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SUMMER 2010 Greenfootnotes Committee for Green Foothills When Is “Green” Not Green? SUMMER 2010 greenfootnotes COmmiTTee FOr Green FOOThiLLs www.GreenFoothills.org When is “Green” not Green? Pillar Point Harbor Proposed site for the Wetlands Big Wave Offi ce Park and Wellness Center Fitzgerald Marine Reserve By Lennie roberts of “green” thinking. This is not an infill site, and the “Saltworks” 30,000 new residents would add tremendous strain to an already o-called “green” developments are not at all “green” if they are out of gridlocked Highway 101 and Woodside Road. Extraordinary sscale, poorly designed, located in sensitive habitats such as wetlands, measures will be necessary to protect future residents from ordi- situated in hazardous locations such as fl oodplains, or consume precious nary flooding, to say nothing of future sea level rise. The developer prime agricultural land. In fact, such projects could well give the bur- recently announced a deal to transfer water from the Kern River to geoning green building movement a bad name. Redwood City for this project. Such a transfer could potentially On the coast, the 225,000 sq. ft . Big Wave Offi ce Park and 70-unit Big involve blending Delta water with the Bay Area’s pristine Hetch Wave Wellness Center propose an impressive array of “green” features, Hetchy water. This could be a significant adverse impact to all including alternative energy systems, on-site wastewater treatment/ 2 million customers of the Hetch Hetchy system. recycling/disposal systems, and restoration of wetlands. Its sponsors are Big Wave and the Redwood City Saltworks mini-city are two huge seeking LEED* Platinum certifi cation. projects located in the wrong places and it’s relatively easy to see their Yet Big Wave is hardly a green project. Its potential impacts on the negative att ributes. Less dramatic, but equally problematic, is the trend to site’s wetlands and endangered species at the adjacent Pillar Point Marsh, build McMansions on country estates far from urban services. On a per proximity to an Ohlone burial site, paving over of prime agricultural capita basis, these supersize houses consume a disproportionate share lands, and massive 50-foot high buildings make its touted green features of land, energy, and other resources, and require expensive and resource problematic. Because the site is not served by convenient transit, the consuming service and maintenance throughout their usable lifetime. project will generate an estimated 2,200 daily vehicle trips, which must To be truly green, we need to think about building in the right places use substandard, narrow roads to access the site. and living sustainably. Location, design, and restraint are equally In Redwood City, Cargill/DMB’s proposed development of a important components of the green universe. CGF sprawling mini-city on restorable Bay wetlands is hardly an example * LEED: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Th e articles presented in this edition of Green Footnotes present a snapshot of the emerging conversations we COmmiTTee FOr Green FOOThiLLs are encountering as advocates. Committee for Green Foothills is a grassroots 501(c)(3) nonprofi t organization working to establish and maintain land use policies that protect the environment throughout Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. Committee for Green Foothills mission is to protect the open space, farmlands, and natural resources of Santa Clara and San ft er some discussion, CGF staff and Board members decided to dedicate this edition Mateo counties through advocacy, education and grassroots action. of Green Footnotes to the topic, “green on green”. Our discussions left me reminiscing about the days when “going green” referred to heading to Yosemite, or hiking the green Committee for Green Foothills A 3921 East Bayshore Road foothills of East San Jose, or simply going to the park to play. And when in college, I was green Palo Alto, CA 94303 simply because I wore Earth shoes, ate vegetarian and organic food from the Ben Lomand Co-op, [email protected] www.GreenFoothills.org and drove a VW bus. Th e meaning of “being green” has undergone many changes since CGF was Phone: 650-968-7243 Fax: 650-968-8431 founded in 1962 and since the fi rst Earth Day in 1970. sTAFF Th e founders and early followers of CGF chose the word Cynthia D’Agosta From the executive director “green” to represent keeping the foothills open, free of Lennie Roberts Legislative Advocate, executive development and in a natural state. Th ey wrote and spoke san mateo County Brian Schmidt director passionately about land stewardship and preservation Legislative Advocate, santa Clara County Cynthia D'Agosta and fought hard for protection of open space. And they Wendee Crofoot Office manager Anthony Aerts, intern thought of themselves as being green. Today, we continue Annika Christensen, intern Camilo Delay, intern the work of our founders to protect open space; however our fi ght becomes more diffi cult as the Kelsey Wolfgram, intern term “green”, applied to buildings and technology, is used to justify developing our precious lands. BOArd OF direCTOrs Margaret MacNiven President Th e label “green” is so widely used now that people are confused about what is environmentally Matthew Burrows Vice President Bill Whitmer Treasurer sound and what is truly green. Helen Chapman secretary Mary Davey Th e articles presented in this edition of Green Footnotes present a snapshot of the emerging Paul Davis Jim Foran conversations we are encountering as advocates. Gail Kaiser Alex Kennett ■ Advocate Brian Schmidt questions local mine impacts, versus shipping massive materials Jeff Segall Ashwin Sunder long distances; April Vargas ■ Bob Power presents the trade off s in San Jose Water Treatment plant between habitat and Green Footnotes is published funding sources for the improvements; three times a year by the Committee for Green Foothills for ■ Advocate Lennie Roberts looks at two important San Mateo County projects and asks the friends and supporters. question, when is green not green?; ediTOr Mahlon Hubenthal ■ Ron Erskine, who took a hike with CGF members, shares his experience and insights about Summer 2010 Summer LAYOuT why it’s important to save open space; tes Bill Murray o n t As the green movement continues to evolve, we at CGF continue to advocate for a truly “green” o o F CGF environment. 2 | Green | FrOm The PresidenT | Thanks to our summer interns and welcome new board members ur capable and organized Executive Director, Cynthia Our newest members add to an OD’Agosta, has so much energy. She has been with the Committee for Green Foothills for two years now, and in that already illustrious group, a group time has moved the organization forward with vision, foresight which I am excited to be a part of, and leadership. She approaches her work with clarity and is al- ways willing to do the research and go that extra mile necessary particularly as we move towards to understand fully each new issue that crosses her desk. She 50 productive and effective years as is excited by and thrives on the work we do here at CGF. How Anthony Aerts she does it all mystifies me. So I am delighted to report that this an environmental organization in summer CGF welcomes three young and motivated interns the Bay Area. who are helping her as she maintains her busy schedule and expands the scope of our work. Kelsey Wolfgram has just completed her junior year at Saint Francis High School in Mountain View. Volunteering of Redwood City. Camilo plans to pursue Industrial Design has been a large part of in college and described the project as providing real world Kelsey’s life since 5th experience toward that goal. CGF provided the internship grade. Her hours of oversight; direct mentoring was conducted by Mr. Bryan Beck From the philanthropy earned of Redwood City. The project will be shared with citizens to Annika her the Founder Award help visualize the potential impact of this impending project. Christensen President from the National I want to thank Norm Arslan, a member of the Commit- Margaret MacNiven Charity League’s Heri- tee for Green Foothills, who is volunteering his time with us up- tage Oaks Chapter. dating our media contact list, as well as the list of public officials Kelsey is working this in our sphere of influence. An arduous task indeed, but one summer with former CGF Board member, Tom Jordan, on which has streamlined our outreach, particularly for our annual our History Project, sorting through and organizing 48 years Nature’s Inspirations event. of CGF memorabilia as we prepare for our 50th anniversary in I am honored to welcome three talented individuals to the 2012. Board of CGF. Annika Christensen has just completed her freshman We welcome Jeff Segall back to the Board after a year’s Kelsey Wolfgram year at Barnard College in New York where she is studying hiatus. Jeff is past president of CGF and chair of the Stanford Spanish, Music and Biology. Not only is she Vice President of Open Space Alliance. He has a depth of knowledge of the his- the Columbia Glee Club, she is also a member of the Barnard tory of environmental issues in the Bay Area that is invaluable Emerging Leaders Program. At CGF this summer Annika will to our organization. be drawing on both her leadership and bilingual skills as we Paul Davis lives in Los Altos, and is a former Executive work to make CGF a presence in East Palo Alto by extending Vice President for Semi, a not-for-profit company in the high our outreach to leaders in that community. tech industry. He is also a former trustee of the Chewonki Anthony Aerts has just completed his B.A. from Stanford Foundation, an environmental organization in Maine that runs University in Public Policy, concentrating on Agricultural educational programs for youth.
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