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June 25, 2024
Policies in Peril as Fire Risk Rises
On the afternoon of Oct, 19, 1991, Beth Keer hiked up Sonoma Mountain with a friend. After some time, the pair looked back and spotted a plume of smoke in Oakland’s direction. Frantic, they rushed down the...
February 23, 2024
‘The Carbonator’ Fights Wildfire Danger at East Bay Parks
The East Bay Regional Park District may have found the wildfire-fighter equivalent of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “The Terminator.”
The most recent California drought is over. But it, and the bigger issue of ongoing climate change, left behind over 1,500...
December 27, 2023
Happy Newt Year!
The East Bay has two endemic newt species, which spend the winter searching for a mating pool, and are protected by Tilden Regional Park from traffic during the breeding season.
November 27, 2023
Life is Wild
What humans perceive as one place—one city—can be a jigsaw puzzle of extremely different ecosystems, each with its own risks and opportunities for wildlife. In the East Bay, animal neighbors are as numerous and varied as human...
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October 24, 2023
What the Succulents Say
Legacy gardens tell vast stories. Features of the landscape describe in hills, valleys, soil, rocks, boulders, wetlands, streams and ponds a location’s geographic history. The trees, plants, grasses, flowers, vegetables, fruits, insects and other biological forms of...
October 23, 2023
Awe and Purpose
University of California’s Greater Good Science Center believes that there are easy ways to be happier and that science proves it. From longer lifespans, to more peaceful communities, the interrelated roles of happiness, purpose and awe have...
August 23, 2023
Bioneers Learning
The new Bioneers learning platform offers a ray of hope and strength for activists and anyone concerned about the state of the physical and political environment and culture’s ability to deal.
In the spring of 2023, the global...
