What is Happening to Humboldt County’s Recyclables?
Following the introduction of a new policy in China earlier this year, much of the world is experiencing an extreme recycling crisis. As of...
Mindful☼Monday: Thus Spoke the Plant
For our first Mindful Monday of the New Year, we’re bringing you a book recommendation to add to your list (because one of your...
King Tides Are Here! December 4-5
December 4 & 5 will be California's next King Tide. Want to help the California King Tides Project photograph the highest tides of the...
Debris ID: Nurdles
Welcome to another week of Debris ID!
This week we'll take a look at one of the smallest and most notorious trash items you'll come...
Mindful Monday: I Am From
M I N D F U L ☼ M O N D A Y
Today we’re sharing a poem written by one of our regular...
Creature Feature: Albino Redwood
This week, we are looking at a creature you certainly don't see every day. The rare albino redwood! (Sequoia sempervirens) Albino redwoods are white...
Vote for the NEC by Feb. 19th!
Help The Northcoast Environmental Center win the Marine Debris Prevention & Awareness Grant! Help our coastal programs like Trash Trackers, Coastal Cleanup Day, Trash-a-thon,...
Creature Feature: Yellow Spotted Millipede
It's been a while since we've done a creepy-crawly Creature Feature. Birds and mammals, move aside! This week we're taking a look at the...
EPIC and NEC Submit Comments on Humboldt Wind Energy Project
EPIC and the Northcoast Environmental Center submitted comments to the Humboldt County Planning Department regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Humboldt...
Mindful Monday: Protection of Nature is Protection of Self
“Unhappily, the extensive moralizing within the ecological movement has given the public a false impression that they are being asked to make a sacrifice...
Mindful☼Mondays: Work that Reconnects
Happy Monday. Today we’re bringing you some resources from Joanna Macy via and op ed published by Emergence Magazine titled “Entering the Bardo”. Joanna navigates...
Trinidad Water Wars Continue
The Trinidad Rancheria is throwing down the gauntlet. The tribe wants to build a new hotel, but in order to get the necessary permits,...
Creature Feature: Brush Rabbit
The brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani), or Duqht in the Wiyot language is a species of rabbit that can be found along the Pacific coast....
Mindful☼Mondays: Talking with Relatives Across the Political Divide
M I N D F U L ☼ M O N D A Y S
Where are you feeling love in your life right now,...
NEC Supports SB 424 – Tobacco Product Recyclability and Producer Responsibility Act
Senator Jackson is currently authoring a bill (SB 424) that seeks to eliminate plastic waste and pollution due to single-use tobacco products. The bill...
Creature Feature: Sea Lemon
Sea Lemons (Peltodoris nobilis) are a type of nudibranch, or sea slug. They breathe through the rosette of gills sticking up from their lower...
Bonfire 101: Don’t Burn Pallets
It's the perfect time of year for a beach bonfire, so here's a tip to help reduce bonfire litter on Humboldt beaches. Pallets are...
Mindful Monday: Down to Earth Deck
Are you looking for more ways to have meaningful conversations about climate change, earth-rootedness, and connecting to the natural world? Sometimes it feels like...
Godwit Days Student Bird Art and Nature Writing Contests
Deadline to Apply: March 26
Learn more at www.godwitdays.org/learning/activities-children/
Friday, March 26 is the deadline for children to enter the 18th annual bird art contest and the...
Mindful Mondays: Indigenous People’s Day
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!
Celebrate by advocating for land back and/or donating money to land trusts and others doing the sacred work of returning and...
Mindful ☼ Mondays: Meditative Cleanups
M I N D F U L ☼ M O N D A Y S
Many of you may know that the NEC just completed...
Mindful Mondays: The Big Picture
The Big Picture
by Ellen Bass
from All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
I try to look at the big picture.
The...
Mindful☼Mondays: Consciousness of Rocks
Monday morning food for thought:
“Consciousness must surely be traced back to the rocks — the rocks which have been here since life began and...
Weekly Creature Feature: River Otter
🐾Weekly Creature Feature 🐾
The North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) may be a familiar face to many of you! These members of the weasel...
Creature Feature: Black Oyster Catcher
The Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) is a distinguishable seabird with black plumage and orange-reddish facial features. Residing along rocky shores, the Black Oystercatcher's habitat...