Little Explorer Workshop: Children's Weekend WorkshopSpend time with your little explore this winter, building, creating, and tinkering together as they explore ramps and pathways, how water flows, and air dynamics. Materials invite children's experimentation and help them formulate cause-and-effect relationships. 9:30am - 10:30am Ages 4-511:00am - 12:00pm Grades K-1$130 ($110 for members) for 3 Saturdays.See ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: See description
Urban CompostingWinter can be a great time to start a new compost pile or to jump start one that just isn't breaking down. Join Garden For the Environment for a fun, hands-on workshop teaching basic methods of both backyard and worm composting! Compost is a rich soil amendment that will greatly ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
A Short Walk Through a Long StoryA Short Walk Through a Long StoryJoin Ranger George Durgerian on a short stroll in Rancho Corral de Tierra. Learn how the Peninsula Open Space Trust joined the community to preserve this open space.You'll also get a short orientation to Ocean View Farms stables.Directions: Turn east on 2nd Street in ...
Where: MontaraCost:
C.S.I. Open Lab: Zero WasteChallenge yourself and other visitors as you go through this lab finding the best ways to reduce, reuse and recycle your waste. View a screening of the short film The Story of Stuff followed by a discussion of how you and your family can spread the word and get involved. ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free with admission
Net-Zero-Energy Backyard Cottage Open HousePlease Join Our Celebration of a Net-Zero-Energy Backyard Cottage! The Story of Karen's Cottage: When Karen Chapple, a planning professor from the College of Environmental Design, met with a team of students from Dr. Ashok Gadgil's Design for Sustainable Communities course, neither knew what was brewing. Karen discussed how her ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Chemistry Photo Scavenger HuntThis is a chemistry photo scavenger hunt that requires a camera with a SD memory card. One memory card per team. Alternatively you can bring the item in but some clues will require an interaction with other people such as form a ringed moleculeExamples of clues:Oxygen (answers may include molecules ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
37th Annual Fungus Fair: January 7-937th Annual Fungus Fair: January 7-9, 2011Hours: Friday 4:00 to 7:00 pm; Saturday/Sunday 10:00 am to 5:00 pmThe fair opens early this year on Friday, 4:00-7:00 p.m., with a lecture and cooking demonstration. Friday admission is only $5.Come to Santa Cruz and visit the kingdom of Fungi! Learn about the ...
