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SACRAMENTO, California – September 30, 2013. The academy award winning actress Jane Fonda has joined a California team of distinguished scientists, educators and media producers working to create inspirational stories about the state’s changing natural environment. Fonda will narrate a two-hour PBS documentary and a companion set of short films that will reach millions of […]
Photo legend Left to right: Producer Kit Tyler, Executive Producer Jim Baxter and Dr. Kevin Starr. In the heart of San Francisco’s Russian Hill district, the Legacy Project had the chance to interview one of California’s preeminent scholars, Dr Kevin Starr, for its upcoming public television documentary “Becoming California.” Arriving in a tweed coat, baby […]
Read, comment and share articles and video posts from the Legacy Team and The Mindful Californian, a weekly feature by news journalist Chris Bowman and graduate intern Shahla Farzan. Explore our Working Together page to see how Californians are connecting with nature to make a real difference. Get Involved – submit a story of your […]
What is Ocean Acidification? The Chemistry When carbon dioxide (CO2) is absorbed by seawater, chemical reactions occur that reduce seawater pH, carbonate ion concentration, and saturation states of biologically important calcium carbonate minerals. These chemical reactions are termed “ocean acidification” or “OA” for short. Calcium carbonate minerals are the building blocks for the skeletons and […]
Sacramento Climate Action Plan (CAP) The Sacramento Climate Action Plan, adopted February 14, 2012, identifies how the City and the broader community can reduce Sacramento’s greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). The CAP includes GHG reduction targets, strategies, and specific actions. It also identifies strategies and specific actions which Sacramento can take to adapt to the effects of […]
The Legacy Project Explores the Retreat of Dana Glacier through Repeat Photography The Dana Glacier is located inside a northwest facing cirque located east of the 13,061 feet (3,981 m) Mount Dana on the eastern border of Yosemite National Park, California. It is very close to Tioga Pass and Highway 120. The glacier occupies the […]
Kit Tyler and his film crew travel high above the tree line in Eastern California to pay a visit to the oldest living organism known as a bristlecone pine tree. The oldest (non-clonal, acknowledged) living organism known is a bristlecone pine tree nicknamed “Methuselah” (after Methuselah, the longest-lived person in the Bible). It is located […]
A fundamental yet paradoxical force shaping what we know and understand about the Anza‐Borrego desert region – physically and biologically – is water. Using aerials, 2D and 3D animations and an original film score by the renowned musician Pat Metheny, the film tells the story of how the Anza‐Borrego desert came to be and how […]
Point Reyes is California’s quintessential geological story of tectonics, devastating earthquakes and ever‐shifting faults. It’s also a fascinating story of the profound intersection between land and sea, as well as the people who have called it home for centuries. Narrated by Jane Fonda and with original music by renowned musician Pat Metheny, the Legacy Project […]
Baldwin Hills serves as the vantage point for our story about the tremendous power of people to transform nature but also to re‐connect with it. Narrated by Jane Fonda and with original music by renowned musician Pat Metheny, the film uses aerials and 3D animations to tell the story of how the Los Angeles Basin was […]