Announcements
- Free classes at The Foundation Center's Learning Center
- Social Justice Center of Marin Meetings
Bay Area Events
- Golden Gate National Parks' Trails Forever Volunteer Projects & Hikes
- Occidental Arts and Ecology Center Schedule of courses, events & tours
- Bay Model Visitor Center Events Calendar
- Siskiyou Field Institute
Grants & Awards
- Bay-Watershed Education and Training Grant
Deadline: October 6, 2008
The grant funds projects designed to get students out into watersheds and natural areas to learn about the connections between watersheds and our ocean environments.
- School Garden Mini-Grants
Deadline: December 15th (applications available from September 1st)
Sometimes getting kids outdoors means visiting your own school's back yard, or playground. If you are an accredited school or day care program in Marin County and have dreamed of
starting a garden (vegetable, butterfly, flowers) you can now apply to EECOM for a mini-grant to get started. Mini-grants cover things like, seeds, soil, gardening tools, and
other direct garden costs.
Calendar
September 11
How to Green Your Business
You don't have to have a green product to be a green company. Learn from other local businesses how you can incorporate some "GREEN" practices and improve your bottom line. Assemblyman Jared Huffman (6th District - Marin/Sonoma Counties) and Marin County Supervisor Charles McGlashan (3rd District) will be making brief presentations.
September 16
School-Based Nutrition
Education Trainings
Marin County Office of Education in partnership with the Network for a Healthy California and the California Healthy Kids Resource Center is offering a free workshop
for Grades K-2 and 3-5.
September 13 & 27
Trekking the Model
Join a guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre operating hydraulic model of the SF Bay and Delta. Watch the tides ebb and flood as you learn how the model of the Bay helps us understand the complexity of California water issues past, present and future.
September 13 & 27
Aquarium Feeding Frenzy
Join a guided tour of the Bay Model,
Help Ranger Bill Cope of the Bay Model feed the hungry inhabitants of our fresh and saltwater tanks. Watch the different feeding styles of perch, crabs, sea stars and steelhead trout.
September 20
California Coastal Cleanup Day
Last year over 2,000 Marin County volunteers removed more than 14,000 lbs of trash and recyclables from our beaches, creeks, and inland waterways. With over 30 cleanup sites to choose from, there's a little something for everyone.
September 24-30
Take a Child Outside Week
By arming parents and teachers with resources for outdoor activities, the goal is to help children develop a better understanding and appreciation of the environment in which they live.
September 27
Tsunami: The Great Wave of Plastic Pollution — Stemming the Flow
Want to know more about the growing problem of plastic pollution in San Francisco Bay waterways and the world’s oceans? Come find out where plastic trash goes when it's washed into storm drains, creeks, and sloughs, and floats into the Bay. Real plastic will be launched into the Bay Model for demonstration.
October 1
Marin Clean Energy Event
Representatives of Marin Clean Energy and PG&E will provide information about clean energy. 45 minutes will be allocated for questions and answers.
October 4
Weed and Restore the Wetlands at Bothin Marsh
Save The Bay recently began work at this preserve at the north end of Richardson Bay. Surrounded by cordgrass and pickleweed, Bothin Marsh is home to several endangered species, including the California clapper rail and the salt marsh harvest mouse. Help create healthy habitat for these endangered species by removing non-native iceplant and replacing it with native salt grass.
October 18
No Child Left Indoors!
Inspired by Richard Louv’s Last Child in the Woods, and the disconnection between children and nature (Nature Deficit Disorder), the Bay Model will host a day of outdoor activities designed to get children reconnected to nature.
Event Details
Social Justice Center of Marin Meetings
The Social Justice Center of Marin meets the 4th Tuesday of every month at 7 pm at 1000 Sir Francis Drake, Rm. 18, San Anselmo. For more info, call Andy or Devi (415) 457-2434.
