Lawnlessness – Thinking Beyond Turf

Napa County Library 580 Coombs Street, Napa, CA, United States

Home gardeners will learn about lawn alternatives that are attractive, low water/drought tolerant, less maintenance, and benefit their soil to help mitigate climate change. Zoom Meeting. Rsvp at https://ucanr.edu/2023Oct5LibraryTalk

di Rosa Opening Reception: Ana Teresa Fernández

di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art is pleased to present Listen Louder: Ana Teresa Fernández (October 7, 2023-January 21, 2024). In her largest career survey to date, San Francisco-based multidisciplinary artist Fernández shows paintings, sculptures, and films alongside site-specific installations and performances exploring the intersection of migration and climate change. Land-based installations – including a glittering ‘SHHH’ floating on […]

Art in the Library: Ali Blum – Nature Makes a Comeback

Ali Blum is a Bay Area artist. Her series, “Nature Makes a Comeback” represents the optimism Blum holds in the healing power and magic of the planet. Folktales and myths have also been integral to her understanding of the world. Hybrid creatures have blended with mythological images of her childhood and manifest in her work. […]

Wild and Scenic Film Festival

Visions of the Wild. October 13 2023. 07:30pm - 09:30pm. 330 Virginia Street, Vallejo. Enjoy a selection of films including: The Rock Pool Waltz (8 minutes). Bring The Salmon Home (14 minutes). Endangered Migration: A Monarch Butterfly Story (7 minutes). Breaking Trail (30 minutes). Eco-Hack (17 minutes). BELLE River (11 minutes). Yuba is the Heart (10 minutes). This event […]

4th Annual Bay Area Youth Climate Summit

Calling all youth climate activists and advocates! Join the California Academy of Sciences and Bay Area Youth Climate Summit for the 4th Annual Bay Area Youth Climate Summit at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco! You are invited to join youth, educators, and climate leaders for an action-packed day filled with leadership, advocacy, and climate optimism and […]

Beyond the Bin: Napa’s Recycling & Composting Facility Tour Day

Join us on October 21st from 9 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. For a guided tour of what happens to your recycling and compost once it leaves your bins/carts and comes to our facility for sorting and processing! You can select your guided tour time when registering for the event. First tour starts at 9:15 AM […]

NCN COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE MEETING

The Communications Team’s goal is to get NCN!’s message out (educating NCN! members, partners, our elected representatives and the public about the importance of taking action on the climate emergency and how to do it), as well as to provide communications development support for Issue Teams and Committees. This is our monthly meeting held in […]

350 Bay Area – Monthly Climate Action Meeting

350 Bay Area - Monthly Climate Action Meeting – Great for new and seasoned folks! The 350 Bay Area monthly meetings are an online event for people to get plugged in and charged up with climate action! Join this monthly call to take action together online for the climate. This is a great event for new/ […]

Communities and Climate Solutions Kickoff Webinar

Christian O”Rourke, Rachel Mandelbaum, and Taylor Becker have announced a Communities and Climate Solutions Kickoff Webinar focusing on ways communities can maximize benefits from the Inflation Reduction Act. (Recall that Taylor has been featured in two of our team’s past webinars - April 9 2022 and February 25, 2023 - about How to Secure Federal Funding for State and Local Projects.) “The […]

Bringing Offshore Wind to California: A Conversation With CA’s CEC and CPUC

Young Professionals in Energy (YPE) SF Bay Area is hosting two energy policymakers for a conversation about the pathways and challenges to development of offshore wind energy in California. Senate Bill 100 set a 2045 goal of powering all retail electricity sold in California and state agency electricity needs with renewable and zero-carbon resources. It […]