Fossil fuels are doing serious damage to the planet, yet public pension funds continue to invest in them. A lot of people and organizations think that's wrong, including our guest in this episode, Dr. Carlos Davidson, emeritus professor of environmental science at San Francisco State. We learn what's happening in the campaign for fossil fuel divestment.

It's time for an update from Sustainable Contra Costa. Their special theme this summer is to prepare for the next drought by developing those good water efficiency habits in the Summer Water Savers Challenge. Learn what's up with Laura Wehrley. Then sign up to help Sustainable Contra Costa reach their goal!

This is the week we would normally be publishing a new episode, but I came back from vacation with an unwelcome souvenir - not Covid, thank goodness - and so we ask your indulgence until I am back at full strength.  Thanks!

There's a plan! Adam Varat from the Port of San Francisco introduces us to the Waterfront Resilience Plan and how the city hopes to protect its shoreline infrastructure.

The Concord Naval Weapons Station closed 19 years ago. After some false starts, it looks like its redevelopment is finally underway. We get the scoop from Guy Bjerke, who is the director of the project for the City of Concord.

Marsh Creek in Brentwood was engineered to be a drainage ditch, but the Contra Costa County Flood Control District, in partnership with American Rivers, is changing that. We tour the Three Creeks Restoration Project to see what is possible within the constraints of suburban living.

Rooftop solar seems like the front line answer to climate change, but there's a problem:  how to share the cost of maintaining the grid and other programs among users, as more and more homeowners opt out. In this episode we look at the latest effort to fix the problem by - yes - taking another swipe at rooftop solar. Hang on to the end to hear what our neighbor Nevada is doing!

The refinery's lawsuit against the Bay Area Air Quality Management District is settled; what's next? Let's check in with Heidi Taylor from Healthy Martinez. (Hint: there's more to keep an eye on.)

After the work comes the party! A stroll up the Richmond Greenway takes us to Unity Park and the after-party. We talk to exhibitors, listen to music, and generally chill out.

Urban Tilth work day in Richmond: Planting, weeding, mulching, and meeting the staff and volunteers who make it happen.  We met the cutest weeder, age 5 - and they found a potato!