Dance-a-thon

PLAYgreen Festival

EVENT PLAYgreen Festival

Friday, Feb. 26th, 10am-4pm
Pauley Ballroom, MLK Student Union, UC Berkeley Campus

Join thousands of UC Berkeley students, campus and community supporters as they touch, taste, feel, experience and learn about the latest products, fashions, technology, services, sounds, cuisine and career opportunities from the very best local and national eco-friendly companies. Free.

"Bring a Tee, Save a Tree": Trade in two old T-shirts for a new organic one. The old ones will be recycled.

TIDES

BLOG What's Possible: The Tides Blog

A nonprofit founded in 1976, Tides partners with philanthropists, foundations, activists, and organizations across the country and around the globe to promote economic justice, robust democratic processes, and the opportunity to live in a healthy and sustainable environment where human rights are preserved and protected.

BASIL

EVENT BASIL: Bay Area Seed Interchange Library 11th Annual Seed Swap

Friday, February 26th, 7-9:30PM

Ecology Center: 2530 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley

FREE with food/food to share OR $10 donation

Potluck supper, hoe down music, home-grown garden seeds, and the company of fantastic local gardeners! Learn about seed saving classes and the library.

CA Voting Info

INFO California Elections and Voter Information

DATA BASE Cal-Access

Curious about... Who are California's lobbyists?Who hires these lobbyists?And how much money is changing hands?

Recovery & The Story of Stuff

DATABASE Recovery.gov

Recovery.gov is the U.S. government's official website providing easy access to data related to Recovery Act spending and allows for the reporting of potential fraud, waste, and abuse. (Note: reports made by Inspectors General, overseen by the Government Accountability Office.)

CALIFORNIA STATS

Unemployment = 12.23%

Stimulus Awards = $18.5 billion

Reported Job Creation = 110,219 jobs

ANIMATION The Story of Cap and Trade

Annie Leonard presents The Story of Cap & Trade, a cute and simple look at the leading climate solution being discussed at Copenhagen and on Capitol Hill.

Teaching Opportunities

JOB Teach For America

Teach For America aims to end educational inequity—the reality that in our country, where a child is born determines his or her educational outcomes and life prospects. We are working with a great sense of urgency to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation's most promising future leaders in the effort.

Next application deadline: January 8, 2010

PAID INTERNSHIP Breakthrough Collaborative

Breakthrough Collaborative is a national non-profit that increases educational opportunity for high-potential, low-income middle school students and inspires outstanding college and high school students to pursue careers in education. Consistently featured as a Top Ten Internship by the Princeton Review, Breakthrough’s innovative Students Teaching Students model partners middle-school students with college and high school students who serve as teachers, role models and mentors.

Next application deadline: March 1, 2010