Waiting for the Revolution

You have to live here, beside what must be one of the most beautiful bays in the world, spend early evenings watching the sun go down behind the Golden Gate, climb the Berkeley Hills to view the whole Bay Area from San Jose to Vallejo, in order to realise why the ecology movement here is so spirited. The Bay is a shining blue mirror then you think about the raw sewage and industrial waste it contains. The hills are shaded sanctuaries until you come across a clearance for a new subdivision. On crossing the bay, high above the water on the top deck of the Bay Bridge, you can see the yellow haze of smog at each end of the Bay. Ecology groups thrive and multiply rapidly as the seriousness of the crisis that threatens the natural balance of the Bay Area becomes more and more apparent.