Ecology Center in the News

Close Tie: Addictive Olive Bread, Gluten-Free Macaroons

"Holy Cow" Convert Chats With Patch

Blueberries: It's All in the Taste

Best Breakfast Pastry: Kouign Amann at Starter Bakery

FREE acupuncture at the Albany Farmers Market

Historic Ecology Center has Plenty to Offer Local Growers

New farmers' market for Albany

Picnic in the Park to accept food stamps

Debating Berkeley's Ecology Center

The Berkeley City Council is considering ending its contract with the Ecology Center, a non-profit that pioneered curbside recycling nearly forty years ago. Caitlin Esch reports the council hopes to close a growing deficit.

Berkeley Recycling Workers at Odds After Consultant Report

Hundreds Attend Berkeley Council Workshop on Controversial Recycling Proposal

Best Seed Swap

Ecology Center wins Best of the East Bay award for Best Seed Swap

East Bay Express Article Covers Poaching

Poaching has long been a hot-button issue, but with the proposed increase to recycling fees in Berkeley, the frustration around the illegal collection of recyclables has never been higher. Reporter Caitlin Esch interviewed Ecology Center Executive Director Martin Bourque and Recycling Program Manager Daniel Maher for the article.

Don't Recycle That Plastic: Or, at least make sure it is recyclable before you do. That milk carton, by the way, isn't

Taking the local to the global - Berkeley's Ecology Center

Berkeley farmers' market: shopping for cauliflower

Plastic-free Farmer's Markets need our thanks!

United States: Zero-waste farmer's market

Berkeley farmers' markets

Going to the Farmers' Markets in Berkeley is like going to the circus, only with vegetables.

Rooted in Community 08: Youth Leadership In Food Justice Conference

Interviews and Poetry with FFC young leader Nakia Dillard and comrades.

A farmer's observations: The gift of good land in spring

Lean & Green: Tips To Save Money & The Planet

With a little help from the Ecology Center's Help Desk, CBS5 anchorperson Wendy Tokuda has begun to feature "lean and green" tips on the 5pm news. Tokuda is sharing ideas that both benefit the environment and save you money.

Berkeley Farmers' Market Leaves Plastic Bags Behind

Local Farmers' Markets to Implement Plastic Bags and Packaging Ban

Berkeley Farmers' Market First in Nation to Ban Plastic Bags, Packaging

Berkeley farmers markets doing away with plastic bags, packaging

Berkeley to be the first farmers market to nix plastic bags

Berkeley Farmers' Markets Get Greener, Eliminating All Plastic Bags and Packaging -- Celebrate with Them on Earth Day, April 25

Recession squeezes recycling programs

For their report on the rising costs of recycling and the dropping values for recyclables, CNN interviewed Ecology Center Executive Director Martin Bourque to provide some perspective. Read more about how these changes are affecting city budgets.

West Side Organics: Fresh Food Justice in Berkeley

For many in the Bay Area, it can take a whole paycheck to shop at Whole Foods. Diana Montaņo brings us to West Berkeley where a food justice project is making sure residents have access to fresh and organic fruit and veggies at an affordable price.

Taming the Tap

Organic Roots: From the rancho to the market

Saving the planet one action group at a time

City Looks to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions With Low Carbon Diet

Berkeley nudging residents to cut the carbon

Think Globally, Eat Locally: Make a resolution to eat right by cutting down on pesticides and petroleum

Changing the Climate One Person at a Time: Berkeley's Ecology Center thinks globally, acts locally to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Berkeley's Ecology Center thinks globally, acts locally to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Bay Area Wheat Makes a Comeback

SF Chronicle reporter Tara Duggan discovers that heirloom wheat is being grown within a 100-mile radius of the Bay Area. Flour and wheat berries from Sonora wheat are available at Full Belly's farm stand at the Tuesday Berkeley Farmers' Market. Whole wheat bread made from the wheat is available at Morrell's Bread at the Thursday and Saturday Berkeley Farmers' Market.

Changing the Way We Eat

Tomatoes Sweet Comeback

Chef Paul Canales of Oakland's Oliveto restaurant is a tomato connoisseur. A reporter for the Wall Street Journal follows Canales around the Berkeley Farmers' Market as he picks out 1,000 pounds of tomatoes for his annual series of tomato dinners, for which every dish features tomatoes, even the desserts!

New Farmers' Market in San Diego Encouraging Healthy Eating in Diverse Neighborhood

Best Seed Providers

BASIL seed library commended

36 Hours in Berkeley, Calif.

Real Food For All

In the Bay Area, shoppers can use public-assistance moneys to buy food from farmers markets. But finding out about the program is often only their first hurdle.

Catalog Choice on the Today Show

Terrain Reporters Interviewed about Drug Trade

Two of the contributors to Terrain magazine discuss "Cooking That Kills: Meth Labs in California" and "Greening the Green: California's Biggest Crop."

Eco News

Environmental Groups Cutting Catalog Stacks

Por una alimentación con justicia y salud

Berkeley markets boast roots that are 20 years deep: Farmers, food vendors bring fresh produce, healthy eats to popular weekly events

Using Graywater

The Dirty Water Underground

Best of the East Bay

If the Bay Area's environmental community were a body, Berkeley's Ecology Center would be its brain, disseminating massive quantities of information and helpful instructions throughout the system.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Earth Day: Where We've Been, Where We're Headed

Full Circle on EcoHouse's greywater system

Wetland, gray water at Berkeley EcoHouse

Group spreads message about ag

Gray water project saves water, helps bay

Corn Plastic to the Rescue

Cherry Avenue Auction Goes High-Tech

Programs Aim to Bring Healthy Food to All

Fruit, veggie vendors take EBTs from federal food stamp program

The Morning Show

Ecology Center Executive Director Martin Bourque participates in a panel discussion on Zero Waste.

EBT Comes to Stockton and Tracy Farmers' Markets

Berkeley Adopts Zero-Waste Goal

Biodiesel Offers Petroleum Alternative

Muni looks at 'clean air' biodiesel

Interview with Dave Williamson, Ecology Center Recycling Operations Manager

Ecology Center Celebrates Thirty Years of Recycling

Diesel fleet to run on biofuel in Berkeley

City of Berkeley Takes Pride in Burning New Fuel

Berkeley uses biodiesel to advance eco-progress

Berkeley Makes Bio-Diesel Conversion

Fill 'er up — with lard

City considers biodiesel

Better Living Through French Fries: Is biodiesel the fuel of the future?

International Trio Talks Trash

Bringing Together Farms and Urban Neighborhoods

From Fast Food To Fast Trucks Biodiesel Is On Its Way

Berkeley first in Bay Area to recycle with biodiesel; Trucks from Ecology Center run on waste oil from restaurants

Burning the Vegetable Oil

An ecological neighborhood

2008 Garden Crusader: Guillermo Vasquez of San Francisco, Calif.: Winner, Feeding the Hungry