Berkeley as edible city: A new guide to urban foraging
The Bucharest native says that right now there is a great variety of trees and shrubs growing in Berkeley, and even some “bottled water” crops like lemons and rosemary that...
History
Berkeleyans closer to selling backyard produce
Berkeley's zoning codes have prohibited the sale of backyard produce. But after an effort mounted by the green thumbs of the city, the planning commission unanimously passed the Edible Garden...
Amongst marshes, a salty past
The Hayward regional shoreline consists of over a thousand acres of marshes and seasonal wetlands. At low tide sandpipers and black stilts wander about the mud flats searching for food,...
Depicting conservation success stories
It’s easy to get depressed about the loss of biodiversity when every day, it seems, some new species pops up on a watch list like a death toll. But there...
Imaginations from the sky
Originally working in packaged design, Robyn Hodess became a landscape painter after a cross country plane ride sparked her imagination. Her landscapes look like they exist, somewhere, but are actually...
Caching nature
Lee Van Der Bokke is a world-class geocacher - someone who hides, and searches for, "caches"—hidden containers of different sizes that are tagged and located using GPS (global positioning system)...
A Wiggle in Time
If you ride your bike in San Francisco, chances are you have discovered The Wiggle, and you’re probably thankful you did. The meandering one-mile route from Duboce Ave to Fell...
Hidden Villa Memories
Jean Rusmore first visited Hidden Villa as a college student in 1942, and she’s been going ever since.
Q&A With Cris Benton, the Bay Area’s Expert in Kite Aerial Photography
For kite aerial photographer Kris Benton, capturing images from the air is "more than just a hobby" - it's a way to record the history of a landscape.
Uncovering Nature’s Treasures with David Wimpfheimer
From whale-watching expeditions to wildflower forays to the annual Christmas Bird Count, naturalist David Wimpfheimer takes great pleasure in leading people on what he likes to call natural "treasure hunts."
