Green Festivals - Green Week

Green Week

Join us for Green Week November 7-15
San Francisco Green Festival invites you to participate in a week of art, activism and environmental service for urban renewal during Green Week, Nov. 7-15 sponsored by Communitree, Global Exchange and Art in Action.

Gain green skills (for free!), Roll up your sleeves, green your block, celebrate sustainability, collaborate with amazing people of all ages & make a real difference in your community.

Join us in Richmond, Oakland, Berkeley and San Francisco to create solutions to climate chaos and learn practical tools for resilience. We will restore watersheds, plant school gardens, install solar energy, build bamboo bikes and learn soil bio-remediation. In celebration of this movement, acclaimed artists from across the country will perform throughout the week.

For a full schedule of over 15 community Eco-Arts service projects go to: www.myspace.com/communitree.events www.communitree.net

Friday, November 6th
Solar Pond Installation & Urban Garden Eco-Arts
Host: Farms To Grow & CommuniTree

Description: This is an amazing opportunity to assist with installing a solar-powered pond at Charles Drew School, which will be used as an educational tool to teach students about alternative sources of energy and environmental sustainability. There will be Eco-Arts performances throughout the day during this lively and exciting service project.

When: Friday, November 6th, 2009
Where: Charles Drew School, 50 Pomona Street San Francisco, CA 94124
Time: 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Contact: Farms to Grow, Inc. (415) 359-7825

Saturday, November 7th
Urban Farming & Native Restoration
Host: Friends of Alemany Farm

Description: Come out to the largest farm in San Francisco for an inspiring day of urban agriculture, native restoration, soil fertility-building and special arts activities. Help prepare the farm for winter by digging new beds, cover cropping, and general harvesting.

When: Saturday, November 7, 2009, 12noon-5pm
Where: Alemany Farm, located at 700 Alemany Blvd, San Francisco
Contact: Julia Brashares, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , or 415-572-1727

Wednsday, November 11th
Urban Farming Service Day
Host: Alameda Point Collaborative: Growing Youth Project Farm www.apcollaborative.org

Description: Join the Growing Youth Project on an amazing urban farm in Alameda that provides formerly homeless residents with fruits, vegetables, eggs and honey. On this lively service day we will be facilitating activities around harvesting for produce delivery, planting native species, and possible onsite building project. Have the opportunity to support urban sustainable agriculture in Alameda.

When: Wednesday, November 11th, 2009, 2-5pm
Where: Growing Youth Project Farm, 2500 Barbers Point Road, Alameda
RSVP: Kate Casale 510.898.7828 · This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Friday, November 13th
Sustainability & Eco-Arts Education Day
Host: Esperanza Sustainability Center & CommuniTree

Service Project: A lively and engaging community day in an outdoor sustainability and urban gardening site in the Mission District, S.F. Learn about urban garden planting, natural building and other sustainability education projects. There will be eco-arts performance throughout the day.

When: November 13th, 10am-4pm
Where: Esperanza Community Garden, 685 Florida Street at 19th, San Francisco, CA
Contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Saturday, November 14th
Urban Tree Planting
Host: Urban Releaf, www.urbanreleaf.org

Description: Urban Releaf, an urban forestry organization will partner with the Keep Oakland Beautiful Board, a volunteer agency that does beautification projects around the city for a day of urban tree planting. Join other volunteers in planting an urban forest.

Date: November 14th, 9am-2pm
Where: Meet at 9am at 835 57th, Oakland, Ca 94608
Location: International Boulevard in East Oakland.

For more Green Week service events such as workshops in climate justice, watershed restoration, beach clean-ups, water catchment, permits/procedures for building community gardens, and how to lower your carbon footprint, go to www.myspace.com/communitree.events www.communitree.net.