Practices WILD Cities Principle Three
Volunteers from Americorps and the neighborhood after a workday. Photo by Nature in the City.
Adah’s Stairway
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Partners include:: DPW, Bonnie Fisher and Boris Dramov, Isabel Wade, Adah Bakalinsky, San Francisco Parks Alliance, Hands on Bay Area, and devoted neighborhood residents and volunteers.
Adah’s Stairway is a public park dedicated in honor of stairway walking guru, Adah Bakalinsky. Adah, now in her 90s, catalyzed a powerful local group of allies, and with help from skilled neighborhood volunteers and Nature in the City the group received a Community Challenge Grant, and we are working together to create a bird habitat sanctuary and a quiet contemplative place to celebrate Adah and her immeasurable contribution to San Francisco’s walking culture.
Links:
Adah’s Stairway, Nature in the City
Opening the Outdoors, San Diego County, California
Opening the Outdoors is a project of The San Diego Foundation promoting philanthropy, civic engagement, and collaboration between business, government and community to increase support for connecting, protecting and increasing access to nature in our region. In addition to building infrastructure, such as trails, signage and outdoor amenities, this program is dedicated to getting kids outside, especially for those who currently don’t have enough access.
The Foundation is opening the outdoors to 500,000 people in unserved or underserved areas as identified in the Parks for Everyone report.
Links:
Opening the Outdoors Page
Reading the Landscape: A Social Assessment of Parks and their Natural Areas in Jamaica Bay Communities
In partnership with the Natural Areas Conservancy and NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, the U.S. Forest Service
Links:
http://www.fs.fed.us/nrs/nyc/local-resources/docs/wp1_JamaicaBaySSA2013.pdf
Tigers on market, San Francisco, California
Incorporating Habitat for the Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly into the New Design for Market Street
Links:
http://www.natureinthecity.org/index.php/proj2/tigers-on-market-street
Food Security and Community Health (FSCH) Program, San Deigo, California
The IRC in San Diego’s Food Security and Community Health (FSCH) Program
The Community Design Collaborative: Transforming Schoolyards
Links:
Transforming Philadelphia’s Schoolyards Guide (PDF)
URBIS Project: Urban Agriculture
Salzburg case study...
Links:
Urban agriculture: landscapes connecting people, food and biodiversity (PDF)
Herbanisation, Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa
Links:
http://www.panorama.solutions/content/herbanisation-sustainable-livelihoods-foundation-0
STEW-MAP (Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project)
Location: multiple cities, USA
Agency or Organization: STEW-MAP Project
The STEW-MAP database collects information from local citizen groups involved with conserving, managing, monitoring, advocating for, and educating the public about their local environments (including water, land, air, waste, toxics, and energy issues). These groups range from informal block associations and kayak clubs, to tree planting groups and environmental justice coalitions, to formal nonprofit educational institutions and museums. A primary goal of the STEW-MAP is to visualize stewardship activities across the urban landscape. STEW-MAP Projects are currently active in Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia and Seattle.
Links:
Chicago STEW-MAP Project
New York City STEW-MAP Project
Green Connections
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Agency or Organization: San Francisco Planning Department
Plan for connecting underserved communities with parks and natural areas via habitat-rich, walkable and bikable streets.
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Candlestick Point Eco-Stewards
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Agency or Organization:Literacy for Environmental Justice
Connecting people to urban open space to restore ecology, improve environmental health, and strengthen community.
Links:
Candlestick Point Eco-Stewards
Crissy Field Center
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Agency or Organization: National Park Service; Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
Hub of youth engagement for the Golden Gate National Parks encouraging new generations to become bold leaders for thriving parks, healthy communities, and a more environmentally just society.
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Golden Gate National Recreation Area Park Stewardship
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Agency or Organization:Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
Engages a vibrant community of local stewards in the conservation of priority parklands throughout the Golden Gate National Parks.
Links:
Golden Gate National Recreation Area Park Stewardship Program
Heron's Head Park and EcoCenter
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Agency or Organization:The Port of San Francisco; Bay Institute; City College of San Francisco
A model for green building, sustainable resource use, environmental justice, and experiential learning that is also an incredible space for environmental education, public outreach, and connecting people with the beauty of San Francisco’s wild landscapes
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Middle School Local Ecological Stewardship
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Agency or Organization:Kids in Parks
Helping disadvantaged students understand their roles in the natural world by studying, exploring, and stewarding parks and open spaces in San Francisco.
Links:
Middle School Local Ecological Stewardship-- Kids in Parks
San Francisco Youth Stewardship Program
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Agency or Organization:San Francisco recreation and Parks
Engaging youth in environmental education and service-learning field trips to foster an understanding of their important role in helping to build healthy social and natural communities.
Links:
Youth Stewardship Program (Video)
Youth Engagement Strategic Plan
Location: East Bay, California, USA
Organization or Agency: East Bay Regional Park District
East Bay Regional Park District (EBPD) underwent a review of its youth engagement opportunities and identified new ideas for the EBPD's 65 parks to engage the region's youth in programming and leadership opportunities that will bring them closer to the natural assets of their home.
Links:
EBPD Youth Engagement Strategic (PDF)
Greening Philadelphia's Schoolyards
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Organization or Agency:Community Design Collaborative, School District of Philadelphia and several for independent schools and other public school systems
Links:
http://cdesignc.org/guides/schoolyards
Nerds on Safari Market Street, a species inventory Bioblitz
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Partners include:: Liam O’Brien, Seedfund, Studio for Urban Projects, San Francisco Department of the Environment, DPW, San Francisco Planning, California Academy of Sciences, iNaturalist, and Nerds for Nature.
Tigers on Market Street is a story of a butterfly's behavioral adaptation to an urban environment. From the perspective of the Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus), Market Street, San Francisco’s main thoroughfare is a river canyon ecosystem with the butterfly’s larval food tree along the banks. Nature in the City is winning the hearts and minds of city planners and businesses alike – as Market Street is redesigned in the coming years, wildlife will have a big role to play.
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Nerds on Safari Market Street, a species inventory Bioblitz, photo by Zach Pine
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