Diane Peterson

Rick Fukunaga and three of his Rohnert Park neighbors dug up their lawns and “replaced those water-wasting eyesores” with more resilient landscapes. Ann Possinger of Santa Rosa now washes her sheets and towels once a month instead of weekly, and Rohnert Park renter Suzanne Grant switched from beef to seafood or chicken, which takes less water to process. In May, Sonoma County residents reduced their water consumption by 30 percent with ingenious modifications to everyday life. “There’s a lot of little things that people can do,” said Trathen Heckman, executive director of Daily Acts, a Petaluma nonprofit that promotes sustainability. […]

  When Food For Thought celebrated its 25th anniversary last year, leaders at the grassroots Sonoma County AIDS food bank decided it was time to broaden their outreach. While their original mission to feed people affected by HIV has not waned, they felt they were in a strong position to meet a growing need by expanding their services to help all people with critical illnesses who are in danger of malnutrition. “If you get sick and you don’t have a caregiver or money, there’s nothing for you,” said Ron Karp, the nonprofit’s executive director. “It’s like where people with HIV […]