Organizing for Resilience
Climate change is an urgent call for changing how we steward the land and connect people to it.
Category: Perspective
Opinion pieces and perspective from people connected to nature in Northern California.
How We Win on Climate and Conservation
When I joined Point Blue Conservation Science as its new CEO earlier this year, I did so with equal parts excitement and humility. Excitement because after many years working on...
An Experienced Park Visitor’s View of Point Reyes
For those who are unaware of Point Reyes Station, it is a small town adjacent to Point Reyes National Seashore and the quaint town of Inverness. It’s the type of...
The Birds Come Back to the Bay
Like me, you may have seen recent headlines sounding the alarm that birds are vanishing from North America. From the abstract of the September 2019 report in the journal Science, an “integration of...
Bringing Parks to the People
America’s national parks are often imagined as faraway destinations for special vacations. We’ve set aside places like Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Yellowstone as getaways unrivaled in majesty and glory. I...
California and the Bay Area Have More Environmental Work to Do
Here in the Bay Area, we pride ourselves on being environmental trailblazers. Our achievements include pioneering curbside recycling, prohibiting the use of ozone-depleting Styrofoam, and leading the effort to ban...
Will California Ban Rodenticides that Kill Predators?
The California Assembly has passed a bill that would outlaw so-called "second generation" anticoagulant rodenticides.
Tech Entrepreneur-Turned-Environmentalist’s Commencement Speech: Truth and Justice, Money and Power
Silicon Valley entrepreneur and former California Coastal Commissioner (from 2006-2013) Steve Blank will give the commencement speech at the UC Santa Cruz Rachel Carson College on June 15, with stories...
The Future of Bay Area Open Space and Housing
I moved to the Bay Area 20 years ago, and still feel a daily thrill at living in such a special place. Today, as I reflect on my new role...
Climate Solutions Already Exist in Nature, a Reminder
California wants to go carbon negative. But even policymakers tend to overlook the best way to get there.
