InBerkeley

I always knew when I moved from London to California I was putting myself in more danger of  myriad natural disasters.

Now these My Hazards maps, courtesy of the California Emergency Management Agency, show me precisely how much danger. The one on the left, above, shows the proximity of the UC campus to the Hayward Fault and earthquake-induced landslide area. The map on the right shows a very high fire hazard area just to the east of Grizzly Peak Boulevard and Arlington Avenue.

It’s not that we don’t know these things. But it’s a sober reminder seeing them illustrated so starkly in graphic form.

Hey, take five and input your own address for a pinpoint accurate look at just how close an earthquake, flood or fire could be to you!

Environment, Nature Environment, Nature

The city of Berkeley, U.C. Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will join other partners this Friday at the second annual East Bay Green Corridor Partnership summit. The partnership estimates it has already drawn $76 million to the region in investments for sustainable programs and projects. As reported in the San Francisco Business Times, Friday’s summit will feature a video conference with U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, who will discuss the Obama Administration’s focus on energy funding and biofuel clusters in the East Bay. Jay Keasling, CEO of the Joint BioEnergy Institute and Acting Deputy Director of Berkeley Lab, will give the keynote speech.

The summit takes place this Friday, June 26, between 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. at the Oakland Museum of CA, 1000 Oak St., at 10th St., Oakland. Admission is free.

General Berkeley, Green

Walking the Market with Bill Fujimoto and Chef Paul Canales from Oliveto Community on Vimeo.

InBerkeley wrote last week about the unexpected departure of Bill and Judy Fujimoto from Monterey Market. You can see what the market may be missing in the video shot last week of Bill Fujimoto touring Berkeley’s Derby Street farmers’ market with Oliveto chef Paul Canales.

Food, Green