Literacy for Environmental Justice is excited to be participating in and helping to plan the BiodiverseCity Summit at the Global Climate Action Summit on September 10, 2018.
The BiodiverseCity Summit is free, open to the public and features panel discussions, short talks, keynote speakers and more. Join the global environmental community in sharing urban nature conservation best practices and the latest thinking from San Francisco and other pioneering cities in the effort to achieve sustainable urban biodiversity and climate resilience
BiodiverseCity Summit at the Global Climate Action Summit
September 10, 2018 – 1-8pm
Exploratorium’s Bay Observatory, Pier 15 on San Francisco’s Embarcadero
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The climate crisis is rivaled by the global biodiversity crisis. The solutions to both are interdependent. Cities have, in large part, generated the climate and biodiversity crisis. Now, not only are they looked upon to find climate solutions, but they’re increasingly recognized as critical players for global species and ecosystem conservation and restoration. Since over half of the human population lives in cities, restoring urban biodiversity is critical for connecting everyone to nature where they live, and of course fundamental for climate resilience!
We will be representing our work at Candlestick Park State Recreation Area with a talk titled “Urban Nature and Justice – The Vision for Candlestick” by Nursery Manager, Ildiko Polony
This event is presented by California Native Plant Society, Yerba Buena Chapter and in partnership with SF Environment (Convener), Exploratorium (Host), Sutro Stewards, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Treasure Island Development Authority, Golden Gate Audubon Society, Nature in the City, Literacy for Environmental Justice, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco Estuary Institute, San Francisco State University, and the Presidio Trust.
