At last Saturday’s Greening Oakland Homes fair at the Montclair Women’s Cultural Arts Club, contractors were on hand to explain the options for going green.
Environment
Oakland cab outfit goes hybrid
February 24, 2010 – 10:52 pm
Friendly Cab in Oakland has put 15 Ford Escape hybrids on the road in the last month in an effort to reduce its carbon emissions.
Climate change: Is Oakland a model for a local approach?
February 24, 2010 – 4:05 pm
Mindful of the limits to both individual action and national and global policy, Oakland sees city government as a key climate change player.
Oakland’s Green Youth Arts and Media Center connects youth with job skills, environmentalism
February 10, 2010 – 7:52 am
A sustainable garden, hip-hop and multimedia production — the Green Youth Arts and Media Center opened on January 14th in Oakland. It’s mission: to connect environmental sustainability to cultural practices and to mentor Oakland’s future leaders. Jun Stinson reports.
‘Farm to School’ allies plan healthy food campaign
January 29, 2010 – 4:21 pm
When it comes to food systems, there are as many definitions of “local” as there are varieties of apple. Given federal, state and local regulations, what reforms are truly feasible? Activists gathered Thursday evening in the Oakland Unified School District’s administrative hub to plan and define their healthy food campaign.
After the quake, Oakland’s Haitian community reaches out to help
January 24, 2010 – 4:25 pm
In the wake of the powerful earthquake that rocked Haiti 12 days ago, Oakland’s Haitian community is organizing relief efforts, trying to protect Haitian immigrants from deportation, and praying for loved ones back home.
Oakland Food Policy Council plants seeds for a fall harvest
January 22, 2010 – 4:36 pm
By September, the Oakland Food Policy Council hopes to tell city government officials how Oakland can produce more of its own food and help citizens eat healthier.
Three ingredients travel across the country
December 8, 2009 – 3:27 pm
A container of pasta. A 10-pound tube of ground turkey. A can of tomato sauce. It was a Monday in November at a central kitchen in East Oakland and dozens of cardboard boxes were being unloaded, revealing the three main ingredients for a pasta and meat-sauce dish that would be served to elementary school kids [...]
As gears begin to turn, Temescal hopeful for new park space
December 8, 2009 – 1:40 pm
If you could turn a slab of cement and portable classrooms into a vibrant neighborhood park, what would it include? Last night at a community meeting in the Oakland International High School library, a group of approximately 25 North Oaklanders took part brainstorming what a new park could look like in their Temescal neighborhood.
Oakland groups address sustainable agriculture
November 11, 2009 – 4:26 pm
On Monday night people came out from around the East Bay to attend the Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA) event at the David Brower Center in Berkeley.
The event showcased Oakland organizations like Planting Justice, Communitree, Art in Action, People’s Grocery, Something for your Soul catering service, Healthy Hoodz, and Ital Pinay Jewelry. Each addressed the importance [...]
Green jobs grads still hopeful, despite stagnant economy
November 9, 2009 – 10:26 am
The Oakland Green Jobs Corps prepares underprivileged Oakland youth to find eco-friendly careers in a rough economic climate.
Bay Bridge closure changes carpoolers commute
November 5, 2009 – 1:11 pm
On Tuesday, Oakland North was in Rockridge listening to casual carpoolers talk about the closure of the Bay Bridge. Did it forced them to stay home? Seek other modes of transportation?
Mosswood garden dispute reflects the neighborhood’s uneasy change
November 3, 2009 – 7:00 am
In Mosswood Park’s community garden, two local businessmen have installed a growing area that displays their new eco-technology. It’s got vegetables, goldfish, and self-contained watering–and it’s set off deep divisions among the neighbors.
Oil spill contained as clean-up continues
October 30, 2009 – 9:25 pm
UPDATED: 9:00p.m. A still-undetermined amount of oil spilled from the Panamanian-flagged tanker ship the Dubai Star into the San Francisco Bay Friday morning around 6:48 AM, causing an oil slick two miles long and 220 yards wide.
Volunteers get hands dirty for school’s rooftop produce garden
October 25, 2009 – 6:06 pm
Volunteers did the heavy lifting this weekend as the rooftop of an Oakland middle school was prepped for its winter’s work: growing vegetables to help feed and teach local students and families.