Small Business Week may be postponed, but Berkeley businesses keep innovating
Sponsored: Berkeley businesses are finding new ways to deliver value to the community – and society at large – in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Berkeley business innovations enable residents to spoil themselves while sheltering
Sponsored: Some of Berkeley’s small businesses are devising new products, services to survive through the pandemic.
Alchemy Collective empowers its baristas with ownership, quality coffee
Sponsored: Alchemy is growing an innovative worker-owned café business that’s buzzing with community energy in the Lorin District.
All Power Labs: Using the spirit of Burning Man to address climate change
[Sponsored] Berkeley-based All Power Labs makes machines that generate carbon-negative energy from agriculture waste materials.
Urban Ore pushes for zero waste by finding treasures in trash
[Sponsored] West Berkeley-based Urban Ore is a treasure trove of unique upcycled gifts with interesting backstories.
Home Truths: Co-housing in the East Bay offers an alternative to traditional living
Sponsored: Celebrating the diversity of our local home market, we take a look at intentional communities where collaboration is often part of the living arrangement.
Escuela Bilingüe Internacional offers unique opportunity for non-Spanish speakers to enroll in its International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme
Sponsored: In the fall of 2020, EBI will be saying ‘bienvenidos’ to its first cohort of sixth and seventh graders with limited or no prior Spanish experience. Applications are open now.
Wild Earth: Taking on factory farms, one bag of kibble at a time
[Sponsored] The West Berkeley company brings the plant-based meat revolution to our furry friends, with high protein vegan pet food formulated for healthy cat and dog diets.
ACCI Gallery molds connection between artists and their community
[Sponsored] ACCI, an artist-run co-op offering hand made objects by skilled local artisans, provides a great alternative to big box retail and online shopping for the holidays.
Breaking the sound barrier in West Berkeley with precision manufacturing
[Sponsored] At its large West Berkeley complex of buildings, Meyer Sound manufactures precision products that are used at venues large and small around the world.
New middle school program opens in Berkeley (Sponsored)
Sponsored: French bilingual middle school Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley has opened a new program for students who don’t yet speak French but are interested in an immersion program with very small class sizes.
Bayhill High School: A specialized high school for students with learning disabilities
Sponsored: Bayhill, a small private high school in Berkeley educates and empowers students with learning differences such as dyslexia and ADHD.
Berkeley’s Gather, more than just a place to meet
[Sponsored] Gather is helping to expand the farm-to-table movement by weaving together fine dining, hyperlocal ingredients and a focus on social enterprise.
Metro Lighting upcycles for illumination
[Sponsored] West Berkeley-based Metro Lighting makes its products on site, often from salvaged items.
Home Truths: Point Richmond — One of the East Bay’s best kept secrets
[Sponsored] This East Bay community offers world-class Bay Area living, just a boat ride from San Francisco.
Berkeley’s CoRo sets standard in coffee sharing by helping other brands
[Sponsored] Collective action sometimes makes good business sense, as a West Berkeley co-roasting space shows.
