Watch the African Colony penguins maintain their shelters and dive in the water, and enjoy feeding shows every day at 11 am and 3:30 pm. During the shows, visitors may watch and ask questions as one the Academy's aquatic biologists dons a wet suit, takes temperature measurements, and then tosses vitamin-stuffed herring and capelin to the penguins. Each feeding takes 20 minutes. For more information and admission fees, please visit www.calacademy.org

Six African spotted-necked otters (including two young pups) and four Asian small-clawed otters will captivate your heart and take your on a journey into their native African and Asian habitats. There, you'll encounter tropical freshwater fishes, reptiles and plants. The exhibit shares the otters' unique stories and personalities through caretakers' journals, video and photographs. For more information and admission fees, please visit www.mbayaq.org

More than 5,000 square feet of circus spectacle and science-from the high wire to the lemonade... Daring you:

• To walk a tightrope 9 feet above ground to understand balance, concentration and the body's reaction to risk
• To time yourself on a piece of tightrope to see how long you can hold your balance.
• To twirl through the air like an "Elastic Acrobat" to feel angular momentum at work.
  
• To compare your strength to legendary performer "The Mighty Atom" and measure your force while trying to shape a steel bar.

What is a green farm? It's a self-sustained farm that generates everything it needs within its boundaries. You will find delightful chicks chirping in their hatchery and goats waiting to be brushed by little hands. These creatures are also participating in the cycle of sustainability. Come visit and bring your children. They will love the little chicks and goats! For more information, please visit Coyote Point Museum

Toddler Tuesday is a unique hands-on, environmental education-themed, early childhood program. On the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month (except where noted,) Coyote Point Museum hosts this activity for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers. Toddler crafts, exploration activities, and live animal presentations are part of this program. Each month has a different theme. For more information,
please visit Coyote Point Museum

Fun filled activity using flowers and other plants from the Garden. Led by Filoli staff and volunteers. $5 for members and $10 for non-members. Fee includes all materials costs. For more information For registration and more information, please visit Filoli Gardens

Camp Coyote is divided into five distinct camps to provide age appropriate activities and creative, hands-on, learning experiences, including live animal encounters. For more information, please call (650) 340-7598.

Chef and food activist Jessica Prentice will introduce her book Full Moom Feast which champions locally grown, humanely raised, nutrient-rich foods and traditional cooking methods. The book follows the thirteen lunar cycles of an agrarian year. Each chapter includes recipes that display the richly satisfying flavors of foods tied to the ancient rhythm of the seasons. After, farmers from Hidden Villa’s Los Altos Hills Community Supported Agriculture Program will be presenting information about their small-scale, organic, biodiverse, direct market farm. For more information, please visit Keplers Go Green Events

Tour the Ecology Center's environmentally friendly demonstration home and garden. Get a comprehensive vision of many of the simple improvements anyone can make to their urban home. Tour includes: solar panels, on-demand water heater, water saving fixtures, natural and recycled building materials, Berkeley's first city permitted wetland / graywater system, water catchment strategies, chickens & ducks in the city, a living roof garden, organic permaculture gardening, native drought tolerant plants, mushroom cultivation, and more. Near North Berkeley BART. For more information, please visit Ecology Center or call 510-548-2220.

This workshop covers backyard composting, worm composting and organic gardening techniques unless otherwise specified. Workshops are taught by a certified master composter/organic gardener. The workshops are free and no reservation is required. For more information and other workshop locations, please visit Recycle Works

Enjoy this self guided and bicycle friendly tour in and around Palo Alto. Learn what motivates your neighbors to grow their own food! Discover how folks weave edible plants into both garden beds and the landscape! Meet the gardeners and get inspired by the special features of their gardens! Tickets are $35. Registration packet, including maps and garden descriptions, given at check in, from 10:30 am - 3:00 pm at Common Ground. For more information and registration, please visit Common Ground

Enjoy a summer night under the stars with the Peninsula Astronomical Society with a special indoor presentation for children and adults beginning at 8:00pm (optional). Then around 9:00pm, head outside to view the sky through massive telescopes. Observe numerous constellations, star clusters, galaxies and more. FREE refreshments will be available. Bring a flashlight and blanket/chair! For registration and more information, please visit Hidden Villa

Part of the Independence Day celebration, a tent sponsored by Kepler’s will have information on green transportation and the independence from oil. Representatives will include Sherry Boschert, president and co-founder of the San Francisco Electric Vehicle Association and the author of Plug-In Hybrids: The Cars That Will Recharge America. Other participating organizations will be in attendance relating to the following items: bicycle, transit, livable city and alternative fuels. For more information, please visit Keplers Go Green Events

Help grow native wetland plants in the native plant nursery at this beautiful park. Activities include plant propagation, transplanting and watering. No experience necessary, all ages welcome. Gloves, tools and all instruction are provided. For more information and registration, please visit Save The Bay