Community Events

Sunday, April 24th from 11AM– 3PM, Lafayette Library & Learning Center

Presented by Sustainable Lafayette in conjunction with the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, the Lafayette Library & Learning Center, and the City of Lafayette.

Explore this year’s theme of Act Local. Throughout the day, we all have opportunities to make better, more environmentally-friendly decisions. Think about the products you purchase, the transportation options, the lunches we pack for kids, the snacks we carry with us to parks and sporting events. Could you take one more step and bring your reusable shopping bags, walk or ride, carpool once a week or choose fruit that comes in its own organic wrapper (oranges, apples and bananas)? Sustainable Lafayette’s mission has always been to support activities that enhance the quality of life in Lafayette. Making even small changes in your daily decisions can have a huge impact.

Things you can do at Earth Day:

• create art with recycled materials at the LPIE Art booth.
• recycle old, used crayons with the Crayon Initiative.
• help preserve open space in Lafayette
• reduce food waste with White Pony Express
• learn about choosing renewable energy for your home with MCE
• request larger recycling and compost bins for your home with Republic Services.
• Daisies, Brownies and Juniors can earn their Girl Scout Global Action Award.
• practice bike skills at the Safe Moves bike rodeo at Stanley Middle School (9:30-11am).
• take a guided creek walk with the Lafayette Creeks Committee

Check out our suggestions for more ideas to get started!

Food vendors:

• IzzyA frozen custard ice cream
• Ebbett’s Good To Go food truck
• 333 Food Truck

Green Awards

The annual Lafayette Awards of Environmental Excellence, more commonly known as the Lafayette Green Awards, recognize outstanding efforts that contribute to a more sustainable community and help the City achieve its environmental goals. More info can be found on the City’s website here.

Varroa mites on honeybees (Prof Stephen Martin, University of Salford)

In a recent Washington Post article, Darryl Fears reports that “the global spread of a virus that deforms the wings of honeybees and kills them in droves was caused by humans.” and it’s been happening for centuries.

While Asian honeybees that were traded in the former Soviet Union had learned to fight the mite that deformed their wings, their European cousins were less successful at fending off the pests.

Add the increased human trade of bees to the mix and it became a global pandemic.

For more information, visit Lafayette Creeks.

The Lafayette Community Garden and Outdoor Learning Center invites you to

our 4th Annual Fall Harvest Celebration | Sunday, October 18      

Please join us from 11AM to 3PM at the garden to share in the celebration!

Garden Tours | Games | Displays Refreshments

Music | Raffle | Native American Dwelling and Artifacts

Scarecrow and Apple Doll Making

FREE ADMISSION

Check out the UC Master Gardeners of Contra Costa County Plant Sale and Workshop.

The 2015 GET DRY Plant Sale and Workshop will be held September 26, 2015 at the corner of North Wiget Lane and Shadelands Drive in Walnut Creek.

For a free plant, Register!

Come for the final installation of Sustainable Lafayette‘s summer film series at the Lafayette Library & Learning Center on Tuesday, July 28th from 6:30p to 8:30PM in the Community Hall. Free snacks, cookies, coffee, and refreshments will be served. $10 donation requested.  $5 for students.

“Just Eat It” – Tuesday, July 28th – 6:30pm

We all love food. As a society, we devour countless cooking shows, culinary magazines and foodie blogs. So how could we possibly be throwing nearly 50% of it in the trash?

Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge. After catching a glimpse of the billions of dollars of good food that is tossed each year in North America, they pledge to quit grocery shopping cold turkey and survive only on foods that would otherwise be thrown away. In a nation where one in 10 people is food insecure, the images they capture of squandered groceries are both shocking and strangely compelling. But as Grant’s addictive personality turns full tilt towards food rescue, the ‘thrill of the find’ has unexpected consequences.

Questions? kimoveraa@sustainablelafayette.org