Preserving the legacy of Bay Area Action’s environmental work from 1990–2000 and beyond.
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…What's going on and where you can fit in: call group contacts at 321-1994
The muscle of BAA, the Action committee finds and plans ways for us to get up and do something about environmental problems. Recent successes have included displaying Beat the Back-Up messages (see below) and sending a large contingent to the beach cleanup at Pomponio State Beach (where besides picking up lots of recyclables and trash, they unearthed a large water heater). Members of BAA Action were also involved in two recent public forums: David Smernoff spoke on his experiences at Redwood Summer at the Peninsula Conservation Center, and he and Julie Whitbeck co-chaired a session on Energy and the Environment at a Columbus Day workshop on the Gulf crisis held at Stanford University. Events for the coming months are being planned now. Contact: Dave Smernoff.
After the success of Beat the Back-Up Day, Alt. Trans. is continuing to encourage efficient forms of commuting. Coordinating efforts with the many Bay Area organizations studying various aspects of alternative transportation, their goal is for every commuter to get out of his/her car at least one day a week. Contact: Geoff Nichols.
Students at Stanford University, this year’s regional SEAC (Student Environmental Action Coalition) headquarters, are working out of the BAA office to coordinate national college programs. Project coordinator Flora Lu and BAA Director Owen Byrd attended the October Catalyst conference at the University of Illinois where thousands of national campus activists met to discuss current environmental issues. Contact: Flora Lu.
This project is creating neighborhood teams around the Bay Area that will combat environmental problems in the home — energy efficiency, toxics, consumer habits, and so on. A pilot program in Palo Alto is already underway. Contact: Dave Vinokur.
Growing with every meeting, this project is working to reach out to Bay Area schools to promote environmental awareness and create finely-tuned recycling programs. Several local student groups have been using the BAA office as a contact point, and a traveling show is being planned to spread the word of environmental concern. Contact: Kathy Armer.
This committee is working to bring environmental concerns — recycling, energy efficiency, etc. — to the workplace via organizing workplace environmental committees. Contact: Candice Stark.
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Published in Action vol 1, no 3 · Nov–Dec 1990
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