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Leadership Program Participants Learn How to Make Dreams a Reality

Have you ever wished you could solve a problem in your community but didn’t know what to do or even...

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Meet the Leadership Program’s 2025 Cohort

On January 11, we welcomed the 12th annual cohort of training participants into the Green Foothills Leadership Program. From January...

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Radhika Thekkath: Cultivating Change, from Native Plants to Sustainable Housing

Radhika Thekkath, an executive board member of the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) Santa Clara Valley Chapter, cares deeply about...

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Monica Nanez: Growing a Career in Environmental Conservation

People sign up for the Green Foothills Leadership Program for a variety of reasons–to learn how to advocate for the...

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Emily Schwing: Building a Collective Food System

In the heart of East San Jose, next to the Hwy 101 and I-680 interchange, sits a vibrant urban oasis...

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Leadership Program Announces 2024 Capstone Projects

Each year, participants in the Green Foothills Leadership Program complete a capstone project. The project involves planning an advocacy campaign...

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Tamara Smith-Jones: The Need for Healing

Tamara Smith-Jones is the founder of Helping Others Maintain Earth (H.O.M.E.), an organization whose mission is community empowerment. She participated...

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Peter Ruddock: A Passion for Sustainable Food Production

Many of us dream of ditching our day jobs to follow our passion, but few people actually do it. Former...

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Wendy Chou: Becoming an Advocate for Environmental Justice

Wendy Chou is a climate change advocate who works as the Coalition and Project Senior Manager at Acterra: Action for...

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Using Her Leadership Skills to Help Her Tribe: Isabella ‘Amne Gomez

Isabella ‘Amne Gomez is a Muwekma Ohlone Youth Ambassador and a first-year undergraduate student at Santa Clara University. Because of...

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Announcing the Winners of Our 2023 Photo Contest

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the Green Foothills 2023 Photo Contest! Hundreds of you sent beautiful, inspiring,...

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Everything Comes from the Earth: An Interview with Lizbeth “Xochipapalo” Amador

The connection between Aztec dancing and the environment might not be immediately apparent, but Lizbeth “Xochipapalo” Amador will tell you...

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