April 2011

Paper, Plastic and What’s On Your Plate
posted on APRIL 21, 2011 by Madelein McCormick
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I celebrate Earth Day, every day. I don’t own a car—I use Zipcar, AC Transit or my own legs if I need to run errands. I recycle—not only plastic, paper and glass, but my old bras! Instead of throwing them out where they will end up in a landfill somewhere, The Bra Recylcers recycle your used or new bras and donate them to women who are transitioning to self-sufficiency.

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Happy Anniversary SNCC!
posted on APRIL 20, 2011 by Meredith Fenton
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51 years ago this week, SNCC (The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) was born out of a student retreat called by Miss Ella Josephine Baker.

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This Scared Me
posted on APRIL 20, 2011 by Abel Habtegeorgis
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With so much devastation happening in the world, I don’t look forward to the news these days. This morning, I should have kept it off, because the news I heard scared the crap out of me.

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It's Not Just About Cleaning Up a Creek.
posted on APRIL 19, 2011 by Hayes Morehouse
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I feel really fortunate to live in Oakland. It's a place that has challenges, but it's also a place that exhibits a remarkable resilience and ability to come together to solve its problems. Like last Saturday, when in honor of Earth Day, I joined about 20 other people to wade around in Arroyo Viejo Creek in East Oakland to clean out the accumulated trash from the rainy season. I love working with other people to make a tangible difference in a particular place.

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Race, Space and Nature
posted on APRIL 14, 2011 by Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, Jade Sasser, and Rachel Brahinsky
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How do race, space, and nature interact – and why does it matter? On April 27, scholars will come together at UC Berkeley to  look at how racial constructs are produced via interactions with one’s environment, be that urban, rural, or in between.  In doing so, they’ll be opening up one of the important paths to

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10 ways I am Greener Today than I was 10 Years Ago
posted on APRIL 13, 2011 by Jennifer Kim
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In honor of Earth Day, I found it interesting to reflect on 10 ways that my life is "greener" than it was 10 years ago. 1.    I walk to work most days of the week.  One of these days, I’ll ride my tricycle.

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Some Green, Some Brown — Governor's First 100 Days
posted on APRIL 12, 2011 by Ian Kim
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Today is Governor Jerry Brown's 100th day in office. To mark this occasion (and taking a step back from the seemingly endless budget wars), he is signing into law today a historic bill that will promote California's clean energy economy and create green-collar jobs.

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Oakland's Urban Farm Crackdown
posted on APRIL 11, 2011 by Molly Merson
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Maybe it’s my desire for efficiency, but every time I pass by an empty lot in the city, without fail, I start strategizing about what I want to plant there.

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April 10 is No Nukes Day
posted on APRIL 08, 2011 by Adrienne Hurley, Brian Bergstrom, and Owen Li
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All the media attention towards the explosions, fires, radiation leakage, and imminent meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant reminds me of a group of Japanese Atom bomb survivors I helped to bring and speak in the U.S. several years ago.

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Happy Birthday, Governor Moonbeam!
posted on APRIL 07, 2011 by Jennifer Kim
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Birthdays are about celebrating people and wishing them the best in the next year.  Today is Governor Jerry Brown’s 73rd birthday.   As the country’s most senior governor currently, he is also known for his frugality.  Besides the stuff you read in papers about how he’s cut staff, lives in a one-bedr

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