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Located in the greenest building in the East Bay, Gather at the David Brower Center in downtown Berkeley is a restaurant, café and organic bar designed to inspire community. Featuring a menu of seasonal farm food, carefully sourced and thoughtfully prepared to appeal equally to vegetarians and omnivores, Gather offers a place people can, well,…

Next up, Gather at the David Brower Center opened this week in Berkeley. Reclaimed wood and other reused materials that were — yes — gathered from around the Bay Area make up the interior of honey and sand hues. Old Sonoma high school bleachers were turned into banquettes and tables; and lights over the bar…

It’s not as if Berkeley didn’t have enough restaurants already, but that embarrassment of riches just got more blush-worthy with the opening of Gather this week. Executive chef Sean Baker, who hails from San Francisco’s Millennium, is putting the emphasis on seasonal, farm-fresh food for vegetarians and omnivores alike. There’s a takeout cafe and patio,…

When you hear either the word “Berkeley” or the word “organic”, two things come to mind, and they are the other of those words. Making that a good thing, Gather. From two Bay Area “food activists”, Gather’s a 150-seat eatery that’s 100% committed to making organic, farm-to-table fresh grub that even normals will want to…

A few days before it opened in early May, we got a sneak peek at Downtown Berkeley’s David Brower Center, a 50,000-square-foot multi-use space hailed as the East Bay’s “greenest building.” Designed to be 40 percent more energy-efficient than conventional structures of its size, featuring zinc siding, photovoltaic panels, high-efficiency lighting, low-pressure ventilation, non-toxic fabrics…

Several compact Meyer Sound audio systems are part of Berkeley’s new, low carbon footprint David Brower Center. The new David Brower Center’s low carbon footprint has made an impression on the environmentally progressive city of Berkeley, Calif. From photovoltaic power and natural lighting to compact Meyer Sound audio systems in the gallery, auditorium, and meeting…

The groups that act as stewards for the earth’s oceans, land, water and wildlife are facing a new battle: the poor economy. With the national unemployment rate hovering around 9.5%—the highest it’s been in 25 years—and more than 14.5 million Americans out of work, funding for the nation’s large and small environmental nonprofits has stalled,…

The new David Brower Center’s low carbon footprint has made an impression on the environmentally progressive city of Berkeley, California. From photovoltaic power and natural lighting to compact Meyer Sound audio systems in the gallery, auditorium, and meeting rooms, the building is both earth-friendly and inspirationally high-tech. Occupants of the center’s office space include advocacy…

BERKELEY – The David Brower Center, a new institute for environmental and social action that opened recently in Berkeley, has chosen an appropriate subject for its inaugural exhibition. Then and Now features 25 large-scale black-and-white images by the renowned Brazilian documentary photographer and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado. Although small in size, the show contains works that…

I’ve just finished a tour of the David Brower Center. The center’s home is a state-of-the-art green building that faces the tennis courts on Allston Way in Berkeley. Its spot was formerly a parking lot that belonged to the City of Berkeley, which donated it to the Brower Center in exchange for construction of an…