‘Of the Environment, Not in It’: City Salutes Environmental Icon In Mill Valley

City recognized longtime conservation leader for work on planning, open space and environmental education.

City leaders honored an environmental advocate as a Volunteer All-Star during their early June council meeting, citing more than half a century of work on local and regional conservation issues.

Councilmember Urban Carmel said Nona Dennis had shaped both city policy and the lives of young residents who came of age in Marin’s environmental culture.

“I think it’s hard to overestimate the impact that you’ve had on many generations of kids that have grown up in Marin County and in Mill Valley,” Carmel said.

Carmels said his daughter, who grew up in Mill Valley, is now working in the same field, creating the next generation of buildings that are sustainable.

“That’s just a very small example of the kind of wide impact that she’s had on many, many lives,” he said.