How COVID-19 Relates to Our Ecology

By Nancy Padian, board member. Nancy is a medical researcher, epidemiologist, and former executive director of the Women’s Global Health Imperitave. She is among the world’s foremost experts on AIDS, and worked in Southern Africa for the last 35 years. The...

Meet Our Volunteer Photographer Kristen Russell

Sonoma Ecology Center is blessed to have many fabulous volunteers without whom we could not accomplish so much. This month we focus our lens on a tremendously talented volunteer whose work you see in our newsletters, emails and social media posts on a regular basis....

A Message From Our Executive Director, Richard Dale

It’s been a shocking year for the planet that supports us, hidden from many of us because our attention has been absorbed by dealing with a global pandemic and a social fabric worn thin from centuries of injustice.   But life on earth is in crisis all over. Just...

Prescribed Burn Planned for Van Hoosear

Controlled or “prescribed” burns were used by indigenous people for centuries before Europeans arrived here. It is an effective ancient art and science that promotes both fire resiliency and biodiversity. Last year’s prescribed burn of about 30 acres at Van Hoosear...

Honoring Earth, Honoring Volunteers

Sonoma Ecology Center and our illustrious, dedicated volunteers help us honor Earth every day, and we’d like to thank them for helping us take care of little patches of our planet right here in Sonoma Valley. In partnership with One Tree Planted and Simply Solar,...