Berkeley Green Gathering
Celebrating Our Local Climate
The Ecology Center and the City of Berkeley are joining forces to bring you this fun and stimulating event. Learn about a wide variety of exciting sustainability efforts going on within Berkeley, savor tapas from some of Berkeley’s best green caterers, listen to keynote speaker Bill McKibben, and mingle with movers and shakers in the local sustainability movement.
Saturday, November 6
6 – 9 p.m.
Berkeley Community College Auditorium
2050 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704 (map it)
Bill McKibben
Keynote speaker Bill McKibben is an American environmentalist and writer who has tirelessly advocated for action on global warming, alternative energy, and localized economies. McKibben led the organization of 350.org, which coordinated 5,200 simultaneous demonstrations in 181 countries to demand action on global warming.
Program
6:00 Berkeley Sustainability Projects
A varied sampling of local projects that are pushing us toward a future of environmental sutainability and economic vitality. See speakers and topics below.
7:20 Dinner and Mingling
Dishes prepared by: La Bonne Cuisine Trumpet Vine Catering Lucy Aghadjian Catering
8:20 The Global and the Local: Making Change Together
A discussion and slide presentation by Keynote Presenter Bill McKibben
