It’s World Health Day. It may only come once a year, but for Green Foothills, we work every day to remind local leaders of the critical role they play in keeping our natural world healthy for the benefit of all. And on this World Health Day, the importance of nature to our wellbeing is more...
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People Who Give Us Hope: Vida Verde
Vida Verde, started by Laura and Shawn Sears 15 years ago, is an outdoor education program. The program provides overnight environmental experiences for underserved youth in the Bay Area. These experiences have undeniable positive impacts on participants’ health, development, connections to learning, and environmental stewardship. Thank you Vida Verde for all you do for our...
Speak up for County Parks, Highways, & Vistas
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors will soon decide whether or not to allow an assessment of county-owned property along highways 101 and 92 to identify potential sites for billboards. Please join us in urging supervisors to stop this before it starts, and reject the proposal to do an assessment. We are no longer asking people...
Parks Aren’t Just Perks
By Alice Kaufman, Legislative Advocate As Americans’ lives become more and more urbanized, experiences in nature are in danger of becoming a privilege belonging only to those who live near open space and those with the resources to travel to open space areas. City parks, often the only opportunity for urban residents to have easy...
Action Alert: Speak up for Parks in Santa Clara
Next Tuesday, June 24, the Santa Clara City Council will consider adopting an ordinance to require developers to pay fees to provide funding for parks. Please tell the City Council to vote in favor of this ordinance so that Santa Clara will have money to pay for parks. What You Can Do Come to the...
Towards a Better Food System in Santa Clara County
By Julie Hutcheson Although the Valley of the Hearts Delight moniker has long been replaced by that of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara County is still home to almost 1,100 farms and ranches. These farms and ranches are at the heart of our local food system – that which encompasses all efforts to produce our food...