Stanford University has begun negotiations with the County of Santa Clara for a Development Agreement on community benefits that could be required as part of future campus expansion. This creates an opportunity to achieve long-sought protection for more than 2,000 acres of open space known as the Stanford foothills. Please sign Committee for Green Foothills’...
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Growing, Rocking & Rolling Together
We’re thrilled to be honoring Joan Baez at Nature’s Inspiration on September 24 at Coyote Ranch. Purchase your tickets today. Local: Palo Alto Roots Congratulations to legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez for being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame April 7. We happen to know the humble seeds of her...
Uriel Hernandez: Speaking Up for My Community
Thanks to the Leadership Academy, Uriel is more committed than ever to staying engaged and speaking up for the changes he wants to see. He knows it’s up to him as a community member to show up and keep the pressure on government so they know people care. Uriel is already starting to be recognized for his leadership on environmental issues. In March 2017 he received Bay Nature’s Local Hero award for Youth Engagement.
“Living Levees”: Protecting Against Sea Level Rise by Restoring Wetlands
By Alice Kaufman, Legislative Advocate How should you design a levee? Most people would answer that levees are intended for flood protection, and that bare or nearly bare earthen embankments, with water on one side and land on the other, do the job. The levees we are most familiar with in the Bay Area are...