Today I’d like to share our final story of #PeopleWeLove, Lucrecia and Ricardo Rivera. Lucrecia and Ricardo are two of the many wonderful people who make our work possible. Join them and make your year-end gift to Committee for Green Foothills today. Lucrecia and Ricardo were first introduced to Committee for Green Foothills when Lucrecia participated...
Today I’d like to introduce you to Bill and Kathy Korbholz, two more #PeopleWeLove who are standing up to protect local nature. Join them and make your year-end gift to Committee for Green Foothills today. Residents of Redwood City, Bill and Kathy were a key part of the team that ensured Edgewood Park would become one...
Dear Friends, As I look back on 2016, I am in awe by all that we have accomplished together. The good work you make possible never ceases to amaze me. Let’s take pause to celebrate the many wins for local open space that you made possible in 2016: Gilroy: Citizen-led Measure H, urban growth boundary...
Happy #GivingTuesday! I hope you found time to get outside and work off all that turkey (or Tofurky) over the Thanksgiving weekend. This holiday season we are celebrating the #PeopleWeLove. I’d like to introduce you to Edo Larenas, just one of the many people who give local nature a voice. Join Edo by making...
Dear Friends, This week has been a hard one for me. As a parent. As someone who knows we’ve reached the climate tipping point. As someone who cares deeply about equity. The list goes on and on. The question we each have to answer right now is, “What am I going to do to make...
You may be surprised to hear that we’ve never created an annual report (I was when I realized it). But like most things, it’s better late than never, right? For me, taking the time to sit down and reflect on what we accomplished together in 2015 made this endeavor worthwhile. Looking back was also an...
After decades of work on the issue, we have great news to share from Morgan Hill. On Friday, March 11, the Local Agency Formation Commissioners (LAFCo) denied the City of Morgan Hill’s request to annex and develop hundreds of acres of farmland in the Southeast Quadrant (thank them by filling out the form below). Today’s...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 24, 2015 Contact: Justyne Schnupp, Events and Outreach Coordinator Committee for Green Foothills [email protected] 650-968-7243 x340 Two Publishing Icons to be Honored David Loeb and Malcolm Margolin will be honored by Committee for Green Foothills at Nature’s Inspiration gala in Woodside Palo Alto, CA: On October 4 at Filoli Estate in...
By Megan Medeiros, Executive Director We received a huge boost last November with a generous gift from Richard and Beth DeAtley. The couple gave $500,000 dedicated to our legislative advocacy program. Their dedication to the environment can be traced back to their childhoods. “I grew up in Idaho, a state of great beauty, with pine...
By Megan Medeiros, Executive Director For more than 50 years, thousands of people in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties have supported Committee for Green Foothills. They want to protect the immense stretches of rural coast, remaining forests, scenic hillside vistas, farmland, flowing creeks, and open baylands. They know we do a good job of...
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