Environment

Bay Area Bountiful: Local Heroes Who Give Back (Pt. 1)

This month on Bay Area Bountiful is the first episode of a three-part series where we celebrate and learn from farm-to-community leaders, champions of agricultural biodiversity and regenerative food production, and game-changers in viticulture and wine sciences.

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Bay Area Bountiful: Caltrain

Passengers have ridden the train from San Jose to San Francisco since before the turn of the 20th Century. Now, commuters are looking forward to traveling with reduced greenhouse gas emissions when Caltrain completes its electrification of the line, making it a high tech model for the rest of the co...

Bay Area Bountiful: California Native Plants

For years, the California Native Plant Society has been working in the field, online, in meeting rooms, and in gardens to promote the health of indigenous flora. We join them at their recent conference where they got together to share best practices on fighting extinction, conserving public lands, a...

Bay Area Bountiful: Alcatraz Cruises

Alcatraz City Cruises operates their fleet of hybrid electric powered vessels in an effort to greatly reduce their emissions of greenhouse gasses on San Francisco Bay. Solar panels and wind turbines on board the boats make possible much greener operations while taking tourists back and forth to the...

Changemaker & Trailblazer: Violet Saena

Meet Violet! Violet Saena is the founder and executive director of Climate Resilient Communities. CRC is a nonprofit that works within the communities of Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, and North Fair Oaks to cultivate environmental awareness while giving residents a voice in proactive resilience plann...

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Changemaker & Trailblazer: Dr. Alyssa Griffin

Meet Dr. Alyssa Griffin! Dr. Griffin is the principal investigator of the Coastal Health and Near-shore Geochemistry Laboratory. She uses marine geochemistry to study changing ecosystems, build climate resiliency, and serve others through science. For more information visit https://ucdchangelab.com/...

Mycelium Youth Network

Mycelium Youth Network trains youth in both climate adaptation and mitigation. Its Gaming for Justice program provides homebrewed roleplaying campaigns where adventurers use teamwork and problem-solving skills to explore environmental issues, and practice through climate change scenarios. For more i...

Bay Area Bountiful: Greener Power

Embracing cutting edge technology for years, the Bay Area helps set the standard for sustainable practices around the world. Advancements in the area of alternative energy production – geothermal, wind, and solar in particular – are an important part of our green portfolio here, and we have been pow...

Environment

Bay Area Bountiful: Dr. Martin Griffin

Game Changer Martin (Marty) Griffin, M.D. helped save the Marin and Sonoma County coasts from development by preventing the building of a four-lane freeway, among many other accomplishments in human and environmental health.

Environment

Bay Area Bountiful: Alcatraz Cruises

Alcatraz City Cruises operates their fleet of hybrid electric powered vessels in an effort to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gasses.

Environment

Bay Area Bountiful: California Native Plants

For years, the California Native Plant Society has been working in the field, online, in meeting rooms, and in gardens to promote the health of indigenous flora.

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