Nature Based Solutions

 

Location

Santa Clara County, San Mateo County, Alameda County

Team Mentors

Christine Zack (Staff)

Dash Leeds

Student Leaders

Rosalía Bacon-Flores

Aanya Gautam

SVYCA Nature Based Solutions is a youth-led initiative focused on promoting and taking actions that protect and restore ecosystems while also benefitting social and economic systems. The mission of the Nature-based Solutions Team is to educate about, advocate for, and implement land-based projects that effectively mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change, support the health, biodiversity and expansion of the Bay Area's ecosystems, and serve the needs of local communities. We host monthly meetings to learn and take action together. Join us at our next meeting!

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Initiatives

  • Bird Safe Design and Dark Skies

  • Coyote Valley Education and Advocacy

  • OSA Student Video Contest


2026 Impact

Supported OSA Measure/ Measure D

  • Canvassed for the support of Measure D, a measure to fund the vital community, water conservation, wildlife protection and land management work of the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority through two days of action, a social media campaign, and a student speech at a campaign event.

Nature-Based Solutions Youth Video Contest:

  • Hosted a video contest in partnership with the Open Space Authority focused on empowering middle and high schoolers in Santa Clara County to share their climate perspectives through creativity across four themes: Nature-Based Solutions, Food and Farming Systems, Spotlight on Coyote Valley, Personal Connections to Nature

2025 Impact

Tribal Consultation Rights Support Letter:

  • Wrote a support letter for the Amah Mutsun Tribe expressing concerns about the proposed draft contact list regulations that would eliminate the rights of non-federally recognized tribes for government-to-government consultation

Natural Working Lands Support Letter:

  • Authored a letter in support of the Natural Working Lands Element in San José to advocate for the protection and recognition of working lands as a key part of the city's climate future