Tales of a Recovered Arachnophobe
Gwen Heistand hasn’t always loved spiders: In fact, she used to be deathly afraid of them! As resident biologist at Audubon Canyon Ranch’s Martin Griffin Preserve on Bolinas Lagoon, Gwen...
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Counting her Chickens
Tracy Fasanella, CEO of CarbonCount, Inc., a green accounting firm, lives in two worlds. When she’s not parsing cap-and-trade regulations for clients, pointing them to money for efficiency research, she...
Turning Over a New Leaf
“Phenology studies the seasonal cycles in nature, such as when flowers bloom, insects hatch, and birds migrate. In the era of climate change, the science of seasonal observation has taken...
Fording a Troublesome Creek
Todd Evans aims for cultural and historical authenticity in his plays. His latest work, Troublesome Creek, celebrates the life of environmental writer and activist Rachel Carson, who lands in a...
It’s Fun to Share!
San Francisco resident Kelly Jensen is the Interlibrary Loan and Digital Production Assistant at the California Academy of Sciences. One of the perks of her job is a discounted membership...
A Clear-Eyed Vision for Clear Lake
Roberta Lyons is a muckraker, though a different sort than her journalist mother. Lyons herself looks past actual muck – the rash-inducing algal blooms that periodically foul the shores of her beloved...
Around the Bay in 30 Days
Armed with a San Francisco Bay Trail map, his set of Bay Trail map cards, and his Clipper Card, San Francisco resident Kurt Schwabe spent every day last month circumnavigating...
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...
The Oakland Museum’s taxidermist: an inside view of wildlife
Oakland Museum taxidermist Alicia Goode has special insight into California wildlife.
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...
