Climate resiliency is increasingly urgent, and California Proposition 4 addresses the issue by proposing bonds to support safe drinking water, drought and wildfire prevention, and protecting communities and natural lands from risks of extreme weather events. The Southeast Greenway is part of the picture [...]
The Sonoma Climate Mobilization Strategy, adopted by the Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority (RCPA) in 2021, maps out an ambitious set of initiatives to achieve a goal of carbon neutrality in Sonoma County by 2030. [...]
A new coalition of Santa Rosa residents is organizing around the vision of a low-stress bicycle network connecting all corners of Santa Rosa. This network will be built out of bike routes that are safe and welcoming for riders of all ages and abilities [...]
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released a report with a stark warning: every part of the world is already facing the impacts of climate change, and these impacts are more severe than expected. However, we still have a chance to prevent much more severe impacts by halving greenhouse gas emissions and scaling up adaptation [...]
Considering the changing climate, and specifically more extreme precipitation patterns, we need to rethink how to capture, direct, and dissipate water to best benefit our community and local ecology. The five- and 100-year rain events of the past—used as parameters for designing urban drainage system capacities—no longer fit changing weather patterns [...]
Speaking as a mother who has raised two sons in the Montgomery Village area, I believe the Greenway will prove positively transformational for families, allowing us to convert portions of our days that are currently stressful and unpleasant into moments of joy, connection, and health [...]
Starting with this issue, Campaign supporters will share their vision of how the future development of the Greenway presents compelling opportunities to temper our environmental impacts and take positive action to mitigate climate change. [...]