The EcoCenter at Heron's Head Park

The EcoCenter at Heron's Head Park is a landmark environmental education center in San Francisco dedicated to environmental justice and teaching about sustainability in the built environment. The center features: an off-grid solar array, an on-site wastewater treatment system with a constructed wetland; 15K gallons of rainwater storage; vegetative roof; reused and recycled building materials, and an array of sustainable landscape and land management solutions.

Friday, January 18, 2013

Orientation for Sust 91 at the EcoCenter

School is back in session this week at City College of San Francisco (CCSF). Students enrolled or looking to enroll in Sustainability 91, Applied Research in Sustainability came to the EcoCenter for a two hour orientation. The orientation included a tour of the EcoCenter that was conducted by students and myself. Student and photographer Julia Ellis Tomiyama (AKA Jet) took photos which are shared below.

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Greenagers Graduate at the EcoCenter

Today the first cohort of Greenagers held their graduation ceremony at the EcoCenter. The program was launched by SF Rec and Park in spring 2012 and consists of 12 freshman and sophmores who either live or go to a high school in the Southeast side of the city. Greenagers met three Saturdays a month over the past nine months and engaged in habitat restoration activities including second Saturdays at Heron's Head Park. Students also researched social and natural problems in several neighborhood parks. They presented workshops to their peers about the issues they discovered and shared their ideas for potential solutions. Congratulations to tomorrow's Green Leaders.