About the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is a department of the City and County of San Francisco that provides
retail drinking water and wastewater services to San Francisco, wholesale water to three Bay Area counties, and green
hydroelectric and solar power to San Francisco’s municipal departments. We comprise three essential 24/7 service
utilities: Water, Wastewater, and Power. Our mission is to provide our customers with high-quality, efficient, and reliable
water, power, and sewer services in a manner that is inclusive of environmental and community interests and
that sustains the resources entrusted to our care.
About the Center for Ecoliteracy
The Center for Ecoliteracy is a nonprofit organization that advances ecological education in K–12 schools. Founded
in 1995, the Center engages with school communities, foundations, civic leaders, and other change agents at multiple
levels of scale from the local to the national. It creates and publishes books and guides, facilitates professional
development and conferences, and provides strategic consulting to schools and businesses.
The Center has published dozens of free downloadable resources for educators and nearly 150 essays and interviews
with leading thinkers, educators, and policy makers. Its books include Ecoliterate: How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional,
Social, and Ecological Intelligence (Jossey-Bass, 2012); Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability (Watershed Media,
2009); and Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World (Sierra Club Books, 2005). Well known as
a leader in K–12 school food reform and school gardens, the Center developed the Rethinking School Lunch guide and
planning framework; collaborated with the Berkeley Unified School District and Chez Panisse Foundation in the School
Lunch Initiative; and is partnering with Oakland Unified School District in the Rethinking School Lunch Oakland initiative.
The Center’s food-related resources include Big Ideas: Linking Food, Culture, Health, and the Environment; the cookbook
and professional development guide Cooking with California Food in K–12 Schools; Making the Case for Healthy, Freshly
Prepared School Meals; and classroom discussion guides for Academy Award-nominee Food, Inc. and the Nourish: Food +
Community series. To learn more, see www.ecoliteracy.org.
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