Upcoming Public Events
Montage of three photos: right, a child dumping collected trash in to a waste can, middle, a line of 6 people throwing sand globes in the air, right, a stack of 7 sand globes with the ocean in the background

Albany Beach Cleanup and Free Sand Globe Workshop (NOTE NEW DATE)
Sunday, February 17, 2019, 1pm - 3pm (arrive anytime.)
Free, public, all-ages event
Albany Beach, Albany, CA (map)

Join us for the first Albany Landfill Dog Owners Group (ALDOG) beach cleanup of 2019, and a free public sand globe workshop on Albany Beach.
More info: event webpage or Facebook event page
Montage showing Beach Trax portable access path in use, people making a sand globe, and sand globe sculptures

Try the Beach Trax portable access path and make sand sculptures at Crissy Field
Sunday, March 3, 2019, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
(Arrive anytime; sand sculpting and sand globe making start at 2:30)
Free, public, all-ages event
Crissy Field East Beach, San Francisco, CA ( map )

Come try out the Beach Trax foldable portable access pathway at Crissy Field East Beach in San Francisco, California. The pathway will be set up from 12:30 to 3:30pm and all are welcome!

Those interested from 2:30pm-3:30pm can join in sand sculpting and sand-globe making with environmental artist Zach Pine at table level and at ground level. We will have some tools for sculpting and adaptive equipment for holding tools, but you are encouraged to bring your own.
More info: event webpage or Facebook event page
Montage of three photos: right, a child dumping collected trash in to a waste can, middle, a line of 6 people throwing sand globes in the air, right, a stack of 7 sand globes with the ocean in the background

Build, Restore & Create at Redwood Regional Park
Saturday, March 30, 2019, 10:30am - 1:30pm
Free, public, all-ages event
Redwood Regional Park, Oakland, CA ( map )

Join us in the Create-With-Nature Pathway of Redwood Regional Park.

The Create-With-Nature Pathway is an ongoing participatory public art project with a purpose: running over 150 yards through a redwood grove, the pathway borders are designated spaces for the public to make ephemeral creations using sticks, redwood needles, pine cones, and more. The border edges, made from large tree limbs, in turn serve to protect and bring attention to the ongoing effort to restore the vegetation under the redwoods with indigenous ferns and other native plants. The current pathway was largely built during five free community events in 2013, 2016, and 2018, and now it's time to upgrade and repair the pathway, continue the restoration work, and create ephemeral art together with nature.
Limited to 30 participants - REGISTRATION REQUIRED at THIS LINK. All ages are welcome, but be aware that some of us will be lifting logs and using tools during our building time.
More info: event webpage
Photo of Rock Balancing Gathering

Rock Balancing Gathering - San Francisco - 12th Edition
Saturday April 6, 2019, 11am - 2pm
Free, public, all-ages event
Crissy Field (Just East of the Warming Hut Cafe),
San Francisco, CA ( map )
In collaboration with rock balancing legend Bill Dan. Free and open to all ages. Instruction provided.
More info: event website, Facebook event page
Montage of photos from Earth Day at Stinson Beach, including children and adults collecting trash, balanced rock sculptures, a person handstanding next to a spiral sculpture made from seaweed, a group making sand sculpture, two men making music (drumming and flute), and a group reaching for the sky together.

Restore and Create: Earth Day Celebration on Stinson Beach (15th annual)
Saturday, April 20, 2019, 10am - 3pm
Free, public, all-ages event
South end of Stinson Beach, Marin County, CA ( map )
Help with beach cleanup or creek restoration, and join with over a dozen collaborating artists engaging the public in sculpture-making with natural materials, making music, dancing, and more.
More info: event website or Facebook event page
Current Projects & Installations
Nine sand globes, each balanced on a different rock near the shore the San Francisco Bay, with Golden Gate Bridge in background
Sand Globes Worldwide
Since discovering a technique for making near-perfect spheres from just sand and water in 2000, I've used sand globe making as an avenue to connect people with each other and with coastal areas. Free public beach-cleanup events combining sand globe making with environmental stewardship have been a great success. I've launched an effort to spread sand globe making worldwide using social media and a "how-to" video that has had thousands of views. Read more.
A group of 7 children and 3 adults making ephemeral sculptures with leaves, sticks, rocks and branches in a garden-based Create-with-Nature Zone
Create-with-Nature Zone at The University of California Blake Garden, Kensington, CA ( map )
Open to the public, no admission fee, Monday through Friday, 8am - 4pm

Using materials provided from the 11-acre Blake Garden, visitors are invited to create with nature. Read more.
Logo showing golden gate bridge, tree, flower , and bird surrounding two people holding hands. Text reads
San Francisco Children & Nature
Since 2018 I've been part of the Nature Connection Design team for San Francisco Children & Nature, a cross-sector collaborative of over 20 government agencies, non-profit institutions, and community-based organizations striving to ensure that every child has opportunities to play, learn and grow in nature. One of our projects has been to prototype and develop design criteria for Nature Exploration Areas such as this one at Rolph-Nicol Park.
Two photos, side by side. On the left, a woman kneels and creates patterens with sticks along the pathway; on the right, 4 adults and a child point out creations inside the pathway border
Create-with-Nature Pathway in Redwood Regional Park, Oakland, CA
Open to the public every day, 5am-10pm (click "Read more" for additional info including parking fees on some weekend days).
Over 150 yards of pathway through a redwood grove are designated for creating with natural materials from the park. Read more.
On a grassy area, with the San Francisco shoreline in the background, a lattice about 5 feet high and 10 feet wide is woven with green fennel and pampas grass leaves in abstract patterns
Art Saves Trees on the Disc Golf Course at Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline, San Leandro, CA
East Bay Regional Park District Ranger Pamela Beitz and I have developed and begun installing protective scaffolding for public, ephemeral art installation and tree shielding on a Disc Golf Course under construction at Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline. Students from Earth Team are instrumental in this project.