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Jeanne and Christy

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26:01

Growing Native Plants in Your Yard

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2025/11/12

In this episode we explore how to incorporate native plants in a suburban East Bay yard with Elaine Jackson from the East Bay chapter of the California Native Plant Society and Friends of Alhambra Creek. Hear about the 5 prettiest native plants, how to combat invasives, and resources available to help.

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25:30

Meet the John Muir Land Trust - and more on Pacheco...

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2025/10/17

We're back at Pacheco Marsh, this time on a tour and work day with the John Muir Land Trust and Friends of Alhambra Creek. It's our chance to learn about the invasive species which are pressuring the marsh, and about the Land Trust and its ambitious plans to restore other wetlands, and maintain this one.

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22:54

We're back! And it's Transit Month! We're at MUNI...

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2025/09/26

We've been away due to a family health crisis, but we're back! Just in time for historic streetcars, vintage buses, and the all-time favorite: the boat tram! (Not to mention the cablecars.) It's MUNI Heritage Weekend in San Francisco. Learn about the historic streetcars, the Market Street Railway, and find out what the the Routle is. You will definitely want to check out the show notes on this one for photos and links!

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20:03

Let's Race to Zero Waste!

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2025/07/10

Let's talk recycling from a little different angle. Meet Race to Zero Waste! I guarantee you will get answers to some of your recycling questions.

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21:53

Native Here! Our Hyper-Local Native Plant Nursery

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2025/06/20

Want to incorporate native plants into your garden? Or just hear about local plants? There is a lot more to it than I thought. We talk with Beth Wurzburg of the California Native Plant Society about their nursery, Native Here, in Tilden Park.

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28:16

Lower Walnut Creek Restoration goes live!

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2025/05/27

Now renamed Pacheco Marsh, the newly restored five mile stretch at the mouth of Walnut Creek is our newest park. In January, 2023, we toured the restoration in progress. Now we get the before and after as we attend the park's grand opening on May 3, 2025. Enjoy conversations with some of the celebrants, and fascinating descriptions of how the engineers at the Contra Costa County Flood Control District made it happen.

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21:57

Electrify your home - a primer from Citizens Climate...

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2025/05/10

Even P&GE wants you to replace your gas appliances! Bill Olsen from the Contra Costa chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby explains how to get started, what it might cost, and how to make a plan.

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12:22

Martinez Refinery Episode 2 - December 2023

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2025/04/07

Here's the first update to our coverage of the refinery.

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9:07

Martinez Refinery Episode 3

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2025/04/07

More on the refinery saga.

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6:31

Martinez Refinery - the third update, December 2024

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2025/04/07

And a brief update on the second anniversary of the Thanksgiving toxic release.

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19:10

Martinez Refinery Episode 1 - July 2023

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2025/04/07

Here's our first episode about the refinery and its depredations.

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13:06

Martinez Refinery: What's happened since the big...

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2025/04/04

There's never a dull moment living near the Martinez Refinery! After being assessed a $4.5 million penalty, you would think they would clean up their act, but you would be wrong. Heidi Taylor of Healthy Martinez brings us up to date - or almost up to date. After this episode was recorded, on the refinery's very first day of restarting operations, another fire broke out and a worker was injured.

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22:59

Repair Cafe: Keeping stuff out of the landfill

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2025/02/20

Got a broken toaster? Leggings with a torn seam? A broken necklace? The Repair Cafe is here for you.

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22:18

Marsh Creek Salmon Walk - Yep, Salmon!

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2025/01/23

Marsh Creek runs from the flanks of Mt Diablo to the San Joaquin River, and it is full of surprising wildlife! For the MLK Day of Service, we are picking up trash and keeping our eyes peeled.

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28:27

Classic episode: Exploring the Lower Walnut Creek...

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2024/12/20

Continuing our exploration of area creeks, we are revisiting a 2023 episode about one of the biggest waterway projects in the area, one that is slated to become a public park: the Lower Walnut Creek Restoration Project.

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6:31

Update: Solar, Martinez Refinery, and Beavers!

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2024/12/02

Happy Thanksgiving! Like everyone, we are busy busy with holiday cheer, so we are doing a minisode updating three prior episodes.

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25:51

iNaturalist - Your nature identification buddy, and...

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2024/11/09

You may already be using iNaturalist as an app on your phone to identify plants and animals. If you aren't yet, you will want to get started by the end of this episode! And did you know that it got its start right here in the Bay Area? Now it's a worldwide phenomenon used by lay contributors and scientists alike. Join us as iNat board member Cat Chang explains how it works, how it got its start, and what it is used for.

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28:02

Resilient, Equitable Urban Streams - the Ecology of...

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2024/10/17

So far in our creeks series, we have been looking at attempts to restore them to as close to natural as possible. But what if we look at urban creeks in a different way, as their own ecosystems, including the unhoused people who live along them? How will climate change affect these systems? In this episode, we go out in the field and talk to Dr. Costanza Rampini of San Jose State and Dr. Gregory Pasternack of UC Davis, researchers who are investigating exactly this issue in a Bay Area project...

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24:57

Friends of San Ramon Creek: Enemies of Arundo Donax,...

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2024/09/26

The friends of San Ramon Creek are amazing! Tune in to hear about all they have accomplished. I guarantee you will want to join them.

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24:15

Friends of Alhambra Creek and the Alhambra Native...

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2024/09/06

After a short hiatus in August, we're back with a new series: Friends of the Creeks! Every friends group is different. Join us as we tour the Alhambra Native Plant Trail with the Friends of Alhambra Creek.

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