by Literacy for Environmental Justice | Sep 2, 2019 | Behind the Scenes, LEJ News
Every year during the first week of school, the teachers always loved to ask about summer vacation. The answers varied but usually fell along the lines of visiting grandma and grandpa, swimming, going to summer camp, babysitting, etc. Every now and then, a European...
by Literacy for Environmental Justice | Aug 12, 2019 | Behind the Scenes, Urban Greening
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,...
by Literacy for Environmental Justice | Jul 18, 2019 | Bayview Hunters Point, Behind the Scenes
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...
by Literacy for Environmental Justice | Jul 16, 2019 | Behind the Scenes
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...
by Literacy for Environmental Justice | Jun 27, 2019 | Bayview Hunters Point, Behind the Scenes, Eco-Apprentice, LEJ News, Urban Greening
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...
by Literacy for Environmental Justice | Jun 3, 2019 | Behind the Scenes, LEJ News
On May 7, Anthony Khalil, Amanda Lutje, Nicole McClain, LeeAndrea Morton, and Ildiko Polony traveled to Sacramento to participate in Park Advocacy Day with staff and partners from the California State Parks Foundation. The day illustrated the positive impact that our...
