Agricultural Workers and Poor Air Quality Short Story
Late summer is grape harvest season in Sonoma County, an extremely important time for Sonoma County’s billion dollar wine industry. Unfortunately, now, because of climate change, harvest coincides wit...
Three Ocean Advocates: Inspiring Change - Barbara Crites
Barbara has documented the harming effects of the warming oceans and has seen first-hand bleaching coral, bacterial diseases, loss of fish habitat and more. For the past 10 years while snorkeling arou...
Three Ocean Advocates: Inspiring Change - Dick Ogg
Living and fishing in the Bodega Bay area for 55 years, Dick is forced to confront the realities of a warming ocean, the creation of a Marine Projected Area in the local fishing grounds, and derelict...
Three Ocean Advocates: Inspiring Change - Tess Felix
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After a major storm, Tess Felix found Stinson Beach, her local beach in California, covered in plastic debris, making her aware of the magnitude of the plastic pollution in the ocean. Tess’s art form...
South Bay Water Savings Short Story
Like the rest of the Bay Area, Santa Clara County is facing a serious lack of water this year. Valley Water is the agency tasked with providing this valuable resource to everyone. We hear from Deputy...
Drought and Cattle Ranching Short Story
Carissa Koopmann Rivers, a fifth generation cattle rancher, runs her operation, Rivers Red Angus, at Curry Canyon Ranch in the hills of Mount Diablo in collaboration with a conservation organization –...
Growing Food During a Drought Short Story
Front Porch Farm in Healdsburg, CA is located right next to the Russian River, and during this drought period, their water was shut off to maintain water levels and the health of the river. So how do...
Veggielution Short Story
For years, San Jose's Eastside neighborhoods have been underserved and misunderstood, cut off from the rest of the City by both physical and cultural barriers. But nestled right underneath the massive...

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