Native Plants & Endangered butterflies

It's natural to depend on others. Nature itself is the greatest example of teamwork one can find in the world. Take the butterflies for example, without certain and specific plants, some species will soon disappear from earth. It's almost as if some plants were created just to feed the butterflies. Many of the coastal scrub plants native to San Francisco do have this type of lofty mission in life- to sustain the butterflies so that they may fly free.

Part of the effort at the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council recycling center is a Native Plant nursery dedicated to re-propagating native plants in any available backyard, public park or unwanted space in the city. Led by Greg Gaar, the nursery is a thriving center for spurring a team oriented landscape. The San Bruno Elfin butterfly, for example, feeds on Stonecrop and emits a dew that ants use to protect them from danger. Hear Greg talk about this and other butterflies in our short video above. Stay tuned to the blog for more videos like these!

The Family Cut

Here is a video showing the diverse group of people that recycle at Haight Ashbury Recycling Center in San Francisco! A more polished and shorter version is on display at The Red Vic Theatre on Haight Street. This one is for everyone who took the time to take part-thanks!

Polishing up the HANC video petition for its premiere on the big screen meant cutting some recyclers out of the picture. We loved everyone's contribution so much we thought we should show the original 47-person-long video petition. Made at the recycling center on November 21, 2009 with the customers there that day, the video petition was a collaborative effort by our team, the center and the community members. The video, in its shortened form, plays nightly at the Red Vic Movie House on Haight Street.