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Bay Area Action’s direct actions in the 1990s ranged from rallies, sit-ins, and tree-sits, to creative tactics like costumed protests, theatrical demonstrations, and giant “human signs,” to confront environmental destruction and corporate power.

A group of past Bay Area Action members brought a human sign at Facebook HQ in 2020 to tell Mark Zuckerberg that “TRUTH MATTERS”.

A year-long commitment to low-paid work in service of an important cause, driven by a passion for preserving its history and sharing what unfolds behind the scenes.

Exploring how the 1990s Bay Area environmental nonprofit’s evolution was closely intertwined with, and shaped by, the rise of Silicon Valley and the internet.

Reviews of “The End of Nature” by Bill McKibben, “The Man Who Planted Trees” by Jean Giono, and “The Earth Speaks” by Steve Van Metre & Bill Weiler

Bay Area Action calls for volunteers to support its environmental work and thanks the many individuals, groups, and businesses whose donations and efforts have sustained the organization in its first eight months.