I am excited to introduce myself as the new Restoration Education Specialist for Save The Bay. I am very grateful to be a part of a passionate and talented team dedicated to the protection and restoration of the tidal marsh wetlands of the San Francisco Bay. Studying Environmental Studies and Sociology was certainly part of the reason I became an environmental educator and environmental justice activist. My main source of inspiration? Reading Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv . In his thought-provoking book, Louv connects the rising trends of childhood obesity, depression and attention disorders to a decrease …
Category: Education
Simple Moments, Lifelong Activism: Welcoming Nicole Schmidt to our Education Team
- Nicole Schmidt
- December 1, 2017
Girls in Science Saving The Bay
- Rachelle Cardona
- November 27, 2017
“Now we’re walking out… across the marsh!” This is not something you hear most teens shout on a typical weekday, but a group of take-charge girls from Belmont’s Notre Dame High School got the chance during one of Save The Bay’s DIRT programs. And they did more than announce their next steps: they filmed them! A student named Gina from Notre Dame’s AP Biology class captured the whole trip on camera as part of a web series called: “Teens Do Science.” Gina caught the action as her classmates took measurements on soil characteristics and assessed plant biodiversity. She was eager …
State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference 2017
- Kenneth Rangel
- November 1, 2017
The 2017 State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference, held recently in Oakland, gave scientists, land managers, policy makers, community leaders, as well as writers and artists from across the Bay-Delta region an opportunity to connect with one another, and to build connections between their various fields. Throughout the conference, attendees were welcomed to “get out of their silos,” and explore the interrelatedness of their fields. The conference also provided a venue to look back at the past 20 years of tidal marsh restoration; to celebrate successes, evaluate where we fell short, and anticipate future challenges and opportunities for restoring …
Spooky Creature Features
- jspanos
- October 30, 2017
It’s almost Halloween! What better way to get into the holiday spirit than to discuss those critters that seek to disturb and horrify us. These are four species that can be found around San Francisco Bay that are noteworthy either due to their appalling eating habitats, by their grotesque appearance, or a combination thereof: Red-Backed Jumping Spiders Just as one does not simply walk into Mordor, one does not simply talk about the creepy crawlies without mentioning spiders. When most people think of Halloween spiders, black widows and tarantulas typically come to mind. Even though both can be found in …
…what exactly, is a 13-year-old doing as an intern for Save The Bay?
- David Lewis
- September 13, 2017
Last summer, we had a young and passionate employee at our Save The Bay office: Shreyes, a 13-year-old intern who volunteered with our Marketing and Communications department. Shreyes was homeschooled and began his academic adventures at the age of five. He excelled, and when he was 9-years-old, he enrolled in an Environmental Studies class at Foothill College. This class changed his life forever. He discovered a passion for conservation that eventually led him to Save The Bay. After taking the course, Shreyes realized how important it is that we care for the environment. He writes in his blog: “If we …
Taking a Stand for San Francisco Bay
- Guest Blogger
- June 21, 2017
My name is Ian McKernan and I am a 7th grader at Shorecliffs Middle School in Orange County. Although I live in Southern California, I have visited the Bay Area many times and am always impressed with how clean and good the Bay looks. It’s always fun for me to see how many people enjoy it too. Personally, I like to sail around Dana Point Harbor, so I always look for people sailing on the water. After hearing about Sylvia McLaughlin, Kay Kerr, and Esther Gulick’s fight to save San Francisco Bay in the 1960s, it inspired me to build …