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Saturday, March 22, 10 am-3 pm
Beholding SF's Birds Pedal by Pedal
A Bike Tour
RSVP required: shaping@foundsf.org.
A special bicycling field trip with Habitat Potential's Josiah Clark covering Golden Gate Park and the northern shoreline. Expect to see 80-100 bird species, overlooked habitats, trees where they never were, water where there was no water… Explore challenges and opportunities for sustainable urban ecology in SF.
Tour ends at Cliff House
RSVP or donate now!
Wednesday, March 26, 7:30 pm
Lessons for the Biosphere
A Public Talk at 518 Valencia Street
In our seat upon the California Coast, we who live in the territory of Yelamu are favored with remarkable biodiversity. A conversation between Sara Moncada, the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone Director of Native Ecology, and Obi Kaufmann, author of The State of Fire: Why California Burns as well as the California Field Atlas series, looking at the uniqueness of place and locating us within it. From our state rock—Serpentine—to local events like the annual circumambulation of Mt. Tamalpais and the restored salmon habitat in Muir Woods to the concept of bioregionalism that began with Peter Berg and Planet Drum, join us for an exploration of the biosphere and the knowledge we gain from it.
We welcome donations. Donate now!
Sunday, April 13, 9 am
Kayak Tour of Islais Creek
with Mark Morey of Kayaks Unlimited (attendance limited!)
SORRY! The Kayak Tour is
AT CAPACITY!
with Mark Morey of Kayaks Unlimited (attendance limited!)
SORRY! The Kayak Tour is
AT CAPACITY!
Experienced and first-time kayakers are welcome to explore the Islais Creek waterway at the intersection of San Francisco Bay while learning about the history, ecology, and peculiarities of this place. Kayaks and flotation gear provided. Must sign a Kayaks Unlimited waiver.
This is a free event, but we gladly accept donations. donate now!
Wednesday, April 16, 7:30 pm
Explosivity! Port Chicago & Beyond
A Public Talk at 518 Valencia Street
Javier Arbona-Homar is the author of the new book, Explosivity: Following What Remains, an exploration of the racial violence embedded in San Francisco's landscapes as exposed by five disastrous explosions from the last two centuries. His presentation covers the geography of memorials, critical military studies, and social practice art. Specially commissioned site photography by artist Andrea Gaffney accompanies conceptual musings on sites of explosions. Javier is an assistant professor in American Studies and Design at UC Davis, and a co-founder of the DEMILIT landscape arts collective.
We welcome donations. Donate now!
Explore Shaping San Francisco:
Ecology Emerges
Discussions and reflections on the history of Bay Area ecological activism, based on oral histories documenting the past 50 years.
Ecology Emerges is an oral history gathering project to explore the past 50 years of ecological activism in the Bay Area and the role that individual and institutional memories play in the development, policy proposals, and interrelationships that together make up the existing networks of ecological politics. We document the living ecological activist movement, in their own words, but also in a larger context of urban growth and globalization.
Oral Histories
Shaping San Francisco, as part of our ongoing work, sits down with people who have stories to tell and conducts oral history interviews.
Check them out here.
"Editor's Pick Tour" from FoundSF.org
Comprised of over 1,400 pages, and 2,500 historical photos, the wiki-based archive FoundSF.org is the product of hundreds of contributors, regular people who were compelled by the chance to investigate some piece of this City's past.
Shaping San Francisco is fiscally sponsored by Independent Arts & Media, a California non-profit corporation.