Connectedness of all things, and have maintained harmony with nature for millennia. We honor the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples for their enduring commitment to europe. Mother earth as the indigenous protectors of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, their own too shall only have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as caretakers of this place. As well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. We recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland as uninvited guests. We affirm their sovereign rights as first peoples and wish to pay our respects to the ancestors. Elders and relatives of ramaytush community. As environmentalists, we recognize that we must embrace indigenous knowledge and how we care for San Francisco and all its peoples. Commissioner department, staff and members of the public. Welcome to tonights meeting. Todays meeting promises to be both impactful and introspective. Well review the household H
Supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Madam clerk, do we have any communications . Yes, mr. President. The board welcome public, Departme
It into mats that can mop up oil spills along our coasts and now we are learning about an experiment here in the bay area. What happened when scientists scattered human hair and put it into soil. Who would of thought, right . We are talking researchers at top universities and ecologist at a national park. They are now digging into the question, can human hair basically super charm our soil . While helping us fight the impacts of Climate Change . When it comes to hair, research at cal is a cut above the rest. It is a collection on wednesday. Yes. In the department of Environmental Science eco system ecologist and visiting scholar. The scientists are studying the biodpeeo way to battle the warming climate. Have more plants to pull it up and lock it in the soil. One way to do that may involve human hair. If it turns out this is the case it would be very exciting. Reporter the scientists collected untreated hair from a local beauty salon. It was ground up and put into tiny bottles we take
I was in manila in november 1996 when they were holding the apex summit there. And i recall everywhere i turned where bus ads and billboards that read apex 2000. The Philippine Government promised that would bring prosperity and industrialization to the country. But indigenous farmers and workers who were at the front line of the protest knew better. They protested because they knew that the apec agenda would be devastating to their land and livelihood. And fast forward 22 years later, the philippine market has been flooded by foreign rice imports, which local farmers cannot compete with. Nor can a majority of filipinos afford, thereby threatening the nations Food Security and sovereignty. Apex is not about sustainability or shared prosperity. There will be no unions or farmers or indigenous representatives at the apec summit. It will be all the heads of state and billionaire ceos who are there to increase their profits. Bongbong marcos, the son of the late dictator marcos, will be the
Everywhere i turned where bus ads and billboards that read apex 2000. The Philippine Government promised that would bring prosperity and industrialization to the country. But indigenous farmers and workers who were at the front line of the protest knew better. They protested because they knew that the apec agenda would be devastating to their land and livelihood. And fast forward 22 years later, the philippine market has been flooded by foreign rice imports, which local farmers cannot compete with. Nor can a majority of filipinos afford, thereby threatening the nations Food Security and sovereignty. Apex is not about sustainability or shared prosperity. There will be no unions or farmers or indigenous representatives at the apec summit. It will be all the heads of state and billionaire ceos who are there to increase their profits. Bongbong marcos, the son of the late dictator marcos, will be there to sell out the philippines to the highest bidder. How the seniors, immigrants and Small