This year in celebration of LEJ's 10th Anniversary we will be hosting an entire week of inspiring and engaging events.

 

CANDLESTICK POINT EARTH DAY WORKDAY

Saturday, April 19

10 AM - 1 PM followed by cookout
Ranger Station, 1150 Carroll Ave.

Come help in LEJ's "Plants Gone Wild" nursery and community garden, growing native plant stock for restoration projects in Candlestick Park and Heron's Head Park.  We are busy building an indoor greenhouse these days, so come ready for a barn-raising and bbq!  

Wear appropriate clothing; gloves and tools provided.  All ages welcome.  For more information, contact Nursery Manager Patrick Rump. LEJ's Bay Youth for the Environment Program at the Candlestick Point State Recreation Area is a partnership with the California State Parks Foundation. This year's Earth Day event is sponsored by Virgin Airways.

Save the date -- May 3 workday at the nursery, 10 am - 1 pm!

ECOCENTER GROUNDBREAKING
Tuesday, April 22, 11 AM - 1 PM
Heron's Head Park, Jennings Street & Cargo Way

After all these years of planning and preparation, it's finally happening!  Join us for a celebration of the possible, featuring guest speakers Marie Harrison of Greenaction, Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, Ann Marie Sayers of Coastanoan Indian Research, and Mayor Gavin Newsom (invited), and music and spoken word by the LEJ Youth. RSVP development@lejyouth.org.

Co-hosted by the Port of San Francisco, SF Environment, and the State Coastal Conservancy.

THE PEOPLE'S EARTHDAY
A Celebration of Life
Saturday, April 26, 10 AM - 4 PM
Super Save Market, 4517 3rd St. (at McKinnon)

This year we're bringing Earth Day into the heart of the Bayview, with a daylong celebration of life and health--teen dance group Loco Bloco, exotic critters from Tree Frog Treks, a greens cooking competition, the KMEL Street Team, community resource tabling, and lots of good food!  For more information, contact Good Neighbor Manager Gwendolyn Smith, goodneighbor@lejyouth.org.

Hosted by Good Neighbor merchant Super Save Market.  Co-sponsored by Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice.

Save the Date

HERON'S HEAD PARK WORKDAY

International Migratory Bird Day
Saturday, May 10

9 AM - 12 PM

Cargo Way & Jennings St.

 

What better way to spend International Migratory Bird Day and National Wetlands Month than creating wildlife habitat at Heron's Head Park!  We will be planting hundreds of seedlings that the LEJ youth and community volunteers have been propagating at the Native Plants Nursery.  We're also planning bird walks and a potluck barbecue; watch this space for details.

 

Wear appropriate clothing; gloves, boots, and tools are provided. Heavy rain cancels the workday.  All ages welcome. For more information, contact HHP Steward Myla Ablog.  LEJ's community stewardship and environmental education programs at Heron's Head Park are a partnership with the Port of San Francisco.

 

 

 

SAVE CANDLESTICK POINT!

Governor Schwarzenegger's FY 08-09 state budget proposes to close 48 state parks.  The list includes Candlestick Point State Recreation Area, one of the very few open spaces in Bayview Hunters Point and a critical wetland and wildlife habitat.  Candlestick is in the midst of a multi-year remediation and restoration project addressing acute contamination from industrial and military pollution.  LEJ's Native Plants Nursery at Candlestick trains youth interns from Bayview Hunters Point to grow the native plantstock for the Candlestick restoration project.  Closing the park throws the future of the remediation project as a whole into doubt; we urge you to find out more at  www.savestateparks.org and write to your legislators.