Activism

Walking With the Ecosexuals
Tree Hugging, Grassalingus and Finding Your E-Spot: Walking With the Ecosexuals

There’s a New Festival in the Tenderloin…Yes Really.
Bet you never expected to see a headline like that, did you? Well, there is in fact a brand new festival running from April 30th – May 6th and it sounds fantastic! It’s called I Love Tenderloin Week. Don’t get me wrong, the Tenderloin has a lot of issues that

Oakland’s Wood Street Encampment Is Officially Gone, Displacing Hundreds.
Written by M.T. Agha What was once known as Oakland’s largest homeless encampment has now mostly disappeared. The encampment on Wood Street in West Oakland, which previously spanned several blocks and had housed hundreds of people in the past has been cleared out indefinitely. The only semblance of what

The KQED & Noise Pop Block Party Looks Pretty Great
When two wonderful SF institutions get together to throw a block party your ears should perk up. KQED has teamed up with Noise Pop and is blocking off the streets in front of its storied SF headquarters for an all-day, live music-infused, street festival with delicious local food vendors, legendary Bay Area talent, and of course, your favorite KQED journalists and personalities.

How to Get into Activism and Advocacy
As the world burns and climate change deniers continue to, well…deny it, there’s an uprising in Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha to change and, hopefully, save (or slow the implosion) of our Earth. If you’re one of these tree huggers, activists, and/or a recently blooming conservationist then the advice

Facebook Owes You Money: Here’s How To Get It!
Remember the whole Russia Gate thing? If you don’t, I’m referring to when we were told that Russian spies were hacking our data to destroy our democracy. Well, there was some truth to that, but American companies are not ones to be outdone by the Eastern Bloc. And while that

The 5 Classic Spells Any Wizard Would Cast on San Francisco
There are as many wizened, crafty wizards through all the landscape of fantasty as there are origins and styles of the genre itself. Marlon James sprinkles casters like the Moon Witch through his book Black Leopard, Red Wolf and Ralph Bakshi relies on the gun-toting Avatar in his timeless cartoon

7 Reasons the World May Not be Doomed: The Bioneers Conference
I cried. I laughed. I grew starry-eyed in the presence of so many intelligent and dynamic humans under one roof. I cried again. Here are some reasons for action and hope that I learned at Bioneers.