2021 Volunteer Opportunities
Looking for new ways to volunteer and take care of our planet in 2021?
Join our efforts to collect citizen science data on marine...
Creature Feature: The American Black Bear
The American black bear (Ursus americanus), is well known to anyone who lives in close contact with forests and wildlands. Known as sa:ts' in...
Creature Feature: Tundra Swans
Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus) are one of the largest and most easily identified bird species in Humboldt county. There are several subspecies of this...
Wind Energy Projects Proposed for Humboldt County
As the world’s finite energy sources continue to be depleted—creating massive environmental damage and increasing the rate of climate change along the way—shifting to...
M I N D F U L ☼ M O N D A Y...
M I N D F U L ☼ M O N D A Y S
The staff at the NEC has been reading and reveling...
Mindful Mondays: Beautiful Solutions
Stop! For just a moment - stop scrolling through your feed. In your scrolling have you been inundated with difficult news? Anxiety-invoking imagery? Image...
Mindful☼Mondays: Grounding Exercise
With the sun shining this morning we are inviting you to try a little grounding exercise, in the most literal sense of the word.
Find...
Mindful☼Mondays: Act Local
Good morning. Yet another week has passed: COVID numbers are climbing, the political landscape is disorienting, and the season continually shifts into cold and...
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,...
EcoNews Locations
Want to pick up a free copy of EcoNews? Find them at these locations:
Trinidad
Murphys
Eastern Humboldt
Rays
River Song Natural Foods
Hupa Shopping Center
Mendocino Book Company
McKinleyville
Eureka...
Mindful☼Monday: Counter Mapping
Happy Monday. Let’s spend some time today getting our creativity flowing. For this Mindful Monday we’re sharing an artistic exercise introduced to us through...
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...
Mindful Mondays: Our Most Pleasing Responsibility
“The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all, our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of...
Mindful Mondays: The Stream of Life
"The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures.
It is the...
Mindful Mondays: All We Can Save
“We need to have a whole cultural shift, where it becomes our culture to take care of the Earth, and in order to make...
Wiyot Tribal Members and Employees Talk Terra-Gen
December 7, 2019 - The Green Gang talks with Cheryl Seidner (Cultural Liaison, Wiyot Tribe), Adam Kanter (Natural Resource Specialist, Wiyot Tribe) and Corinne...
Eureka Natural Foods Change 4 Change
Eureka Natural Foods Change 4 Change
During the week of September 6 - 12, the Northcoast Environmental Center will be the recipient of all rounded-up...
Mindful Monday: Introduce Yourself
When you find yourself in a new place, on a new land, how do you begin building a relationship? However long or short you...
Truck Drivers Needed in September!
Are you a pickup truck owner with a passion for environmental stewardship? We need your help during Coastal Cleanup Month!
We are looking for volunteers...
Creature Feature: The Plastic Fish
The Plastic Fish, once a rare species in our ocean, is becoming increasingly more common and quite invasive. These fish are often made up...
Creature Feature: Virginia Opossum
This week's featured creature is the one and only Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)...Literally! The nocturnal critters we know as "possums" are the only marsupials...
Creature Feature: Common Raven
The Common Raven (Corvus corax) is indeed common in Humboldt County -- chances are you've seen one soaring over the beach or resting on...
Mindful☼Mondays: Moving Through Discomfort
Sitting in meditation can be extremely uncomfortable. Our bodies begin to ache, our minds wander, we wonder how long we have left, think ahead...
King Tides: December 13-15
Snap the Shore, See the Future
www.coastal.ca.gov/kingtides/
California has another chance to observe the #KingTides on December 13, 14, and 15. If you are able to...
2017 California Coastal Commission Conservation Report Card Released
On May 6, Act Coastal released the 2017 California Coastal Commission Conservation Report Card. This Report focuses on important coastal projects and concerns, using the...