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Environmental Justice Awards

Recognizing
Achieving	Public Health

EcoCenter at Heron's Head

Park Partnership

San Francisco, California

EPA is pleased to recognize the EcoCenter at Heron's Head Park Partnership for
creating an environmental justice education center for use by the residents of San
Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point and other communities with environmental justice
concerns.

The EcoCenter is the first environmental education center in the Bay Area that focuses on environmental justice, and plays a
major role in eco-literacy training for students, teachers, and communities in San Francisco. It is dedicated to teaching the
principles of environmental justice through demonstration. The EcoCenter is accessible to a significant number of residents,
and is located in an area of the city where the greatest number of children and youth live. The EcoCenter teaches that design
and architecture have a responsibility to go beyond aesthetics to play a regenerative role in communities that have been
burdened by environmental problems. It has its own wastewater treatment system, generates its own energy and heat, and
maximizes the use of natural light.

The EcoCenter serves a community experiencing great environmental distress from a legacy of military operations, power
generation, and industrial operations. It is a central resource where environmental education organizations can offer
programs and provide participants with tools for critical thinking about urban sustainability, environmental stewardship and
advocacy.

Partners



California Coastal Conservancy

Port of San Francisco

California State Water Resources Control

San Francisco Department of Public Health

Board

San Francisco Department of Public Works

Literacy for Environmental Justice

Treadwell & Rollo

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