Smita Patel is a member of the Committee for Green Foothills Advisory Board and a tireless advocate for change.  She is a co-founder of the Mountain Children’s Foundation, which provides support and empowerment for children in mountainous areas of Uttarakhand, India, and now works in education journalism.  Recently she shared a remarkable episode of the NPR […]

We often take coastal views for granted until it’s too late.  Now, a proposed 200-unit luxury hotel/conference center and a high-end 170-space RV Park are threatening one of the remaining coastal views in Half Moon Bay.  In Half Moon Bay, drivers already experience significant delays on Highway 1, especially on weekends.  Traffic would be exacerbated […]

by Megan Medeiros, Executive Director Time is up. We have twelve years for every level of society to make “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes” to avoid disastrous levels of climate change. This instruction was made by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) in a new report released this week. It’s impossible to not […]

Dunes Beach is at risk of development! This 50-acre open space parcel along the Half Moon Bay Coastal Trail allows for ocean views from Highway 1, prime agriculture land, equestrian uses, and animal habitat.  The proposed 200-room hotel and 170-site luxury RV park at Dunes Beach will: Exacerbate traffic problems on Highway 1 Cause the […]