Here are some listings from the Green City Calendar, the National Park Service and elsewhere. February Thursday & Friday - - February 19 & 20 - - Local Currency Conference sponsored by the Center for Community Futures. Featured speakers: Lewis Solomon, author or “Rethinking Our Centralized Monetary System,” Edgar Cahn of the Time Dollar Insitute, Susan Witt of the E.F. Schumacher Society, and many presenters from local and famous programs, including Ithaca, NY. Registration fee is $245, with an evening reception and a luncheon included. To request a full conference brochure, contact Jim Masters at jmasters@cenfomfut.com or by fax at 510.339.3803. Thursday - - February 26 - - Great Blue Herons of Golden Gate Park with Tom Henry and Nancy de Stefanis. See slides and a video of Great Blue Herons courting, nesting and raising their young on an island in San Francisco. Randall Museum San Francisco Natural History Series. 7:30 p.m. Free admission. 415.554.9604. March March 31 to April 2 Ecology, Management and Restoration of California Annual Grasslands. This 3-day short course at UC Davis will cover a wide variety of topics including ecological history of California grasslands, livestock grazing and watershed management, yellow starthistle control, managing for biological diversity, prescribed burning, ecological restoration principles, grassland and riparian restoration, non-point pollution, and habitat value of the annual grassland ecosystem. For more information contact Craig Thomsen, UC Davis Dept. of Agronomy & Range Science Tel. (530) 752-8810 email: cdthomsen@ucdavis.edu Ongoing School Environmental Education Docents (SEED) helps bring environmental excitement to elementary school kids. Work with children and their teachers on hands-on restoration and garden projects or volunteer as a docent throughout the school year. Call 415.382.0289. Environmental Volunteers offers Environmental Docent Training Classes. Learn how you can share your love of nature with kids. Day and evening classes. 415.961.0545. Bay Area Greenteam Project sponsors ongoing group meetings to help you develop an earth-friendly lifestyle and make new friends. Learn to reduce resource consumption and save money using the new Green Action Guide. 415.989.2906. Philanthropy By Design has several projects in process around the Bay Area. They are in need of project managers, design team assistants and event hosts. 415.552.1772. SF Clean City Coalition has internships in environmental education and solid waste management. Call for info on Community Action Cleanups and how to plan them. 415.553.2913. Point Reyes National Seashore restores native plant communities, educates on basic ecology, fire ecology and more. They offer a curriculum-based program for kids age K-12 as well. 415.663.8522, ext. 266. Bay Area Certified Farmers Markets continue to sell fresh produce and more throughout the Bay Area. Call for the time and place in your area. 800.897.FARM. Presidio Restoration: If you would like to get involved in the restoration of endangered plants on the Presidio, the National Park Service hosts volunteer work parties on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Call 415.668.9765 or 668.8429.