by LouiseGund | Dec 9, 2019 | Animals, Conservation, Environment, Nature, Wildlife
The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts (COLT) works to serve the interests of the land trust community in the state and to strengthen its collective ability to preserve the environment for the benefit of people everywhere, now and in the future. Through its many...
by LouiseGund | Nov 26, 2019 | Broadway, Cast, Music, Play, Production
A passionate arts lover and philanthropist, Berkeley resident Louise Gund has a long history of supporting art institutions in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) is one such institution: in 2007,...
by LouiseGund | Nov 22, 2019 | Acting, Broadway, Cast, Music, Play, Production
With The Great Society, renowned playwright Robert Schenkkan presents his second in a series of works about the life and career of President Lyndon B. Johnson. The new production reunites Schenkkan with director Bill Rauch, who helmed the playwright’s Tony...
by LouiseGund | Nov 20, 2019 | Animals, Conservation, Environment, Nature, Organizations, Programs, Wildlife
Late in 2017, in the small salmon-fishing town of Dillingham, Alaska, a mining firm filed paperwork to obtain a permit for the development of a new open-pit gold and copper mine upstream. Residents in this town of 2,300 people, whose livelihood centers on fishing, are...
by LouiseGund | Nov 15, 2019 | Animals, Conservation, Environment, History, Nature, Organizations, Programs, Wildlife
A nonprofit law firm focused on defending the earth and its people, animals, and natural resources, Earthjustice has won numerous court battles since its establishment in the 1970s. These lawsuits have halted air pollution, increased protections for Arctic lands and...
