Author Archives: Lauren Crane
What’s your favorite thing about summer? Mine is tomatoes.
In preparation for the approach of summer, and all of the wonderful things that come with this special season, I wanted to take an opportunity to appreciate my favorite...
Bioblitzing and the Pursuit of Nature in San Francisco
This year, the week of events hosted by the USF Office of Sustainability in celebration of Earth Day is themed around the concept of “Nature in Our City.” I’m...
The Border Crisis Nobody is Talking About: Declaring Pollution in the Tijuana River Valley as a National Emergency
A binational environmental disaster is occuring at the United States-Mexico border between San Diego and Tijuana, and the elected and public officials representing these areas are scrambling to address...
Befriending San Francisco’s Urban Forest
Do you too find peace beneath the trees? Do you seek comfort under canopies of green? Maybe you’re also a friend of the forest around us. If you consider...
Your triple A’s don’t belong in the compost… and other tips for e-waste disposal!
What are you supposed to do with dead lightbulbs? What about old phones? Even items that pop-up more frequently, like dead batteries or random electrical cords – do you...
Fleet Week: A Tragedy of the Commons
For one week every year, a series of giant ships and submarines parade into the San Francisco Bay, San Francisco’s skies crowd with dozens of zooming jets, and an...
Biodiversity in the City
Recently, I’ve been hearing a lot of people say how they’re “not big on nature” or don’t find themselves enjoying nature’s bounty as much as they’d like to. There’s...
A Spectrum of Green Politics
The Biden Administration’s recent approval of the Willow Project, an oil drilling project in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve, shocked and outraged progressives and environmentalists across the country. To some,...
War and the Environment: A Scorched Earth
It is commonly thought that war creates winners and losers. Either one emerges from the battlefield victorious and heroic or is left defeated, wounded, or dead. The nature of...
Is California’s High Speed Rail Bound for Failure?
There’s truly no place like home for the holidays, and if you’re anything like me, you’re dying for a way to travel home for winter without having to take...