My front and backyards are mostly taken up by a succulent garden that’s become both a personal passion and an unexpected lesson in ecology. These tough, water-wise plants haven’t just made the space more beautiful—they’ve shown me how gardening can...

Our May/June 2025 Newsletter

On May 10th, I had the opportunity to join the Napa Resource Conservation District (RCD), along with Nick Cheranich, for a hands-on demonstration in fish monitoring along Napa County’s vital Napa River. Led by field researcher Martin Perales, the...

In the heart of Napa Valley, where nature’s beauty is both our livelihood and legacy, encouraging environmental action among youth is more important than ever. As climate change accelerates, many well-meaning campaigns aimed at teenagers lean...

Over the course of this incredible three-week opportunity in Costa Rica, myself and 15 other students from around the world took part in 50 hours of community service, in a variety of ways. With the focus of this trip being marine conservation and...

Our April 2025 Newsletter

That $8.5 billion “cost shift” that regulators say falls on non-solar customers — and is partly responsible for our outrageous electric bills? It doesn’t exist. No, rooftop solar advocates told the good-government Little Hoover Commission at a...

“Putting warehouses or any development near the wetlands (next to the Green Island Property) would have a devastating effect on existing wildlife which uses this habitat for food and shelter. The wetlands also protects against sea level rise,” Nick...

Our February 2025 Newsletter

Sierra Club’s campaign to protect 30% of California’s lands and waters by 2030 kicked off 2025 with major victories! In the final weeks of the Biden Administration, nearly a million acres were conserved with the designation of two new national...