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Join Acterra’s Young Professionals Group
Post Date 9/26/25: Are you between the ages of 21 – 40, and passionate about the environment? Join Acterra’s Young Professionals Group (YPG) to network with other Bay Area professionals, receive mentorship, attend environmental workshops, and develop career skills. Fill out the membership form by October 31.
Berkeley Bird Festival at Brower Center
Post Date 9/26/25: On October 19, this public event at the Brower Center will celebrate local birdlife through bird-themed activities; including birding field trips, family-friendly art and crafts, lectures on conservation, poetry, and art. Learn more here.
Nature & Climate Lit Reading by 4 KneeDeep Writers
Post Date 10/17/25: On October 25, as part of the San Francisco Litquake festival’s pub crawl event, KneeDeep writers Ariel Okamoto, Nate Seltenrich, John Hart, and Cristina Deptula will present literary pieces on the theme of journeys back to our own terrain. They’ll share a science adventure on Ocean Beach and why people are drawn to the beach, a character study of an East Bay punk medical researcher and eco-activist, a re-wilding journey through Yosemite National Park, and field notes on California buckeye seeds germinating with winter rains, and another about migratory raptors arriving in the region in early fall. Register for free here. Please stay for the rest of the SF Lit Crawl and then join us for the after-party at 8 pm.
October 25, 5 pm
Grand Coffee Too, 2544 Mission Street
Science Storytelling with San Francisco Estuary Institute
Post Date 9/26/25: Surfing Bay mud. Chasing midnight storms. Mapping the invisible. On October 27, join the San Francisco Estuary Institute at the Sports Basement Berkeley’s Community room for an evening of science storytelling. In five-minute talks, SFEI scientists will share insider perspectives on what it takes to study and protect the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta and San Francisco Bay. Expect to be surprised, inspired, and reminded of the wonder in our own backyard. This event is free and open to all. Register here.
State of the Estuary Conference
Post Date 9/26/25: The health of the Estuary that flows through the heart of Northern California gets a reality check now and then with the State of the Estuary Conference. This year the conference will be held October 28-29 in Oakland and meet the moment by calling out critical topics and connecting regional scientists, community organizers, students, legislators, resource managers, planners, and others working in the space. KneeDeep covered the May 2024 conference.
Book a Climate Science Field Trip in San Mateo
Post Date 9/26/25: Are you a teacher looking to engage your students in climate change issues and local solutions? The Youth Exploring Climate Science field trip program is now accepting bookings for the 2025-26 academic year! The San Mateo Sustainability Department offers field trips for 7th to 12th graders that focus on three areas: wildfire mitigation, sea level rise adaptation, and biodiversity protection. More info here.
KneeDeep Times has written about climate education initiatives in San Mateo schools and other areas around the Bay.
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