Cash & Prizes!

April 15, 2011 by Ecology Center

In 2003 the Ecology Center hosted a contest in Berkeley called Cash for Trash, a fun and educational event in which volunteers audited the trash cans of participating residents, and the residents with trash cans most devoid of recyclable material won cash money prizes. The event, funded by StopWaste, awarded a total of $7500 in… Read more »

Sign up for the EcoHouse Tour with Compost Clinic, 2/20

February 16, 2011 by Ecology Center

Come get inspired and learn new skills at the EcoHouse with a tour of the site and gardens, followed by a clinic on home composting. Begin at 10am with a tour of the Ecology Center’s EcoHouse demonstration site and learn about simple improvements that can be made to green an urban home. The tour includes:… Read more »

Ecology Center Wins Zero Waste Achievement Award from California Resource Recovery Association

September 6, 2010 by Ecology Center

The California Resource Recovery Association chose the Ecology Center’s Berkeley Farmers’ Market as the winner of the 2010 Zero Waste Achievement award. The Ecology Center has long been working toward a Zero Waste future, and in 2009, the Berkeley Farmers’ Market became the first farmers’ market in the nation to eliminate the distribution of plastic… Read more »

Grover WonderGrow Compost Once Again Approved for Organic Farmers

August 18, 2010 by Certified.Organic.Magazine

In the spring issue of Terrain Magazine, the article “Compost Confidential” covered the travails of Grover—the composter that turns Berkeley’s kitchen and yard waste into rich compost that many regional organic farms used. Bifenthrin, a pesticide found in some commercial lawn fertilizers, was detected in Grover’s WonderGrow Compost, along with Nortech Gold and Clean… Read more »