Ripple Effects

Ripple Effects

An evening of music, art, and education about local, regional, national, and international aspects of water hosted by Greywater Action and co-sponsored by Hesperian and A Single Drop.

Saturday 20th March, 2010, 6-10pm
Cafe Leila, 1724 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley
$10-$50 (sliding scale)

Musicians: Justin Ancheta, Strange Angels Blues Band, Koralie "Sugar" Hill, Walter Ogi Johnson

Artists: Christina Bertea, Design Action Collective, Douglas Minkler, Julie Lam, Lauren Elder, Matthew Kertesz, Matlena Hourula, Phoebe Ackley, Street Art Workers, Sven Atema, Wilma Wyss.


Speakers: Laura Allen, Jeff Conant

The event is a benefit for
- Greywater Action, a group that educates and empowers people to build sustainable water culture and infrastructure.
- Planting Justice, a group that trains West Oakland youth in permaculture to maximize urban food production and sustainability in their neighborhoods.
- The Andean Water School, a new popular education institute in Bolivia whose mission is to revive indigenous Andean water stewardship.
- Friends of the Earth Middle East, a group that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli environmentalists to advance sustainable regional development and the creation of conditions necessary for lasting peace in the region.