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August 2nd SUNDAY Garden Work Party!

[ August 8, 2010; 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Join us from 12pm to 4pm and
enjoy a day in the garden. Activities for the day will include
harvesting delicious fruits and veggies for a locally- sourced,
organic meal, pruning, chicken-care, seed starting, weeding, and
trestling. We will share meal together and trade
skills, starts, and stories.

Looking forward to seeing you then.

Love,
the solmates
Amanda
Cass
Miriam
Morgan
Olivia
Patrick
Salima
Yvonne

URBAN BEETS – SOL Celebrates 7 Years!

[ May 8, 2010 12:00 am to May 9, 2010 2:00 am. ] Come celebrate our 7th Birthday & help us raise funds for our super awesome summer youth internship

Location: sol 1236 23rd Ave Oakland, CA 94606 (between E12th & International Blvd.)

April 2nd Sun & Mural Celebration

[ April 11, 2010; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Join us for some early spring harvesting & planting! As well as an extra special feast in celebration of our Mural Project completion.

Featured herb being harvested: Mugwort

Reduce Your Footprint in 2010: A Free Community Workshop

[ February 25, 2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The City of Berkeley, the Berkeley Energy Commission, the Ecology Center, and the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists invite you to a fun and informative workshop to help you and your community group reduce global warming emissions. At this workshop you will: Find out how your lifestyle practices and the choices you make as community [...]

The Global Food Crisis and Local Solutions

[ January 27, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ]
So that we can plan, please RSVP to: LAutler@GrassrootsOnline.org, or
info@oaklandinstitute.org; 510-469-5228

We hope to inspire your financial support, so please bring your checkbook!
Donations will support the work of Grassroots International and the human
rights to land, water and food.

Join Online and Support the Oakland Institute

BIKE TO WORK DAY

[ May 13, 2010; ]

January 2010 2nd Sunday

[ January 10, 2010; 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Interested in learning more about SOL and helping support our work?
Come put your hands in the earth and help us get our garden ready for
a bountiful 2010. We will share stories (we have some good stories,
ideas, and exciting plans) and a delicious family-style, vegan, local
meal.

Looking forward to seeing you then!

12-4
Lunch @ 3pm
sol – 1236 [...]

December 2009 2nd Sunday

[ December 13, 2009; 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Join us for our monthly work party and local, seasonal vegan lunch!

Projects for this Sunday include:  sheet mulching, turning compost, chicken coop maintenance and weeding.

Skill-Share topic: Bay Friendly Gardening: Landscaping with Native & Drought Tolerant Plants with Shereen & Beatrice

12-4  2pm
Lunch @ 2pm
skill-share @ 2:30pm
sol – 1236 23rd ave at international blvd.

November 2009 2nd Sunday

[ November 8, 2009; 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Come help us plant our winter garden and mulch. As usual, a vegan lunch will be served around 2pm with a skill share to follow at 2:30pm.

Skill Share: “Mind your own Bees’ Wax” with Beatrice

Learn how to filter your own freshly harvested wax for future use in candle making, cosmetics, batik, etc. There will also [...]

SOL Summer Internship End of Summer Showcase

[ August 13, 2009; 12:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Join us for an afternoon luncheon and internship showcase hosted by SOL Summer Interns; who will be preparing food (some of which they grew themselves in the SOL garden) for the luncheon, giving tours of the garden and presenting a slide show chronicling their summer working at SOL.