Preserving the legacy of Bay Area Action’s environmental work from 1990–2000 and beyond.
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Our goal is to raise $120k in order to digitize over 13,500 documents, photos, videos, and more, then put them online so they become part of the historical record for all time. Our stretch goal is to produce a book.
Photos collected so far
Documents scanned so far
We want your stories! Tell us how you got involved, about your pet project, your favorite story. You were part of something big! Your story should be part of the historical record.
Help us make this project happen!
Digitize and organize the BAA Archives so the internet can remember the 1990s environmental movement.
Goal:
$60,000
Raised:
$7,835
Find a permanent home for the BAA Archives so that when we all die, the Internet doesn't forget.
Goal:
$15,000
Raised:
$2,600
Tell the stories of the people touched by BAA over ten years.
Goal:
$35,000
Raised:
$1,000
Some of the articles, newsletters, photos, and documents we’ve put online so far...
Bay Area Action, the nonprofit which operated from 1990 to 2000, should not be confused with 350 Bay Area Action, which is a climate activism organization that has operated from 2012 to present.
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Celebrating the creative people who helped make Bay Area Action a force for change in the 1990s. Including Dennis DeRyke, Steve Curl, Mike Austin, Jing Jing Tsong, Jeanelle Steiner, Aaron Zonka...
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Earth Day began on April 22, 1970, when millions of Americans participated in creative and dramatic public demonstrations to raise awareness about environmental issues, sparking the modern environmental movement and leading to major policy changes.
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