Vocab Highlight
Elena Bilheimer, EcoNews Journalist
Environmental Justice
Put simply, environmental justice strives to provide everyone, regardless of identity, with equitable access to a clean and safe environment and resources. In response to environmental racism and unequal distribution...
Solutions Summit | Feb. 2023
Michael D. Pulliam
ITALY'S ROAD REVOLUTION
A road construction company in Italy has created a type of asphalt mixture that solves numerous problems at once: longer lifespan for asphalt roads, simpler and cheaper road maintenance, reduced...
Get on Board: Saving Energy Saves Us
Martha Walden
Thanks to the ample rebates and tax credits provided by the Inflation Reduction Act, Humboldt appliance dealers should stock up on heat pumps, hybrid water heaters, electric stoves (including induction stoves), and heat...
How Unscientific Parking Mandates Have Created and Enforced Car Dominance
Colin Fiske, Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities Executive Director
This is the fifth in a series of articles in the EcoNews about the history of how American communities were designed for cars. The first four...
Farm Feature: Sea Goat Farm 6 Months Later
Elena Bilheimer, EcoNews Journalist
In the months since the first article about Abbey of the Redwoods’ Sea Goat Farmstand came out in July, a lot of exciting changes have occurred. Megan Blumenstein, the farm and...
Smith River Alliance Keeps Del Norte Clean
Smith River Alliance
Trash is a serious problem in our waterways and ocean, which harms wildlife through contamination and ingestion. Regardless of where you live, you have probably seen trash in your community. Although this...
The Iconic Humboldt Honey Poster Celebrates 40 Years
Ingrid Hart
It's been 40 years since the poster’s first publishing in 1983. Since that time, producer and HSU alumni Ingrid Hart has never earned a penny from the poster.
Back in 1983, the poster “Are...
Humboldt’s Dirtiest Power Plant has been Breaking the Rules for Years
Wendy Ring, Guest Author
Have you ever had a medical test which found an abnormality other than what the doctor was looking for, and that required another test which determined the first abnormality was OK...
Trinity County’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Press Release
March 4, 6-9 pm at the Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center in Weaverville, California.
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour is coming to Weaverville! Join Trinity County RCD, Trinity River Restoration Program,...
Why isn’t it Free to Ride the Bus?
Colin Fiske, CRTP Executive Director
Riding the bus is almost always cheaper than driving, but it doesn’t always feel that way. Most people pay a fare every time they board the bus, while fueling up...
California Native Plant Society | Feb. 2023
Evening Program
Wednesday, February 8, 2023: Dynamic speaker, and respected forester and adviser, Yana Valachovic with UC Cooperative Extension will give a presentation on some aspects of local forests, including Sudden Oak Death Syndrome. Register...
Sustainable Valentine’s Day Gifts
Isabella Escamilla, Zero Waste Humboldt Intern
Since the 14th century, Valentine’s Day has been a notable celebration of love around the world. Many significant-others celebrate this day by exchanging gifts to show their admiration for...
King Tides Provide a Glimpse into the Future
Jen Kalt, Humboldt Baykeeper Director
It’s that time of year again, when the highest tides of the year often coincide with storms to cause flooding and erosion in coastal areas. Known as King Tides, they...
Climate Change and California’s Atmospheric Rivers
Matt Simmons, EPIC Staff Attorney
Call it what you want—a bomb cyclone, an atmospheric river, the Pineapple Express, whatever—large and intense winter storms are a regular occurrence on the North Coast. While an ordinary part...
A Look at The California Coastal Commission
Steffi Puerto, EcoNews Journalism Intern
The California Coastal Commission has celebrated 50 years aimed at environmental justice, political activism, and local and state coastal information to better support California residents on issues related to the...
Are California’s Forests the Next Global Bioenergy Sector’s “Fiber Basket”?
Gary Graham Hughes, Americas Program Coordinator, Biofuelwatch
At its December 2022 public hearing, just prior to the holiday, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) unanimously approved the Final 2022 Scoping Plan Update — Achieving Carbon...
Esperanza Activa
Elena Bilheimer, EcoNews Journalist
Traduccion por Carlrey Arroyo
En Esperanza Activa: Como enfrentarnos al desastre mundial sin volvernos locos, los escritores Joanna Macy y Chris Johnstone brindan una descripción general de cómo cultivar el deseo de...
Active Hope
Elena Bilheimer, EcoNews Journalist
In Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in with Unexpected Resilience and Creative Power, writers Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone provide an overview of how to cultivate a desire...
Feds Return ‘Center of the World’ to Karuk Tribe
Caroline Griffith, NEC Executive Director
On January 6, in a rare act of unity for a very divided federal government, President Joe Biden signed into law an act returning the center of the world to...
Dear EcoNews: Plastic Perturbed
Dear EcoNews,
I read an article about how little plastic actually gets recycled. Can you please weigh in on what we should be doing with plastics?
-Plastic Perturbed
Dear Plastic Perturbed,
We here at Zero Waste Humboldt (ZWH)...
2022 NEC Donors
Many thanks to all of the NEC’s supporters in 2022. As we enter our 52nd year, we are grateful for so many friends and allies. From all of us at the NEC, thank you so...
News From the Center | Feb. 2023
Larry Glass, NEC Board President
Caroline Griffith, NEC Executive Director
The High Cost of Building Housing
Here on the North Coast, new real estate schemes that claim they will ease the housing crisis seem to be popping...