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Food & Farming
Welcoming Portia Bramble, Our New Food and Farming Program Director
The Ecology Center is delighted to welcome Portia Bramble as our new Food and Farming Program Director. Portia joins us...
Food & Farming
The Magic of Growing Food and Self-Reliance: An Interview with Local Black Urban Farmer Jamila Hubbard
Jamila Hubbard is the owner and farmer of Shindig Home and Garden, which sells microgreens at our Tuesday South Berkeley...
Youth Development
Youth Leaders on the Rise!
This September we bid farewell to our 12 Youth Environmental Academy (YEA) summer scholars as summertime comes to a close....
Food & Farming
Farmers’ Market Layout Changes – Coming August, 2025
In the coming weeks, you may see some big changes at our three weekly Berkeley Farmers’ Markets. We are significantly...
In the Face of Federal Budget Cuts: Market Match Offers Food Security and Food Sovereignty
At a time when Congress is trying to cut food security and healthy entitlements, the Ecology Center’s Market Match program...
Youth Development
Youth Environmental Academy Scholars: They get it
After two successful months of the Youth Environmental Academy under our belt, we are digging deeper into our climate literacy...
Zero Waste
Plastic Recycling: How our past always catches up with us
Some things work like a dream. Your household blue recycling cart, for example, —you put your recyclables in it, wheel...
Youth Development
With the New Year Comes Seeds and Scholars!
As the New Year kicks off, we’re ecstatic to welcome 14 new youth environmental scholars to the team. Every January...
Becca Prager Steps Down After 17 Years of Service
After 17 years of service, Becca Prager has stepped down from the Ecology Center Board of Directors. In the last...
Climate & Policy
Food & Farming
Farming in an Age of Climate Disaster: Interview with Bernie of Pomo Tierra Orchard
As we fight to “Keep it in the Ground” and end the production of fossil fuels and plastics that cause...
Youth Development
With Changing Seasons, Comes New Youth Staff!
This past spring and summer our Youth Environment Academy Scholars participated in a variety of eye-opening excursions in the Bay...
Sustainable Living
Zero Waste
Healthier Foodware for the Planet and it’s People
As a recycler (we are a founding member of AMBR) in a zero waste organization, we always look through the...
