Category: Profiles
Working and Playing in the Coastal Zone
KneeDeep profiles Arye Janoff and Bekah Lane. Janoff surfs and manages coastal dredging and restoration projects for the Army Corps; Lane monitors whales for the Marine Mammal Center. Climate change is their newest challenge.
Inspiring Cases of Leading by Example
Year-end story round up profiling noteworthy leaders who do more than talk the climate action talk, but also walk the talk.
SF Hires Fast-Charger to Direct Environment Department
San Francisco’s new Environment Department director, Tyrone Jue, aims to help his city achieve net zero emissions by 2040.
All Stories
Changemaker Gets to Know Gilroy
Mariah Padilla, a Bay Area native and city planning student, is exploring community-centric planning with Gilroy.
Working and Playing in the Coastal Zone
KneeDeep profiles Arye Janoff and Bekah Lane. Janoff surfs and manages coastal dredging and restoration projects for the Army Corps; Lane monitors whales for the Marine Mammal Center. Climate change is their newest challenge.
Inspiring Cases of Leading by Example
Year-end story round up profiling noteworthy leaders who do more than talk the climate action talk, but also walk the talk.
SF Hires Fast-Charger to Direct Environment Department
San Francisco’s new Environment Department director, Tyrone Jue, aims to help his city achieve net zero emissions by 2040.
Growing a Rainbow in the Urban Dirt
Debbie Harris directs Urban Adamah, a Jewish urban farm in Northwest Berkeley. She is a farmer by trade but her role at Urban Adamah requires her to be “a horticulturalist, a plumber, a therapist, a teacher, an organizer.”
Warren Logan’s Fight for Safer Streets
Warren Logan is confident that if we fight for safer streets, we can have them. “In Oakland you are more likely to be hit by a car than cancer or a stray bullet,” he says.
Mama Wanda Sows Resilience
After a career of school administration and community engagement, Wanda Stewart saw firsthand how schools can be a central space for activating people.
Jocelyn Gama Puts the Hyphy in Multi-Hyphenate
Jocelyn Gama is a college student, activist, educator, athlete, model, and fashion designer. “I’m focused on helping my community heal,” she says.
Conversations With Two Bay Area Youth Climate Activists
Oona Clark & Natalie Kim, Bay Area