How do you pronounce Olompali?
Olompali State Historic Park, located just west of Highway 101 between Novato and Petaluma, is rich in both natural and human history. But despite its location right next to a...
Author Archives: Paul Epstein
Beyond Fossil Fuels
Ever heard of California’s “Low Carbon Fuel Standard”? UC Berkeley prof Dan Kammen co-wrote it. What about the terms “cap and trade” and “carbon offsets”? Kammen helped popularize these concepts...
Intermissions
Rick Lewis evokes the phrase, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” Where other people see industry and ugliness, he finds the bright and the beautiful. Where other people...
A Surprise Circle of Redwoods
Another father-son geocaching adventure, this time revealing a very tall trees that seem to hide in plain sight.
“Paint slowly and carry a small brush”
Internationally acclaimed painter Jeff Long, known primarily for his abstract works, has lately taken up his brush in defense of Western birds and other wildlife. Referencing the classic bird illustrations...
A Festival with Legs
What has more than two thousand legs and is converging on San Francisco’s Corona Heights neighborhood? A: The parents, children, insects and arachnids who collectively take part in Bug Day...
Helping Kids Make the Nature Connection
For Palo Alto-based Environmental Volunteers, personal exploration of nature is what it’s all about. By providing school kids with hands-on experiences of nature, Environmental Volunteers works to instill a love...
Madeline’s Garden
A resident of Saratoga, Madeline Morrow sits on the Steering Committee of the 2013 “Going Native” tour, a two-day extravaganza of 60 open gardens around Santa Clara, including hers. The...
Keeping Santa Cruz Evergreen
Nowadays Reed Holderman dedicates his time to the conservation of trees and their habitats, specifically the Coast Redwood. That’s because he’s been the executive director of the Sempervirens Fund since...
Geocaching Oakland’s Belap Path
The East Bay Hills are riddled with hidden paths and staircases. Providing an athletic training ground for the hard-core runner, a short cut from elevation to elevation for the casual...
