Come to The Foster Museum in Palo Alto to hear an introduction to the seven titles chosen for “A Greener Tomorrow Starts Today,” the theme of Silicon Valley Reads 2024. Silicon Valley Reads is a community engagement program that features books and an annual theme … Read more
How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis
We are at a choice point for humanity. As social and ecological crises escalate globally, it is clear that the dominant cultural worldview, informed by colonization, patriarchy, capitalism, and racism is displaying a relationship with Nature and each other that … Read more
In Bay of Life, an Internationally Renowned Media Duo Look to Their Monterey Backyard
With Bay of Life, Frans Lanting and Christine Eckstrom wanted to go past Monterey Bay’s natural beauty to explore its past, present and possible futures.
Connect With Nature from Your Home
A social distancing-approved reading list and other indoor nature activities
Mount Diablo, a Story of Place
This is an excerpt from photographer and longtime Bay Nature contributor Stephen Joseph’s new book, Mount Diablo, A Story of Place and Inspiration. The book consists of hundreds of Joseph’s photographs, taken over three years on the mountain, and features essays by local conservation leaders.
The Rising Tide Will Catch Us All Eventually
Rising, by Elizabeth Rush, is an elegant argument that it’s time to retreat from our shoreline.
An Ecopoetry Collection that “Articulates Reality” for California Nature-Lovers
There’s deep joy in articulating reality, the poems in this new collection make clear—the simple reward of seeing the world as it is.
For Beaver Believers, Salvation Lies in a Once-Reviled Rodent
A new book celebrates the great American history — and hopeful future — of beavers.