Acterra Action For A Healthy Planet

Sponsored Programs: Climate Resilient Communities: The mission of Climate Resilient Communities is anchoring communities in resiliency, empowering community action, and building community-led solutions for climate change. The program is dedicated to lifting the Peninsula's underrepresented communities and centering and unifying local voice. Bioma: The Bioma Project is a nonprofit organization aimed to change how environmental education is taught by providing hands-on interactive lessons plans to students. The Organization makes sure its curriculums are based around real world applications and projects and are localized for students. The Organization makes use of a variety of new technologies such as Virtual Reality and aquaculture labs, to enhance the learning experience for students. The Bay Area Climate Adaptation Network (BayCAN) is a collaborative network of local government staff and partnering organizations working to help the Bay Area region to respond effectively and equitably to the impacts of climate change. Developed by local government, for local government and the communities they serve, BayCAN focuses on adaptation challenges in water supply, sea level rise, wastewater and stormwater management, wildfires, ecosystems, and public health. We collaborate with current initiatives in these sectors to maximize impact and build on existing knowledge.

A key goal is to compel the wider public to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and to increase people's willingness to take appropriate actions. The Organization's main tool for encouraging behavior change is education. The Organization Education Program includes the Public Lecture Series, which invites leading voices from academia, business, and policy to discuss global change issues; and the You(th) Be the Change climate-based education and leadership program.