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Literacy for Environmental Justice
California Pipevine and Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly
We were lucky to recently take a photo of a Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly laying eggs on its host plant, California Pipevine. This is a plant in our Treasure island Nursery that we salvaged from a construction zone on Yerba Buena Island. When we dug these plants up,...
Summer Youth Leadership Academy
This summer Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ) and Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice collaborated to create and lead the Summer Youth Leadership Academy (SYLA). Ten youth were chosen to participate in a community investigation around the air...
Volunteer Profile – Alex Roberts
On August 17, Literacy for Environmental Justice will be holding our first Annual Volunteer Appreciation event. Please join us from 11am-1pm to honor all the "helping hands" who keep the native plant nursery and the park in great shape. For more information or to...
Highlights from BBQ Info Session and Upcoming Events
Literacy Environmental Justice partnered with Bay Area Wilderness Training and BMAGIC to hold a BBQ Info Session at Sunrise Point earlier in July. People from the community gathered to eat, meet neighbors, and learn more about how to camp and check out gear for free...
Our First Worm Farm Harvest
Literacy for Environmental Justice now has a ‘worm farm!' We started our worms early this year and finally have enough worms and enough worm poop to do our first harvest! Worm poop, or "castings" are highly nutrias plant food and a great way to sustainable dispose of...
2019 Spring Youth Eco-Apprentice Synopsis
While San Francisco experienced an unusually heavy rainy season this winter, Literacy for Environmental Justice’s (LEJ) youth Eco-Apprentice (YEA) program dove into a semester focused on causes and solutions to flooding in our city. Our group of young leaders went...
An appeal from long-time volunteer Tom Wishing
Dear Friends, My name is Tom Wishing. As a long-time local resident and park volunteer, I urge you to consider making an investment in Candlestick Point State Recreation Area. Here is my story. In the spring of 1981, my late wife Kathleen and I moved to Little...
Soil Give Away – June 29
Soil Give Away Saturday, June 29 10am - 1pm In the nick of time for the end of spring planting, we have three different kinds of soil to offer! 1. A fast draining, sandy soil ideal as an amendment to clay soil, for species that need fast drainage or for rain gardens...
Camp with LEJ at Candlestick Point State Recreation Area
Calling all youth service care providers and families in 94124! Join Literacy for Environmental Justice, Bay Area Wilderness Training (BAWT), and BMAGIC to learn more about how you can bring your youth group camping and check out gear for free! July 6 - 12:30-4:00pm...
Job Announcement: June 2019 – Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice and the Marie Harrison Bayview Air Monitoring Steering Committee
Air Monitoring Technician Background Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice and the Marie Harrison Bayview Air Monitoring (MHBAM) Steering Committee seeks to hire a part-time Air Monitoring Technician in the Bayview Hunters Point Community located in the...