By andrew | Published: May 27, 2009
On Saturday, May 16th TransForm held their annual summit on transportation issues in the Bay Area. Urban Ecology was invited to give a walking/BART tour of the East Bay Greenway. We met up with about 15 of the summit’s attendees and walked to Lake Merrit BART. While onroute to the Coliseum Station, we gave an [...]
By andrew | Published: May 19, 2009
The volunteer work day at Garfield was a lot of fun and hard work. One crew planted 10 trees and built some inspired cages around them. Others worked on the school garden. All of us got started planting the ground cover on the 17th St side of the school but we are not quite [...]
By andrew | Published: May 4, 2009
Thanks to everyone who came by our office for the first “Last Friday” event. We think it went very well and are excited to host more. The first theme we chose to design around was Child’s Play – how to design a space from a child’s perspective. We had about 15 designers, planners, and activists [...]
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It’s that time of year again – the Garfield Schoolyard Work Party! This year we will be planting trees, landscaping the exterior school grounds, and working in the gardens. The work day is Saturday, May 9, from 10-2 at Garfield Elementary in Oakland. Garfield Elementary School 1640 22nd Ave Oakland, CA 94606 (510) 879-1180 We [...]
