Spring 2010
Table of Contents
The Great Escape
California sea lions are on the move but not sharing their itinerary.
Grow wetlands, fight global warming?
In the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, just north of the San Francisco Bay, canals and cultivation long ago replaced the region’s original ecosystems.
The Fog Is Rising… or Is It?
Will global climate change impact our natural air conditioning?
Energy Drinks
How the beverage industry is turning waste into sustainable power.
Urban Farms vs. Urban Zoning
Thinking about selling those backyard carrots? Think again.
Compost Confidential
Ten years ago, over a third of the garbage that cities in Alameda County sent to the landfill was food scraps and food-soiled paper.
The Story of…. The Story of Stuff
Interview with Annie Leonard.
The Ecology Center celebrates forty
Happy 40th to the Ecology Center.
Collective Conscience
Kirk Lumpkin, special events coordinator for the Berkeley Farmers’ Markets, began working at the Ecology Center as the farmers’ market co-manager in 1991. He has the longest tenure of the Ecology Center’s current cohort of employees, and he came in on a wave of change for both market and organization. “I’d been selling at the [...]
Timeline
The Ecology Center through the years.
Dear Reader
A note from Ecology Center Executive Director Martin Bourque.
Essential Reads
By Lisa Owens Viani and Gina Covina
Saving the World: Sometimes It Helps to Be Small
Learning from grassroots biodiversity groups
Book Review: Stop Growth Now!!
Dutch agriculture scientist Arie Kamphorst sounds a warning
