June 7 Community Day at UC Berkeley Art Museum

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Community Day: Localize! Environmental Activism at the Grassroots

June 7, 2009; 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

UC Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley

510-642-0808

Sculpture Garden, Terraces, and Human/Nature Galleries

Admission to the galleries is free all day, including guided tours and all

Localize! activities!

 

RIDE! Free valet bike parking by Centro Comunitario de Bicicletas.

 

Engaging the need and desire for community-based responses to ecological and

economic realities, Localize! offers hands-on activities, demonstrations,

performance, and information-sharing with representatives from urban

neighborhood-based art and ecology projects and similar student-organized

efforts. Plus enjoy refreshments and Human/Nature tours with UC Berkeley grad

students!

Some participating projects and artists:

 

Forage Oakland

Imagine your neighborhood as an edible map. The gleaning of unharvested fruits;

the meeting of new neighbors; the gathering and redistribution of fruits that

would otherwise be wasted—these can create a new paradigm for thinking about

food, exchange networks, and local sustainability.

http://forageoakland.blogspot.com/

Join us for a public exchange of marmalade and jam made from locally foraged

fruit!

 

Urban Youth Harvest

Oakland youth bike their way to harvest excess fruit from Oakland's backyards

and provide this delicious and nutritious bounty to low-income seniors who lack

access to healthy produce. UYH participants also act as community educators on

health, nutrition, and the need for a sustainable food system.

http://www.peopleunited.org/uyh.html

Make and enjoy organic lemonade with us, and exchange other citrus fruits and

healthy recipes!

 

Temescal Seed Swap

The seed swap cart—a mobile site for exchange built entirely from recycled

materials—will be stocked with a selection of local flower and vegetable seeds.

Temescal Seed Swap is a project of marksearch, whose current work can be viewed

at: http://www.10000stepsoakland.org/

Contribute favorite seeds from your garden to the swap, or come by and take some

local seeds home. No one turned away for lack of seeds!

 

Mandela Foods Cooperative

Realizing a years-long community organizing effort, Mandela Foods Cooperative

will open on June 6 to provide fresh, affordable produce from local farmers;

nutrition education classes; and cooperative investment programs for West

Oakland residents.

http://www.mandelafoods.com

 

Greywater Guerrillas

Want a bountiful garden irrigated from your greywater? Interested in a toilet

that uses no water? Reduce your dependence on the water grid with simple and

low-cost rainwater harvesting, greywater reuse, and waterless composting

toilets.

http://www.greywaterguerrillas.com

Check out our life-size models and put together some demo systems yourself!

 

Society for Agriculture and Food Ecology

S.A.F.E. is a UC Berkeley student organization that facilitates honest

discussion regarding agricultural sustainability, ecological integrity,

healthful human nutrition, and vibrant rural economies for the campus and

community via panels, speakers, events, and workshops.

http://www.agrariana.org

 

The Local

The Local is a UC Berkeley student cooperative organic vegetable and fruit stand

open for business every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sproul Plaza in

front of the MLK Student Union. At this student-run stand, you can purchase

locally grown, sustainable produce at a reasonable price while supporting local

small farmers.

http://www.sustainability.asuc.org/TheLocal.html

 

http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/events/education/human_nature/community_day

 

Check out raw food at Cafe Muse http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/visit/cafemuse