Category: Equity
South City Trapped by Freeways But Rising
Francesca Pedraza and Julio Garcia are installing air quality monitors and cleaning a local creek, bringing change to frontline neighborhoods.
Los Niños de San Rafael Enfrentan a los Niveles Crecientes del Mar
En un programa para unir a jóvenes a la planificación de la adaptación climática, estudiantes de quinto grado hicieron modelos de sus hogares y ciudades, y diseños para mejorarlos.
Sizing Up Progress on Nature-Based Infrastructure
A May 2024 environmental conference covers levees, seawalls, reefs, wetlands, and other climate resilient shoreline designs for the Bay Area.
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Rise South City busca aire limpio para South San Francisco
Francesca Pedraza y Rise South City están instalando monitores de calidad del aire para ver cómo las avenidas que atraviesan South San Francisco afectan la salud de las comunidades latinas. Midiendo los niveles de contaminación y limpiando un arroyo local, esta organización está transformando los barrios de primera línea, aquellos más afectados por el cambio climático.
South City Trapped by Freeways But Rising
Francesca Pedraza and Julio Garcia are installing air quality monitors and cleaning a local creek, bringing change to frontline neighborhoods.
Los Niños de San Rafael Enfrentan a los Niveles Crecientes del Mar
En un programa para unir a jóvenes a la planificación de la adaptación climática, estudiantes de quinto grado hicieron modelos de sus hogares y ciudades, y diseños para mejorarlos.
Sizing Up Progress on Nature-Based Infrastructure
A May 2024 environmental conference covers levees, seawalls, reefs, wetlands, and other climate resilient shoreline designs for the Bay Area.
San Rafael Schoolkids Grapple with Rising Canal
In a program to involve youth in climate adaptation planning, fifth graders made models of their homes and town, and designed improvements.
How Collaborating with Community Really Works
A closely-watched co-design process has produced a hard-won plan for new nature-based, flood protection infrastructure and shoreline access points for North Richmond.
Why One Family Moved to the Valley and is Moving Again
A Tracy resident talks about climate change in the Valley and on the Coast.
Seeding Urban Gardens with Love
Two Bay Area gardens are getting a boost from a new, country-wide seed sharing model promoting permaculture.
Changemaker Gets to Know Gilroy
Mariah Padilla, a Bay Area native and city planning student, is exploring community-centric planning with Gilroy.
Un desastre ‘climático’ controversial en el norte del condado de Monterey
Marginada por bastante tiempo, la comunidad de Pájaro finalmente está recibiendo apoyo para prevenir inundaciones. ¿Será suficiente?
The North Monterey County Climate Disaster that Wasn’t
Though the long-sidelined community of Pajaro is finally getting support to stop future flooding, will it be enough? Climate change is not the only culprit.
Photographing A Valley in Transition
In California’s Central Valley, climate change’s consequences are on full display in these photos, from floods and wildfires to the return of a lost lake.