The urban environmental education and youth empowerment organization Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ) is about to begin construction work on its Living Classroom, an eco-efficient, solar- and wind-powered community meeting...
Q: When did you first start to think about the environment? A: I can’t really say that there was a defining moment that I remember, like an epiphany. I can...
Despite their recreational and functional value, most reservoirs come at a cost. To build a reservoir, we must drown a valley. In the Bay Area, that probably entails flooding valuable...
Beginning in April, Bay Area residents can take part in a yearlong series of monthly outings and lectures to learn about the ecology of the East Bay, including its geology,...
Looking for hands-on programs and activities that will connect you and your family to the natural world? The Randall Museum of San Francisco, a nature museum that has been serving...
Do you know where the creek closest to your house is? Do you know where its water ends up? We all live in a watershed, a land area from which...
Congratulations to the coalition of environmental groups, local officials, and state agencies led by the Marin Audubon Society for the successful campaign to purchase the 214-acre bayside blue oak forest...
Working under the umbrella of the El Sobrante Valley Defense Fund, the Canyon Park Friends of Open Space (CPFOS) has formed to prevent open space in El Sobrante from being...
The Bay Area got some good news recently with the naming of Arthur Feinstein, executive director of Golden Gate Audubon, as one of the “Thirty Heroes for Thirty Years of...
This past November, the Bay Area lost an inspiring, dedicated voice for the environment. Ellen Straus, matriarch of the first organic dairy farm west of the Mississippi and co-founder of...
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