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The 30th Annual Recycling Update—a leading Zero Waste conference in Northern California for resource management professionals—is coming to San Francisco State University’s McKenna Theater on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. Hosted by the Northern California Recycling Association and co-sponsored by the Ecology Center, this one-day event will include 20+ speakers from across California and the West… Read more »

Very few activists and civil society leaders focused on zoning until they began to understand its immense power to shape our cities. Zoning plays a key role in who bears the burdens and who reaps the benefits of development, including deciding where toxic facilities are sited and if affordable housing is possible. It has proven… Read more »

Holiday social, tasting & sale. Serendipitous encounter with sustainability minded folks plus mall-batch, hand-crafted, farm-direct goodies at market price and below. Lots of gorgeous gifts for under $20… Read more »

Do you have socks that need repair? Are you curious about visible mending? Do you like keeping clothing out of landfills? If you answered yes to any of these, or just want company while you sew, join us for our next Mending Circle at OACC on Friday, Dec 5, at 12 noon. There will be… Read more »

  When countries experience on-the-ground violent conflict, every facet of culture is impacted, not least of all foodways. When people are displaced or communities destroyed, what becomes of generational food knowledge and practices? Of rituals and traditions that celebrate harvests or holidays? And what of agricultural land that is made uncultivable from toxic bombs or… Read more »