In compliance with California State Senate Bill 1383, Conservation Corps North Bay and longtime partner Zero Waste Sonoma formed a program to recover and redistribute food that was otherwise destined for landfill. SB 1383, California’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutant...
Jessica joined CCNB just over two years ago—right before the pandemic swept onto the scene. Before CCNB, she was working doing landscaping with her brothers and learned about CCNB from her sister, who had worked with us in the past. In her two years with CCNB, Jessica...
To kick off our 40th anniversary, we are launching a social media challenge, the “North Bay Bin Game” photo contest! It’s pretty simple: the next time you’re out hiking, exploring, or relaxing in one of the North Bay’s beautiful parks or beaches, snap a photo of one...
Mikal joined CCNB in March 2020 after hearing how the program helped his brothers earn their high school diplomas and start their career journeys four years ago. After interning on the SCYEC crew and learning by working alongside Sonoma Water, he was excited to join...
Vegetation Clearing at Historic Sites in the Marin Headlands This year, CCNB has been awarded funding from the National Parks Foundation to support public lands in the Marin headlands. For this project, our crews have been working to clear invasive species of plants...
Daniel joined CCNB so he could work and earn his high school diploma at the same time, and he has been a corpsmember with CCNB for about a year. He enjoys working to improve and save the environment, especially loving projects like habitat restoration, creek clearing,...
As California endures yet another drought of historic proportions, municipalities are finding innovative ways to incentivize reducing water use among residents. After the Marin County Board of Supervisors declared a local emergency in May, Marin Water, the water...
CCNB’s Zero Waste Program added a new recycling stream to the variety of services offered to the public—carpet recycling! In partnership with Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), this project is aimed towards diverting carpet and padding material from the landfill...
Whitney joined CCNB in November 2020. Since then, she has steadily been working her way up, earning multiple months of perfect attendance awards and her Sawyer II certification. Her sawyer skills came in handy as she worked many hours on our Sonoma Resource...
Readers may recognize this highlighted corpsmember from our e-news and social media postings six months back: Roxana was one of a small cohort that walked in the 2020 graduation ceremony for John Muir Charter School, our onsite high school. Since graduation, Roxana...
