Sunday, April 18th was the Earth Day celebration at Heron's Head Park in San Francisco. It also was the unveiling of the Center for Ecoliteracy, which is the most "off grid" building on public land in the US.
We had a great time, meeting new people and checking out the coolest green building we've seen yet!
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This is the new Eco-literacy Center, it is beautiful!
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This is the water tank that collects the greywater off the roof, and stores it for use inside the building.
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Check out these cool planters. They're made by sewing pieces of truck tire innertubes together!
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Here's the view from the back of the Eco-center. You can see the old shipyard in the distance.
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The snaky green stuff is the electrical conduit. It was painted green to remind people that the power comes from the sun, like a plant.
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They got an artist to decorate the conduit with beautiful steel leaves and vines.
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Here's the solar panels that power the building.
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The friendly volenteers from the Literacy for Environmental Justice program were on hand, talking about their native plant resoration. These girls raise native plants to plant and restore the local wetlants.
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This is the constructed wetland that cleans all of the building's biological waste.
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Look! It's not stinky at all!
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We met all kinds of interesting people!
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Here we are talking with the Census workers.
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Punsri of Rentalic hammed it up for us.
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Look! He can make his logo with his hands!
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We even met some hard working baby goats!
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