The San Francisco Department of the Environment has invited the San Francisco History Center's Photo Curator to do a lunch presentation about San Francisco's eco-activism of the past. Tracing San Francisco's Environmental Activism: A Historical Photo Album Presentation will be at the EcoCenter Office in the Department of the Environment at 11 Grove Street on Wednesday, December 2 from 12:00 - 1:00pm. Please join us for this monthly brown bag series!
Here is the Department of the Environment's description of the talk:
Environmental activism is embedded in the genetic DNA of San Francisco. From the moment of its early settlement history to the present time, generations of San Francisco residents have left indelible marks in pioneering forward-thinking environmental ideas that are the root of today's modern environmental thoughts. Concepts such as open spaces, zero waste, and urban agriculture had provoked impassioned public reaction in San Francisco's history, and archival photographs have served as evidential truths to these memories.
Join Christina Moretta, photo curator of the San Francisco Public Library, for a historical photo album presentation on San Francisco's eco-activism past, and learn about the freeway revolts of the 1950s and 1960s, the prequel history on garbage, San Francisco's love affair with urban gardening, and more.
In keeping with the presenter's professional affiliation, the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection was an invaluable source in preparing for the presentation. Other resources explored for the talk include the following:
Cry California published by California Tomorrow
Our Better Nature: Environment and the Making of San Francisco by Philip Dreyfus
City for Sale: The Transformation of San Francisco by Chester Hartman
San Francisco History Center Vertical Files Collection - specifically, the "Freeways" files
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