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from Marin June 2022
Life Is Better Outside
We think you’ll agree that Marin County is one of the best places in the Bay Area, and well beyond, to enjoy spending time outdoors. Our June issue celebrates the natural beauty that surrounds us, as well as the many amazing ways we can enjoy the great outdoors. Our county boasts more than 185,000 acres of protected land in parks, wildlife refuges and open space preserves, with 55.6 percent of the county’s land protected — a greater percentage than any other Bay Area county.
These incredible swaths of open landscapes are protected thanks to hard-fought battles by environmentalists and local nonprofits working to keep our environment beautiful — both here in Marin County and around the world. Here at Make It Better Media Group and Marin Magazine, we’re thrilled to be able to use our platforms to amplify these organizations’ voices and efforts in the articles we publish, the events we attend and ceate, and the volunteer efforts our staff engages in.
Marin Magazine Editor in Chief Lotus Abrams recently attended the California Academy of Sciences’ Big Bang Gala, which kicked off phase two of the organization’s global Hope for Reefs initiative that aims to help save coral reefs around the world. At the event, Oceans 2050 founder Alexandra Cousteau, who is Jacques Cousteau’s granddaughter, shared this call to action: “So much of the science we’ve done up until now has just been counting our losses, reporting on what we’ve lost. Now we need to switch our focus and start reporting on how we build it back, and we need to engage and inspire a new generation of people to want to be part of that rebuilding.”
Our team aspires to support conservation efforts whenever and wherever we can. For example, Regional Content Director Jessica Gliddon has been helping to protect our ocean wildlife right here at home, volunteering weekly to care for harbor seals at the Marine Mammal Center. Our virtual events also reinforce our reverence for the environment, like our recent webinars on sustainable living and how to help protect the Amazon Rainforest (see page 23), as well as our love of spending time outdoors — not only in our parks and open spaces, but right in our own backyards. On that note, we hope you’ll tune into our upcoming webinar titled “Gardening and Landscaping Questions Answered,” where we’ll be joined by a panel of landscape pros who’ll share tips on how to design your ideal outdoor living space.
Beyond the pages of this outdoor-themed issue, you’ll find plenty of content that will inspire you to get outside, and also to do your part to protect our environment — from the county’s best hiking trails to organizations you can support that promote sustainability —
How can we help your favorite organization? Since January 2020, our when you visit marinmagazine.com and better.net, subscribe to our Better Letter email tools and strategy newsletter and follow our social networks. have raised: This month, we’re launching a Better Bay Area newsletter in addition to our Marin$27,231,297 focused newsletter. As a sister brand to Marin and made: Magazine, Better Bay Area’s mission is to cel 30,744,019 lives better ebrate those working to give back in the entire Bay Area community, elevate nonprofits and build connections to help better others’ lives. When you get outdoors this summer, please make sure to share your adventures and tag us on social media @marinmagazine. Now, let’s all get outside!
Susan B. Noyes
Susan B. Noyes,
Founder & Chief Visionary Officer
Leah Bronson, Publisher
Lotus Abrams, Editor in Chief
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