Future skyline of San Francisco

PLANS

Transbay Transit Center

The Transbay Transit Center/Caltrain Downtown Extension Project is headed by the Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA). The purpose of the TJPA is to design, build, operate and maintain the new Transbay Transit Center and associated facilities in downtown San Francisco, including the extension of the Caltrain commuter rail 1.3 miles into the new Transit Center, and accommodations for future California High-Speed Rail.  

STORE

Recycle Bicycle

We are a bicycle shop in Berkeley that focuses on quality and affordability.

EVENT

Food Coop Date Auction

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009, 8:30pm @ Bobby G's Pizzeria

The Berkeley Student Food Cooperative

FOOD SOURCE

Berkeley Student Food Coop

The mission of the Berkeley Student Food Cooperative (BSFC) is to provide fresh, healthy, environmentally sustainable, and ethically-produced food at an affordable price to students and the local community. We are in the process of establishing a student-run market and café, opening January 2010, that will offer delicious sandwiches, soups, groceries, juices, coffee, and pastries, and also serve as an open and vibrant community space for local arts and events.

Real Food Challenge

Uniting students for just and sustainable food

BOOK

Standing Up to the Madness by Amy Goodman

From global warming, to global warring, to the global economic meltdown, people are challenging the powers that be. Standing Up to the Madness profiles the everyday people who are standing up for what they believe in-and changing the world. This book offers hope and inspiration for anyone trying to make the world a more just and peaceful place, and includes practical information for how individuals can take action and effect change.

First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Next they fight you. Then you win. - Mohandas K. Gandhi

FILM

Independent Lens

Airing weekly on PBS, the Emmy Award®-winning series Independent Lens is a film festival in your living room. Each episode introduces new documentaries and dramas made by independent thinkers: filmmakers who take creative risks, call their own shots and find untold stories in unexpected places.

ACTIVITY

Berkeley Path Wanderers Association

Dedicated to the creation, preservation and restoration of public paths, steps and walkways in Berkeley for the use and enjoyment of all. 

Foods

BOOKS
Farm City by Novella Carpenter

In Defense of Food and Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

FILM
Food, Inc.

"You'll never look at dinner the same way"

People United for a Better Life in Oakland

ORGANIZATIONS
PUEBLO

People United for a Better Life in Oakland (PUEBLO) is a multi-ethnic, multi-issue community membership organization. We use organizing, direct action, policy research and analysis, leadership development, popular education, and coalition building to confront the issues that affect the lives of our membership.
CURRENT CAMPAIGNS:
Urban Youth Harvest
Campaign for Community Safety and Police Accountability

Cycles of Change

Helping the East Bay grow and sustain a mosaic of healthy urban communities deeply connected to each other and the living world. We accomplish this through bicycle education, wholesome nutrition, environmental education and just resource allocation!

The Green Chain

FILM

The Green Chain

The battle between loggers and environmentalists is defining, dividing and destroying communities in Canada and around the world. The Green Chain is a powerful, funny and thought-provoking film about the conflicts between people on both sides of the battle who love trees -- and are willing to risk anything to protect their personal visions of the forest.

Earth Week 2009

DATABASE

Scorecard - The Pollution Information Site

Get an in-depth pollution report for your county, covering air, water, chemicals, and more.

EVENT

Earth week at UC Berkeley - April 20-24

FILM

"Flow: For Love of Water" Movie Night

April 24, 7-9p, 2050 VLSB

Irena Salina’s award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis.

ORGANIZATIONS

Green For All

An approach to addressing social injustice and the environmental crisis

City Slicker Farms

Growing affordable fresh produce for West Oakland

People's Grocery

Healthy food for everyone

RESOURCE

The Long Haul

A South Berkeley Infoshop and Community Resource Center

Ecology Center

The Ecology Center provides the public with reliable information, tools, hands-on training, referrals, strategies, infrastructure, and models for sustainable living.

EVENT

Amy Goodman Speaking Tour comes to California