Jon Christensen
@jonchristensen.bsky.social
Teaching and doing research on environmental equity and access at UCLA, among other things.
"There's a big day coming, I can hardly wait." Yo La Tengo at Pappy & Harriet's.
May 8, 2025 at 4:56 AM
"There's a big day coming, I can hardly wait." Yo La Tengo at Pappy & Harriet's.
Delighted to share some very, very big and good news. The Court of Appeal ruled in our favor directing Metro to decertify the EIR for billionaire Frank McCourt's gondola to Dodger Stadium. Read all about it here: mailchi.mp/stopthegondo.... And join us to save the park and the historic heart of LA.
May 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Delighted to share some very, very big and good news. The Court of Appeal ruled in our favor directing Metro to decertify the EIR for billionaire Frank McCourt's gondola to Dodger Stadium. Read all about it here: mailchi.mp/stopthegondo.... And join us to save the park and the historic heart of LA.
Earth Day in the high desert.
April 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Earth Day in the high desert.
Glad to be back on my bike for the first time since my ill-fated ride of January 28. Happy to report that everything seems to be in working order after 10 miles along Ballona Creek.
April 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Glad to be back on my bike for the first time since my ill-fated ride of January 28. Happy to report that everything seems to be in working order after 10 miles along Ballona Creek.
Our Environment + Justice Donor Circle at Liberty Hill Foundation got a perceptive, useful, cautionary, and hopeful "Environmental Justice Landscape Update for SoCal and Beyond" from Angelo Logan and Sean Hecht today. Interested? Ping me, or check us out here: www.libertyhill.org/form/environ...
April 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Our Environment + Justice Donor Circle at Liberty Hill Foundation got a perceptive, useful, cautionary, and hopeful "Environmental Justice Landscape Update for SoCal and Beyond" from Angelo Logan and Sean Hecht today. Interested? Ping me, or check us out here: www.libertyhill.org/form/environ...
Back to California.
April 4, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Back to California.
As seen on the street in Madrid today. Looking forward to the talk and celebration tomorrow at the Fundación BBVA!
March 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
As seen on the street in Madrid today. Looking forward to the talk and celebration tomorrow at the Fundación BBVA!
If, like me and Ezra Klein, you're interested in a progressivism that can get things done and build things, join us for a discussion about the missing piece in Klein's new book "Abundance" — strategies to organize, build power, and win. April 2, 5:30pm Pacific: www.libertyhill.org/form/liberty...
March 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If, like me and Ezra Klein, you're interested in a progressivism that can get things done and build things, join us for a discussion about the missing piece in Klein's new book "Abundance" — strategies to organize, build power, and win. April 2, 5:30pm Pacific: www.libertyhill.org/form/liberty...
"Los Angeles Asks Residents to Help Plan the Future of City’s Parks," a story by Sophie Craypo on the city's new park needs assessment, part of our collaboration with Ethnic Media Services covering urban greening with translations in Spanish, Chinese, Korean: ethnicmediaservices.org/environment/...
February 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"Los Angeles Asks Residents to Help Plan the Future of City’s Parks," a story by Sophie Craypo on the city's new park needs assessment, part of our collaboration with Ethnic Media Services covering urban greening with translations in Spanish, Chinese, Korean: ethnicmediaservices.org/environment/...
We're excited to be bringing Kim Stanley Robinson back to UCLA to talk about "Optimism, Optopia, and Climate Change Stories" on March 6 from 2 to 5pm. Join us: www.ioes.ucla.edu/event/optimi...
February 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We're excited to be bringing Kim Stanley Robinson back to UCLA to talk about "Optimism, Optopia, and Climate Change Stories" on March 6 from 2 to 5pm. Join us: www.ioes.ucla.edu/event/optimi...
I've been working my way through Aldo Leopold's "A Sand County Almanac and Sketches from Here and There" in preparation for moderating this conversation about "The Land Ethic" and Ojai Valley conservation next Saturday, February 1, sponsored by the Agora Foundation and Ojai Valley Land Conservancy.
January 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I've been working my way through Aldo Leopold's "A Sand County Almanac and Sketches from Here and There" in preparation for moderating this conversation about "The Land Ethic" and Ojai Valley conservation next Saturday, February 1, sponsored by the Agora Foundation and Ojai Valley Land Conservancy.
Home from Lisbon after a wonderful trip to Portugal over the holidays and fall quarter in Ghent, Belgium. Full gallery at www.facebook.com/jon.allan.ch...
January 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Home from Lisbon after a wonderful trip to Portugal over the holidays and fall quarter in Ghent, Belgium. Full gallery at www.facebook.com/jon.allan.ch...
Thankful on this day for this stimulating conversation with a multidisciplinary group of students and researchers at Ghent University's Green Hub today about "Science and Its Stories," and diving deeper into how we can all tell the stories that our times need.
November 28, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Thankful on this day for this stimulating conversation with a multidisciplinary group of students and researchers at Ghent University's Green Hub today about "Science and Its Stories," and diving deeper into how we can all tell the stories that our times need.
A nice Sunday to be a tourist in Ghent, where we have been living this fall.
November 24, 2024 at 2:45 PM
A nice Sunday to be a tourist in Ghent, where we have been living this fall.
Mood. And new profile pic.
March 10, 2024 at 1:28 AM
Mood. And new profile pic.
Merry Christmas! To the sound of Morning Becomes Eclectic on @kcrw: www.kcrw.com/music/shows/...
December 25, 2023 at 5:51 PM
Merry Christmas! To the sound of Morning Becomes Eclectic on @kcrw: www.kcrw.com/music/shows/...
Christmas in the desert.
December 24, 2023 at 4:24 PM
Christmas in the desert.
Spiraling. #ngram: books.google.com/ngrams/graph...
December 18, 2023 at 6:19 PM
Spiraling. #ngram: books.google.com/ngrams/graph...
What do you call the historic center of Los Angeles today? El Pueblo, La Plaza, La Placita, Olvera Street, something else?
December 7, 2023 at 1:43 AM
What do you call the historic center of Los Angeles today? El Pueblo, La Plaza, La Placita, Olvera Street, something else?
A historic occasion: Rudy Ortega, president of the Fernandeño @tataviam Band of Mission Indians, signs an MOU with Armando Quintero, director of @CAStatePark @LosEncinosSHP, site of the tribe's historical Siutcanga village. The MOU is a first in the Angeles District in SoCal.
November 29, 2023 at 9:15 PM
A historic occasion: Rudy Ortega, president of the Fernandeño @tataviam Band of Mission Indians, signs an MOU with Armando Quintero, director of @CAStatePark @LosEncinosSHP, site of the tribe's historical Siutcanga village. The MOU is a first in the Angeles District in SoCal.
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 24, 2023 at 1:43 AM
Happy Thanksgiving!
Three career opportunities are open at Liberty Hill Foundation, where I am board co-chair: Chief Program Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Director of Housing Justice. Please pass along to anyone who might be interested and shares our value of change not charity. libertyhill.org/who-we-are/c...
November 4, 2023 at 12:48 AM
Three career opportunities are open at Liberty Hill Foundation, where I am board co-chair: Chief Program Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Director of Housing Justice. Please pass along to anyone who might be interested and shares our value of change not charity. libertyhill.org/who-we-are/c...
This L.A. freeway is the butt of many jokes. Can it have new life as parks and housing? @SalHernandez @latimes www.latimes.com/california/s...
September 25, 2023 at 6:05 PM
This L.A. freeway is the butt of many jokes. Can it have new life as parks and housing? @SalHernandez @latimes www.latimes.com/california/s...
National Public Lands Day, Ballona Creek.
September 23, 2023 at 8:12 PM
National Public Lands Day, Ballona Creek.
"Take Me To Your River." A new participatory neighborhood history and cultural mapping project underway on the L.A. River in Northeast Los Angeles: www.audacy.com/931jackfm/ne...
September 23, 2023 at 12:25 AM
"Take Me To Your River." A new participatory neighborhood history and cultural mapping project underway on the L.A. River in Northeast Los Angeles: www.audacy.com/931jackfm/ne...