What is the common thread? The answer is our nation's parks and open spaces. Here at the Institute at the Golden Gate, w
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INSTITUTE AT THE GOLDEN GATE
MILESTONES 2008-2009
The Institute at the Golden Gate officially launches and holds its first Turning the Tide conference at Fort Baker
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Turning the Tide II conference is held at Fort Baker
The Institute hosts the Healthy Parks Healthy People U.S. conference at Fort Baker
Launch of the Institute’s Climate Education program
The Institute co-hosts the Summit on Sustainable Food Service in Tarrytown, New York
Launch of the Institute’s Health and Food programs
Park Prescriptions report published
Food for the Parks: Case Studies and Food for the Parks: A Roadmap to Success reports published
The Institute begins its Park Prescriptions pilot project in Bayview Hunters Point, San Francisco, and launches its regional Healthy Parks Healthy People: Bay Area collaborative
Climate in the Parks: Innovative Climate Change Education in Parks report published Director Jon Jarvis announces National Park Service Healthy Food Choice Standards and Sustainable Food Choice Guidelines
CHANGING LIVES, CHANGING PLACES LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR
Jackson is eight years old. He lives in Marin City in the San Francisco Bay Area. His doctor just prescribed a surprising new treatment to help Jackson with his ADHD. Gabriela is 13. She just went on a school field trip where she learned how climate change has been affecting the bay near her neighborhood. Thanks to a new educational program, Gabriela and her friends are feeling informed, empowered, and excited to become “climate ambassadors” in their families and communities. Susan is retired. She has just attended an outdoor art exhibition on land that was once an old military base but is now open to the public. Susan and her friends leave feeling inspired and energized by the exhibit and the venue.
These are three very different stories, but you may be surprised to learn that they are actually closely linked. What is the common thread? The answer is our nation’s parks and open spaces. Here at the Institute at the Golden Gate, we believe passionately in the power of parks and public lands to be part of the solutions to some of society’s biggest challenges. In addition to fulfilling their traditional role as places to recreate, parks are now taking on new and important functions such as supporting people’s health and wellbeing, providing innovative education for all generations, and becoming places that are valued and relevant for all people, irrespective of culture, age, ethnicity, or background.
The Institute at the Golden Gate strongly supports this movement. While we are still a young organization, we are already making a positive impact as we incubate and scale up groundbreaking policies and practices locally, nationally, and even globally. In this report, we’ll share our story so far, our “theory of change” that has helped us achieve our successes to date, and our plans to continue having an outsized impact in the future. Thank you for your support.
CHRIS SPENCE, DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE AT THE GOLDEN GATE
2014 The Institute convenes the first National Park Prescriptions meeting in Houston, Texas The Institute hosts Parks: The New Climate Classroom conference at Fort Baker
Launch of the Institute’s Fellowship for Emerging Leaders program Launch of the Institute’s Urban program The Institute convenes the first meeting of the Bay Area Climate Literacy Impact Collaborative, a group dedicated to improving climate literacy and action throughout the Bay Area
The Institute hosts the first-ever Park Prescriptions training for health care providers in San Francisco The Institute participates as an invited speaker on its Health, Climate Education, and Urban programs at the 2014 IUCN World Parks Congress, held in Sydney, Australia
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The National Park Service launches its Urban Agenda and Urban Fellows program, supported by the Institute at the Golden Gate, the Stewardship Institute, the National Parks Conservation Association, and the Quebec-Labrador Foundation
The Institute publishes its 15th report; for a complete list of reports, please refer to page 11
Institute supports the creation of a National Park Prescriptions Advisor role to advance the National Park Service’s work and strategy around Park Prescriptions
The Institute launches a Healthy Parks Healthy People: Bay Area website and a National ParkRx Initiative website The Institute joins the National Park Service, U.S. Surgeon General, and many other groups in celebrating the first ever National Park Rx Day, held 1 across the U.S. on April 24th, 2016
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OUR THEORY OF CHANGE PROCESS,PLACE,AND PARTNERSHIP The Institute at the Golden Gate’s story is one of process, place, and the power of partnership. As a small team with a big mission, we’ve had to be nimble and entrepreneurial to have an outsized impact. How can we best achieve our mission of positioning parks and public lands as part of the solution to big social and environmental challenges? The answer lies in leveraging our process, place, partners, and people toward a unique model for change.
THE POWER OF PROCESS Since the Institute was established in 2008, we have developed a model for changing systems locally, regionally, and nationally. This begins with working with leaders across fields and advancing creative ways for parks to better serve all communities. While every challenge requires a different solution, the Institute’s approach involves several tried-andtested steps to facilitate collaboration and promote best practices. These include conducting in-depth research; publishing case studies, roadmaps, and toolkits; convening key stakeholders and building networks; facilitating processes; and finally, affecting policy. In order to truly effect
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change, we believe every good policy must become a widely adopted, common practice. Our starting point is often a case study, approach, or best practice we feel could be replicated elsewhere and taken to scale. For instance, as you will discover in our section on health and parks, we were initially inspired by the international Healthy Parks, Healthy People initiative founded by Parks Victoria, Australia, which was adapted into our regional work connecting park agencies and health practitioners (see page 4).
THE POWER OF PLACE The Institute was born in a very special place: Fort Baker, in the heart of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (a unit of the National Park Service). Boasting a rich and significant history as a former military base, Fort Baker lies at the north end of the famous Golden Gate Bridge. In 2000, when the last soldiers marched out, the site came under the stewardship of the National Park Service.
Presented with a range of challenges, park visionaries saw a public-private partnership based on aligning values as the solution. While park leadership identified the need for a corporate partner to revitalize many of the buildings and ensure the sustainability of the site, they also believed the site should serve an important public good. This was the inspiration for the birth of the Institute. Founded as the public good component of the Fort Baker redevelopment, the Institute was given the right to host environmental groups at Cavallo Point—The Lodge at the Golden Gate, a service that we continue to offer today (see page 10). The Institute’s roots are deeply woven into this sense of place and history—not only of Fort Baker but of parks and open spaces as a whole. Our programmatic work springs from our passion for public lands as well as our strong belief that parks are so much more than places for occasional recreation. We view parks as valuable members of our communities and we are committed to leveraging their power to its fullest.
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— RESEARCH ISSUE — SURVEY LANDSCAPE — LEARN FROM STAKEHOLDERS
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— FOSTER COALITIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS — FORM A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE — DRAW ROADMAPS / IDENTIFY BEST PRACTICES
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— PILOT AND DEMONSTRATE BEST PRACTICES — REPLICATE SUCCESSES
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The Institute is the newest arm of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, a prominent Bay Area organization with a long and storied history as a nonprofit partner of the National Park Service. As the Institute’s programmatic activities began to develop after 2008, we were inspired by the power of the Park Service/Conservancy collaboration to place partnerships at the center of all our work.
The Institute has been fortunate to have benefited from a cadre of talented, dedicated, and inspirational staff members and close supporters. At the Institute, we strive to hire for diversity—of skills, experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives—to create a space for our team to learn, grow, and challenge our own assumptions.
The Institute is fortunate to work with some remarkable collaborators in California, across the country, and around the world. These partnerships have allowed us to tap into existing expertise, tailor our program offerings to meet a clear need, and scale our impact on all levels. Over the past few years, we have seen first-hand that collaboration is the key to scaling up good policy and practice. Our Climate Education program is just one example of the collective impact that can be achieved by going beyond our traditional networks to form new and powerful partnerships (see page 6).
We have found that our size allows for each team member to have a lasting impact on our work and our process. We learn from each other and actively strive to support the growth of both the organization and the individuals that give it life. Our growth and our success is a direct result of the range of backgrounds of those who have built it.
This diversity of talent has brought innovative and fresh perspectives to our work and created an environment that encourages and incubates new ideas. Additionally, our advisory body—the Institute Council (a group of civic leaders and change makers from San Francisco and beyond)—brings a remarkable breadth of skills and expertise to the team. While we all bring a different perspective and set of experiences to our work, a common thread running through the staff and Council is a commitment to making parks part of the solution to a range of critical challenges, including those related to health, climate change, and urban development.
These have included experts in public-private partnerships and social entrepreneurship, nonprofit leadership and sustainability, team building and collaboration, community organizing and grassroots campaigning, international development, research, public health and policy, and more.
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“I am thrilled that our office has had the privilege to be part of a collaborative process with the Institute... Through our shared efforts, we are already seeing the enormous power of our outdoor green space to help combat our nation’s greatest enemies-chronic disease, obesity, mental illness, and social inequity.” CAPT SARA B. NEWMAN, USPHS, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
HEALTH Since 2009, the Institute has been turning partnership opportunities into action to help grow the Healthy Parks, Healthy People idea, which was founded by Parks Victoria in Australia. The idea has since been embraced by over 30 countries, including many park groups and organizations across the U.S. Healthy Parks, Healthy People focuses on the role of parks in building healthy communities and recognizes that individual and community health are reliant on a thriving parks system that is valued highly by the community it serves. The concept of Healthy Parks, Healthy People has shaped the Institute’s Health program and has been the starting point and inspiration for the two projects that it is involved in: the Healthy Parks Healthy People: Bay Area (HPHP: Bay Area) collaborative and the National ParkRx Initiative. These two projects have different geographic scopes, but the Institute plays the integral role of backbone convener for both. While HPHP: Bay Area covers many different initiatives and activities that encourage the use of public lands to improve human health and stewardship, the National ParkRx Initiative
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specifically targets programs that parks and health agencies create together to promote preventative health in nature. At the crux of the Institute’s Health program is the inherent belief that nature and public lands play a crucial role to human health. The Institute at the Golden Gate is proud to bring together many different partners to connect human health to environmental health by strengthening sector partnerships and collaboratively-built programs.
relevant park programs that diverse health partners can prescribe and promote to communities with high health needs.
LOCAL AND REGIONAL SUCCESS
Through shared data and dialogue hosted by the Institute, participants make evidence-based decisions in service of a shared strategic direction. Additionally, through this regional collective impact framework, the collaborative has gained media attention and in-kind contributions to strengthen its work and to disseminate information about its programs to the public.
In 2012, the Institute at the Golden Gate became the backbone organization for a regional coalition of park agencies and public health providers. The HPHP: Bay Area coalition comprises over 35 parks, health, and community agencies representing residents throughout the nine counties of the San Francisco Bay Area region. Together, we launched a coordinated effort to provide free, accessible, and culturally
At the same time, the Institute is committed to supporting a growing network of medical providers, parks, federal lands, and their respective communities by sharing best practices that connect health care and park resources to promote stewardship and community health. In 2014, the Institute developed training modules to help 160 health care providers in San Francisco better understand how they can integrate prescriptions to the outdoors into their current work.
“Among the community of medical and public health practitioners across our country, ParkRx is finally being recognized as an essential tool to prevent and treat chronic disease, as well as promote overall well-being.” DR. ROBERT L. ZARR, PARK PRESCRIPTIONS ADVISOR, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
FOOD In 2015, the Institute received a grant from Kaiser Community Benefits to develop more resources and toolkits to further promote and activate the Park Prescriptions and Healthy Parks, Healthy People concepts throughout every health and park agency in the Bay Area.
SCALING UP: THE NATIONAL AND GLOBAL AGENDA In addition to our regional initiative, the Institute partners with the National Recreation and Park Association and the National Park Service to convene leaders across the country in the National ParkRx Initiative. The goal of this effort is to elevate the concept of Park Prescriptions to a best practice in preventative health. The Institute at the Golden Gate and its partners are creating a national agenda to implement Park Prescriptions programs, identifying successful models from across the country, and developing standardized measurement and data collection methods that define the effectiveness of these programs.
In 2015, the Institute and the National Park Service collaborated to support the creation of a new national role, the National Park Prescriptions Advisor. The Park Prescriptions Advisor helps guide the medical direction and best practices of integrating park and nature programs into the health sector. Furthermore, the Institute has worked with the National Park Service and the National Recreation and Park Association to create a website and toolkit for the National ParkRx Initiative. This web portal will help practitioners share lessons learned and promising practices, facilitating the spread of Park Prescriptions on a national scale. Together with its national partners, the Institute at the Golden Gate is poised to bring Park Prescriptions into mainstream practice within the health and parks sectors by providing lessons learned to practitioners and building a community of champions at the intersection of parks and health.
One of the Institute’s earliest successes came through our work on healthy food. Our Food program research was inspired by local examples in the Bay Area’s Golden Gate National Recreation Area, where several park cafes were experimenting with local and organic food, as well as sustainable packaging, waste management, and customer education. The Institute developed several tools, resources, and research showing how other parks could model this same success. Working in close partnership with the National Park Service, the Institute supported the development of the first set of national food standards and sustainability guidelines for all national parks. The new standards were announced by the Secretary of the Interior and National Park Service Director in a ceremony in Washington, D.C., in 2013. The Institute continues to track the success of the national food standards and to evaluate opportunities to advance the role of healthy food in parks.
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CLIMATE EDUCATION The Institute’s Climate Education program launched in 2012 to support and accelerate the role parks and public lands play as resources for public-facing climate change communication and education. Park visits present an opportunity for parks to communicate with a massive public audience about the impacts of climate change in a manner that is relevant to visitors’ daily lives and the places they live. The Institute is strengthening the concept of parks as educational venues by identifying programs, models, and outcomes that can be replicated, scaled, and adopted as policy by key decision makers.
RESEARCH AND DIALOGUE Published in 2013, the Institute’s Climate in the Parks: Innovative Climate Change Education in Parks report identified a selection of innovative, locally relevant, and action-oriented climate change education programs from parks and similar venues around the world. The report found that educational programs rooted in the location of the place were often most effective. These programs
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usually explained to visitors how climate change was already being experienced in that place, thus avoiding scientific forecasting or political debate. Furthermore, the best programs found ways to inspire and empower people to take action in their own lives. To build on the multi-disciplinary dialogue, the Institute convened the Parks: The New Climate Classroom conference in 2013, which brought together innovators and practitioners from the parks, education, and communications fields to consider ways to accelerate and deepen the connection between parks and public education on climate change. In 2014, the Institute began looking at opportunities to apply the lessons learned from the report and conference to influence and support policy and practice in the local and regional context.
REGIONAL COLLABORATION ON A GLOBAL ISSUE The San Francisco Bay Area is fortunate to have a number of informative and compelling environmental education institutions that engage the public in creative ways on the
most pressing issues of our time—such as climate change. Appreciating the value of this asset, the Institute at the Golden Gate surveyed 78 informal educators representing 44 organizations in the Bay Area on the current state of their climate change programming, the challenges they face, and opportunities to get more involved in the climate change discourse. The results of this research can be found in our Needs Assessment report. The Institute directly addressed the needs identified in that report by convening the Bay Area Climate Literacy Impact Collaborative (Bay-CLIC) in 2014. Within its first year, Bay-CLIC grew into a high-impact network of support for informal environmental educators dedicated to making the San Francisco Bay Area the leader in climate science education and action. By sharing successes and tools, pilottesting relevant projects, and building connections between educators and local scientific resources, Bay-CLIC is helping to address the unique challenges of communicating to the public on this issue.
Recognizing the importance of this initiative and capitalizing on our experience facilitating cross-sector partnerships, the Institute is playing a backbone support role for the development and implementation of this regional collaborative. While focused on the Bay Area, the Institute is also documenting the collaborative process and lessons learned with the goal of inspiring similar collaborative initiatives across the United States.
CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE NATIONAL PARKS On a wider scale, the Institute works with the National Park Service on climate change issues relevant to the Pacific West Region. Encompassing 60 park units, this region is rich with biodiversity and history, and like other open spaces, it’s threatened by the effects of climate change. The Institute is bolstering National Park Service efforts by helping support its staff involved in interpretation and education, including providing front-line employees with the latest in climate messaging and public engagement techniques.
Many of our most cherished national resources are threatened by climate change. In the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, low-lying Fort Point is at risk from sea-level rise and changing fog patterns are predicted to impact the redwoods at Muir Woods. As trusted voices, National Park Service interpreters are able to teach the public about climate change, utilizing the parks as classrooms through which to discuss the impacts of climate change that are already unfolding in these special places. At the same time, it is important for interpreters to have the tools to connect audiences to community level solutions and actions, leaving them with a sense of empowerment and hope.
“NPS has a responsibility with [parks] to help the public understand complex issues—and climate change is one of the most complex issues we have facing us as a nation, and as a world.” JONATHAN JARVIS, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DIRECTOR
The Institute will continue to support efforts that link climate change education and parks by collaborating with crosssector partners to offer fresh ideas and to identify policies and practices that are effective, replicable, and scalable.
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URBAN For the first time in human history, more than half of the world’s people now live in cities. Between 2010 and 2050, the Earth’s population is expected to increase by another two billion people—almost all of them living in urban centers. Here in the Bay Area, the population is projected to grow from a little over 7.5 million today to 11 million in 2050. The populations of many urban centers are also changing, becoming more diverse and multicultural. As urbanization continues, many cities are looking at urban density and considering how to deal with the rapid projected growth. There is a growing need to examine the role of parks and open spaces in meeting these challenges and in building healthy, sustainable urban communities. In a rapidly urbanizing world, more people will connect with parks in or near the city where they live. Making parks and open spaces relevant to urban dwellers will be critical to establishing the value of parks in the coming decades.
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The Institute has identified an opportunity for leveraging our model for change to help parks and open spaces in urban areas innovate and develop deep, authentic connections with the communities they seek to serve. As urbanization continues apace, there will be a growing need for expertise on the role of parks in urban areas. Key challenges include: How can parks in urban areas be designed and managed to best meet the needs of their communities? ■■ How can benefits of outdoor spaces—such as health, recreation, education, and water—be maintained, leveraged, and extended as cities grow? ■■ How can outdoor spaces connect people with nature and build a more cohesive view of environmental stewardship? ■■
The Institute plans to utilize our research expertise and our strong regional and national networks to explore these questions and identify successful approaches that connect urban audiences and the next generation of environmental stewards with our beloved parks and public lands.
REGIONAL MODELS The Institute now has a successful model for bringing best practice and innovation to scale and we are excited to apply our process to the challenges facing urban communities. We have begun by examining the critical role that our close partners have played in transforming urban life in the Bay Area. We have explored the role of the Parks Conservancy and the National Park Service in engaging diverse youth in park programming, in building effective internship programs, and in creating innovative models for “post-topark” development. The Bay Area offers diverse models for how effective partnerships can overcome obstacles, whether they are financial, bureaucratic, legal, or community-based. In the coming years, the Institute will continue to build partnerships and expertise in the Bay Area and beyond, leveraging our skills to create tools to help parks in urban areas grow their potential for impact, reach new audiences, and find innovative solutions to pressing challenges.
NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS As one of the newest programs of the Institute, our Urban program is at an exciting stage of growth and development. Through this program we support the implementation of the National Park Service’s Urban Agenda, offering coordination, facilitation, and research support at the national and regional levels. The National Park Service Urban Agenda urges its staff at all levels to embrace the unifying principles of relevance and collaboration. Through a partnership with the Stewardship Institute—a program within the National Park Service— and other national stakeholders, the Institute is helping to activate the Urban Agenda in the Pacific West and beyond.
FELLOWSHIP FOR EMERGING LEADERS Through its range of educational and professional opportunities, the Parks Conservancy has engaged tens of thousands of young people, many of whom have traditionally had little access to national parks. For the past 15 years, the Crissy Field Center—a Conservancy education program in partnership with the National Park Service and Presidio Trust—has partnered with schools and community centers in underserved areas to provide opportunities for young people from their elementary through high school years. Inspired by this ladder of education and engagement, the Institute launched a Fellowship for Emerging Leaders program in 2014. Through the Fellowship, the Institute builds on the opportunities offered in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to harness the demonstrated potential of emerging leaders, and offer these young people professional opportunities to shape their development as future environmental and community leaders.
This six-month Fellowship is designed for early career professionals and aims to provide a valuable professional training experience that will have a transformative impact on the Fellow’s life, environmental commitment, and career development. It combines opportunities for professional training with a specific project that the Fellows develop over the course of their time with the Institute. Whether through researching best practices, running meetings, or public speaking, the Fellowship gives young leaders the chance to face new challenges. And by producing quality work that advances the Institute’s programs, Fellows gain valuable experiences to add to their professional portfolios. Through the Fellowship for Emerging Leaders, the Institute provides opportunities for young leaders to effect change, connect with experienced environmental professionals, and engage in the Institute’s collaborative, cross-sector program work.
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CONVENE In its early stages, the Institute played a major role in convening nonprofit, government, and cross-sector groups for several large-scale conferences that focused on collaboration and finding innovative solutions to environmental challenges. As our Convene program developed, it became an avenue to connect environmental organizations to a oneof-a-kind meeting and lodging venue in the heart of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, where they could host their own meetings, conferences, and retreats. Cavallo Point—The Lodge at the Golden Gate is an elegant and environmentally sustainable national park lodge and meeting venue located on the restored campus of historic Fort Baker. In addition to being a member of Historic Hotels of America, Cavallo Point was the 2015 winner of the National Geographic World Legacy Award for “Sense of Place” and has been awarded LEED Gold Certification for its sustainable design and construction.
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As part of the innovative operating lease involving the National Park Service and Cavallo Point Lodge, the Institute is able to welcome environmentally focused groups to use this inspiring place during the months of November through April each year. The Institute offers a special rate to organizations that host programs addressing key conservation and environmental issues, especially those resulting in specific actions. In offering this service, the Institute expands its reach by bringing together groups and individuals—from the nonprofit and government sectors—to advance environmental preservation and global sustainability. This partnership helps facilitate cross-sector dialogue, encourages new collaborations, and promotes action on the national and international levels.
Since the Institute’s inception, we have helped to bring in thousands of participants from over 100 unique environmental nonprofits and government agencies, including the Trust for Public Land, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Tides Foundation, Environmental Defense Fund, and more.
Cavallo Point Lodge
WINNER – ‘SENSE OF PLACE’ NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WORLD LEGACY AWARDS 2015 RANKED #1 – BEST HOTELS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA TRAVEL+LEISURE WORLD’S BEST AWARDS 2015
WHAT’S NEXT: FAST FORWARD The Institute’s history has been one of innovation and experimentation. We test new ideas. We iterate. We take the time to reflect, to research, to strategize, to partner, to prepare— often in painstaking detail—and finally to implement and act as a catalyst for change. We believe passionately in the power of strong and productive partnerships to yield long-term results where the sum is greater than the parts. We build powerful communities of practice. In the coming years, we will continue to support the Healthy Parks, Healthy People and Park Prescriptions movements to go to scale regionally and nationally. Our work on innovative education in climate change will continue apace. And we will build on our recently launched program on parks and urban development—an area we see as critical given the rapid urbanization of our population. We will also continue to create pathways for the next generation of nonprofit professionals through our Fellowship for Emerging Leaders.
Furthermore, we will continue to be on the lookout for new ideas that position parks as catalysts for change. Like many organizations, we are taking steps to address the lack of diversity in the environmental field and are committed to ensuring that our own policies and practices are inclusive and better reflect our region’s increasingly diverse community. To adapt the old adage, we act both locally and globally. In order to truly effect change, we believe every good policy must become a widely adopted, common practice. In short, we seek to incubate great ideas on the ground, but always with a view to identify best practices that could be replicated and taken to scale.
REPORTS PUBLISHED BY THE INSTITUTE Park Prescriptions: Profiles and Resources for Good Health from the Great Outdoors Food for the Parks: Case Studies of Sustainable Food in America’s Most Treasured Places Food for the Parks: A Roadmap to Success Healthy Parks Healthy People San Francisco: A Guide for Health Care Providers Climate in the Parks: Innovative Climate Change Education in Parks Change Makers Parks: The New Climate Classroom Bay Area Climate Change Education Needs Assessment Engaging Diverse Youth in Park Programs Building Stewardship Through Internships Best Practices for Fellowship Support Implementing the Urban Agenda: Identified Challenges and Barriers Post-to-Park Transformations: Case Studies and Best Practices for Urban Park Development Health and Nature Collaboration — A Case Study of Healthy Parks Healthy People: Bay Area Change Makers 2016-2017
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INSTITUTE PARTNERS, SUPPORTERS, AND FRIENDS The Institute at the Golden Gate would like to acknowledge the key partners, supporters, and friends who have contributed to our growth and success over the years. We extend special thanks to our parent organization, the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, and our key partner the National Park Service.
ORGANIZATIONS Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy National Park Service Aquarium of the Bay Alliance for Climate Education Ayrshire Foundation Bay Area Open Space Council BAYCAT Cavallo Point-The Lodge at the Golden Gate California Academy of Sciences California Coastal Commission California Regional Environmental Education Community California State Parks California State Parks Foundation Center for Climate Protection Center for Park Management, NPCA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Central Park Conservancy Chabot Space & Science Center ChangeScale Children and Nature Network Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
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City Parks Alliance Clif Bar Confluence Associates Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, NOAA Crissy Field Center The Cultural Landscape Foundation David B. Gold Foundation Delaware North Companies Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge East Bay Regional Park District Education Outside The Energy Coalition The Exploratorium Fort Baker Retreat Group, LLC George Wright Society Golden Gate National Recreation Area, NPS Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, NOAA Hayward Area Recreation and Park District Healthy Parks Healthy People Global IDEO IUCN-The World Conservation Union
Kaiser Permanente Latino Outdoors Marin County Parks The Marine Mammal Center National Center for Science Education National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Park Foundation National Parks Conservation Association National Recreation and Park Association NatureBridge NBC Bay Area Outdoor Afro Park Youth Collaborative Parks Victoria, Australia Passport Resorts Pisces Foundation Point Blue Conservation Science Point Reyes National Seashore Association Point Reyes National Seashore, NPS The Presidio Trust Quebec-Labrador Foundation Red Wolf Technology
Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program, NPS Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front, NPS Salesforce.com Foundation San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve System San Francisco Department of Public Health San Francisco Parks Alliance San Francisco Recreation and Park Department San Francisco State University Department of Recreation, Parks, & Tourism San Francisco Zoo Santa Clara County Parks Santa Clara County Open Space Authority S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation Sierra Nevada Research Institute SJ Consulting Slide Ranch Solano County Health and Social Services Solano County Parks and Recreation Division Sonoma County Parks
Sonoma Ecology Center Stanford Social Innovation Review Stewardship Institute, NPS Stop Waste Strategic Energy Innovations Toyota Trust for Public Land U.S. Department of Health and Human Services U.S. Department of the Interior University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business University of California, Merced Western National Parks Association YMCA San Francisco, Point Bonita
INDIVIDUALS Diana Allen Ruben Andrade Carlo Arreglo Brian Aviles Suzanne Badenhoop Kristin Baron Zarnaaz Bashir
Michel Boudrias, PhD Lori Bruton Mark Buell Brendan Carlin Catherine Carlton Curtis Chan, MD, MPH Reggie Chapple Sophia Choi Delia Clark Jim Cook Michael Creasey Frank Dean Toni Dufficy Will Elder Abby Sue Fisher Randi Fisher Sheri Forbes Mike Freed Deb Friedel John Gamble Jason Gibson Tracy Gray, PhD Stephen Haller Gayle Hazelwood
Peter Heinemann Skye Holyfield Lauren Hraba Patsy Ishiyama Jonathan Jarvis Steve Kasierski Mona Koh Duey Kol Jay Ku Angeline Kung Tom Leatherman Tamara Ledley, PhD Chris Lehnertz Donna Leong Howard Levitt Linda Lutz-Ryan Doug McConnell John McCosker, PhD Jonathan Meade Rhianna Mendez George Minnucci Brent Mitchell Greg Moore Whitney Mortimer
Hayley Mortimer Ray Murray Arielle N’Diaye Sara Newman, DrPH, MCP Frank Niepold Elle O’Casey Peggy O’Dell Anne O’Neill Julie Parish Honore Pedigo Larry Perez Ruth Pimentel Dan Puskar Elyse Rainey Bob Ratcliffe Nooshin Razani, MD, MPH Aaron Roth Tom Sargent Graham Schnaars Amanda Schramm Heather Scotten Oksana Shcherba Kieron Slaughter Chris Spence
Amy Spokas Rebecca Stanfield McCown Amanda Sweeney Pandora Thomas Julia Townsend Mike Tranel Melissa Tsang Monique Vanlandingham Jamie Varner Amelia Vela Gay Vietzke Julia Washburn Tim Watkins, PhD Leigh Welling, PhD Kristin Wheeler Deb Yandala Hector Zaragoza Robert Zarr, MD, MPH
We would like to extend a special thanks to the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy staff who made this report possible: Mike Hsu and Allie Allen.
Photo credits: pg. 2, right: Frank Schmidt, NPS; pg. 3, middle: IUCN; pg. 5, right: Mason Cummings; pg. 6, right: Mason Cummings; pg. 7, middle: Irene Bellack, NPS; pg. 8, left: Frank Schmidt, NPS; pg. 9, right: Mason Cummings; pg. 10, right: Mason Cummings; pg. 11, left: Michal Venera. All other photos: Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.
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A PROGRAM OF THE GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
