Let’s Get California On Board with the World’s Only Biodiversity Treaty
I’m calling on the state of California, counties and cities to sign on as Observers to the globe’s only treaty for all of nature: the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). This is a must do step to show we’re serious about tackling the three-fold crisis of: poverty, biodiversity loss, and climate change. At the beginning […]
Local Environmental Leadership Front and Center at Jacaranda School in Malawi
I’m heading to Jacaranda School in Malawi, Africa, for most of January to experience the school’s local leadership for sustainable living. Jacaranda educates over 400 AIDS orphans — from early childhood to high school — every day. But this isn’t enough for the school’s founder, Marie Da Silva. Marie and Jacaranda also seek to improve […]
ROSALIND HELFAND works with nonprofits and government to create and implement innovative programs and policies, connect communities, inspire advocacy, and address complex local and global issues. She is adept at cross-cultural communication, multi-disciplinary endeavors, community engagement, organizational development, and planning for long term positive change. Rosalind works across multiple fields spanning human rights, arts and […]
News | September 2018
Citizen (or Community) Science is Community Service Presentation Available for Viewing Last year, I had the honor of presenting at the Southern California Citizen Science Symposium for Conservation on thinking about Citizen (or Community) Science as a community service. For several years, I’ve engaged and mentored high school students in their citizen science volunteer activities […]