Green Foothills Blog

17 April 2025April 18, 2025Jocelyn Rodriguez

Healing in Nature: A Journey of Connection, Growth, and Equity

As Green Foothills concludes our Healing in Nature program, we reflect with deep gratitude and pride on what we’ve learned,...

25 March 2025March 25, 2025Jenny Green

Shaping Policy and Community: Nicole Fernandez

When Nicole Fernandez signed up for the Green Foothills Leadership Program class of 2016-17, she was looking for new and...

Farm workers standing in a field in Half Moon Bay

25 March 2025March 25, 2025Lennie Roberts

New Housing for Half Moon Bay Farmworkers Taking Shape

The January 2023 mass shooting that left seven coastside farmworkers dead shone a spotlight on the deplorable conditions where many...

25 March 2025March 25, 2025Jessica Wohlander

Hollister Vote Protects Thousands of Acres of Farmland

In December 2024, the Hollister City Council voted to adopt a new General Plan for the city that could have...

24 February 2025February 26, 2025Alice Kaufman

Warehouse Threatens Endangered Butterflies on San Bruno Mountain

A giant Amazon-style warehouse and distribution center has been proposed on the site of Guadalupe Quarry on San Bruno Mountain,...

Three types of butterflies. Mission Blue, San Bruno Elfin, and Callippe Siloverspot

24 February 2025February 26, 2025Alexandra Mendoza

Species Spotlight: Mission Blue Butterfly, San Bruno Elfin, and Callippe Silverspot

San Bruno Mountain, nestled in the northernmost part of San Mateo County, is an island of picturesque mountains that boasts...

Participants chatting around a table at a 2025 Leadership Program meeting

24 February 2025February 26, 2025Jenny Green

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...

Herb Grench standing behind bench on top of Windy Hill

24 February 2025February 26, 2025Staff

Green Foothills Remembers: Herb Grench, 1932-2024

The Green Foothills community was saddened to learn of the passing of Herb Grench in December. Herb was an early...

Artificial turn with granules of crumb rubber kicked up

30 January 2025January 30, 2025Alice Kaufman

County Supervisors Rejected Artificial Turf Ordinance

Thanks to everyone who emailed the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors regarding the artificial turf ordinance. Unfortunately, the Supervisors...

2025 Leadership Program Cohort meeting for the first time

27 January 2025January 27, 2025Jenny Green

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...

27 January 2025January 27, 2025Alice Kaufman

Welcome Alexandra (Lexi) Mendoza

Green Foothills is delighted to introduce our new Environmental Associate, Alexandra (Lexi) Mendoza, whose work will focus on the San...

Green Foothills Board and Staff at Nature's Inspiration 2024

27 January 2025January 27, 2025Jocelyn Rodriguez

Breaking Barriers: Diversity and Inclusion in the Conservation Movement

The conservation movement has long been rooted in noble ideals of protecting and restoring the natural world, but it hasn’t...

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