Our Gratitude

Environmental luminary Jane Goodall once said,

"I like to envision the whole world as a jigsaw puzzle . . . if you look at the whole picture, it is overwhelming and terrifying, but if you work on your little part of the jigsaw and know that people all over the world are working on their little bits, that will give you hope."

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The concept of "HOPE" graces one of the materials tiles in our beloved SFSU Sustainable Materials Library.​ This effort took a village, and we have enormous gratitude to our generous advisors, collaborators, brainstormers, and cheerleaders over this four-year journey in realizing our dream library, without whom this would not be possible.

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Our San Francisco State University Brain Trust

Mari Hulick, Chair, School of Design, San Francisco State University

Richard G. Ortiz, Lecturer and Instructional Support Technician, San Francisco State University

Justin K. Wong, Shop Technician, School of Design, San Francisco State University

Rosa Valencia, Administrative Analyst/Specialist, School of Design, San Francisco State University

Professor Fernando Carvalho, School of Design, San Francisco State University

Professor Saskia Van Kampen, School of Design, San Francisco State University

Professor Aynne Valencia, School of Design, San Francisco State University

Professor Joshua D. Singer, School of Fine Arts, San Francicisco State University

Professor Ayana Airman-Mance, School of Design, San Francisco State University

Professor Monique Comacchio, School of Design, San Francisco State University

Professor Ellen Christensen, School of Design, San Francisco State University

Professor Pino Trogu, School of Design, San Francisco State University

Professor Silvan T. Linn, School of Design, San Francisco State University

Professor Joshua Robin McVeigh-Schultz, School of Design, San Francisco State University

Professor Lee Friedman, School of Design, San Francisco State University

Professor Sana Hussaini, School of Design, San Francisco State University

Professor Hsiao-Yun Chu, School of Design, San Francisco State University

Professor Omar Soza Tzec, School of Design, San Francisco State University

Professor Michael Arcega, School of Fine Arts, San Francicisco State University

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The Team at Climate HQ

Lisa Galli, Climate HQ Budget Specialist

Dr. Kai Burrus,  Co-Director Climate HQ

Dr. Aritree Samanta, Co-Director Climate HQ

Dr. Autumn Thoyre, Co-Director Climate HQ

Alcides Fuentes , Program and Communications Specialist

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The Team at UCSF

Gail Lee, Former Sustainability Director, UC San Francisco, UCSF Health, Executive board member for Sustainable San Mateo County, Community Advisory Committee member for Peninsula Clean Energy

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The City and County of San Francisco

Tyrone Jue, Director of the San Francisco Environment Department, City and County of San Francisco​

Rich Hillis, Former Director of Planning, City and County of San Francisco

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California College of the Arts

Scott Minneman, Professor, Graduate Design Division, California College of the Arts

Aynne Valencia, Professor, Interaction Design Division, California College of the Arts

Cristina Gaitan, Assistant Professor, Graduate Design Division, California College of the Arts

Lauryn Menard, Adjunct II Professor, Graduate Design Division, California College of the Arts

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Jensen Architects

Mark Jensen, Founder, Jensen Architects

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Verda Alexander, Climate Designer and O + A 

Verda Alexander, Climate Designer and Co-Founder, O + A

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Recology

Deborah Munk, Manager AIR / Environmental Learning Center

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SFDesign Week and Design Bay Area

Dawn Zidonis, CEO, SFDesign Week and Design Bay Area

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Arion Press

Theodore Gioia, Director, Arion Press

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The San Francisco Symphony,

for our inspirational soundtracks:

Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director, San Francisco Symphony

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