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Natural History, Conservation & Resource Management, and Urban Agroecology certificates

09/03/2026

Hola Merritt students 🌿 the Environmental Center is bursting with life this time of year! if you're curious about what’s growing, stop by the Basic Needs Center in R028 where we regularly donate our seasonal harvest.

(If you go tomorrow, you'll find apples from our apple tree, ground cherries, rosemary, basil, mint, lemon cucumbers, and the cutest little carrots & chilis!) ✨🌱🥕🥬🍎💐🍅✨

Merritt College Basic Needs Center

08/12/2026

With the Fall semester coming up soon, there are still a few more spots left in LH: Shrubs and Geographic Information Systems Mapping Course!

Do you know what you're taking this Fall?

06/29/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to help in the Environmental Center garden! It was a wonderful mixture of former students, current students and workshop attendees ✨ Our reward was laughter, tender new potatoes, lemons and lots of basil 🥔🍋🌿

06/20/2026

🌱 The Environmental Center is bursting with life! 🌱

Current, former, and wannabe NHS students are invited to come help harvest, w**d, and maintain our garden.

📅 When: Friday, June 26
⏰ Time: 1:30–3:30 PM (stay as little or as long as you like!)

📍 Where: The Environmental Center, up the hill to the left of Parking Lot E (currently closed for construction)

Come get your hands in the soil, connect with fellow students, and help keep our garden thriving. We hope to see you there! 🌿💚

05/24/2026

More than a chance to be mindful in nature, our weekend workshop with the amazing Saumitra Kelkar .bio was a lesson on how to use our senses to fully connect to what is in our natural environments as well as what is missing or hidden, and ecosystems.✨ When we slow down we can hear more birds, identify insects by their flight pattern and understand how water flow and sunlight affect plants. 🌞🌿

Thank you Saumitra and all the wonderful people who came and embraced the experience! It was a fantastic way to end our workshop series 🪄

05/23/2026

Congrats to our wonderful graduates Kiya Paul (UA), Hafsy Vahidy (CRM), Susan Sobeloff (CRM), Diane Appel (NHR), Karen Zevallos (NHR), and Cooper Matuszak (NHR). Your future looks bright 🌞😎

05/05/2026

Huge thanks to Nancy Chang for sharing her inspiring story of starting a MEKHO business!✨

She reminded us that building relationships, overcoming fears, and taking small steps at your own pace can lead to big achievements. Plus, her green tea bites were amazing! We also squeezed in a visit to the Landscape Horticulture department's plant sale.🌱

04/30/2026

There are some things you can’t learn from a book, you have to feel them, witness them, and be guided through them.

Our recent mud dyeing bogolanfini workshop was exactly that. Deep gratitude to Verenice for sharing this practice from Mali that carries history, spirit, and meaning far beyond the surface. This isn’t just a technique, it’s a relationship between earth, hands, and intention.

Thank you to everyone who came with open hands and curiosity.✨

04/29/2026

This Saturday, come to the Environmental Center and discover how to turn your kitchen into a food business! Nancy was Oakland's first MEHKO entrepreneur.✨

04/22/2026

A huge thank you to NHS student Peter Lindsay for an amazing foraging walk in Leona Canyon, right in Merritt's backyard! 🌱 We found woodland strawberries, munched on tender Bay Laurel leaves, learned to harvest nettle, and discussed sustainable foraging. The tea made from freshly picked plants and Peter's incredible pesto with cow parsnip seeds were absolute delights, made even better by the pickled chanterelles! ✨

We will have another walk in Leona Canyon on May 23, this time with Saumitra Kelkar .bio . Check out the link to sign up for this free workshop in our bio!

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