Tag archives for climate change
New California Environmental Legislation
With the upcoming General Election this November, the 2024 California Legislative Session was recently adjourned with several environmental policies awaiting the Governor’s approval. The California Legislature is a bicameral...
What Exactly is Carbon Neutrality?
The Importance of Being Carbon Neutral in a Time of Climate Change In a time of climate change, when sea levels are rising, biodiversity is declining, and extreme weather...
The Salton Sea Story: The beautiful lake that exists despite itself in a desert, and how it affects us all
Images taken by Debbie Bentley From her website: “Her work documenting the Salton Sea in Imperial County, California, was the subject of the monograph Salton Sea: of Dust and...
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...
Environmental Podcasts: A Guide
Anyone can listen to a podcast. Most are free, accessible, and entertaining, making them an easy, fun way to learn new things. While I cook, fold laundry, or walk...
Ocean Governance
Being from a small desert town in Death Valley, the ocean has always been an abstract concept to me, illusive and incredibly interesting. A while ago, all I knew...
Taking a Deeper Look at San Francisco’s Unique Stormwater System in a Time of Climate Change
January 1, 2023 marked more than just the beginning of a new year for Bay Area residents, bringing intense floods and some of the wettest days to cities like...
Happy 50th Birthday, BART: Half a Century of Sustainable Transportation
While saving my phone battery on public transport, my favorite activity is reading the advertisements and Public Service Announcements from the City of San Francisco. Down at Powell Station,...
How Three Women Saved the San Francisco Bay
This picture, which appeared in the Oakland Tribune in 1961, predicted what the San Francisco Bay would look like in 2020, with the black color representing parts of the...
Transitioning to a Sustainable Home
Living sustainably doesn’t have to be expensive–in fact, it starts with what you already have. First of all, what is sustainability? I think that if you’re here reading this...