Hands On: Smith River Alliance Invites Cal Poly Humboldt Natural Resources Club for Restoration...
Emma Wilson, EcoNews Intern
Throughout the weekend of April 20-21, 2024, the Natural Resources (NR) club of Cal Poly Humboldt was invited to Rock Creek...
Creature Feature
Molly Taylor, NEC Intern
Periodically, millions of cicadas rise up from the soil after spending the past years living underground. This emergence is caused by...
Steller Sea Lion
Poem by Terri Glass, Plea for Wildlife project funded by Upstate California Creative Corp
It pulls me under, watching the sea lion
dive to the depths...
Get on Board for the Climate | Idle Wells Up to No Good
Martha Walden, Guest Contributor
Idle Wells Up To No Good
Despite its reputation for aggressive pro-climate legislation, California is third in the nation when it comes...
Community Coastal Column
Sable Odry, Coastal Programs Coordinator
Nordic Aquafarms is On Their Way:
On May 8th, the Coastal Commission approved the final Coastal Development Permit (CDP) involved with...
Ghost Forest Interview with Greg King
Interviewer: Dana Utman
Sometimes it takes great personal risk to change things. Is climate change worth it? Are the old growth redwoods, with their ecologically...
New Report by Farm Forward: “Corruption and Consumer Fraud at Alexandre Family Farm”
EcoNews Staff
On April 11, 2024, Farm Forward, a research and advocacy non-profit focused on environmental and animal rights abuses of factory farming, released a...
Factory Farm Ban Qualifies for Ballot in Sonoma County
First-ever U.S. county ballot measure to ban Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) could have national implications
Press Release, The Coalition to End Factory Farming
March 27,...
Humboldt Waterkeeper | Butcher Slough: Past, Present, and Future
Jen Kalt, Humboldt Waterkeeper Executive Director
Butcher Slough is the tidally-influenced stretch of Jolly Giant Creek, which flows from its headwaters in the Arcata Community...
California Native Plant Society | June. 2024
Saturday, June 1, 1:00 p.m. Native Plant Garden Tour
The garden tour, led by Pete Haggard, repeats every first Saturday at the Arcata Community Center...
EPIC | California Needs a Strong, Equitable Climate Bond
Josefina Barrantes and Abigail Lowell, EPIC
California’s climate action and conservation budget is on the chopping block.
As California emerged from the pandemic with record budget...
Indigenous Double Film Screening Recap: Culture As Land & Life
Tali Trillo, NEC Staff
On April 13, 2024, spring showers poured as elk stew and popcorn could be smelled from Arcata Playhouse. Over 150 community...
De las Secuoyas a los Olivos, la comunidad crece
Traducido por Denise Villalva
Mientras los estudiantes de Cal Poly Humboldt ocupaban el Siemens Hall y establecían un campamento de solidaridad con Gaza en el...
From Redwood Trees to Olive Groves, the Commune Grows
As Cal Poly Humboldt students occupied Siemens Hall and established a Gaza solidarity encampment on the quad, a tree-sit was quietly raised overlooking the...
NEXUS | Reclaiming the Commons
Caroline Griffith, NEC Executive Director
On April 22, demonstrators at Cal Poly Humboldt occupied Siemens Hall, an administrative building named for former university president and...
Petey Brucker: The River Runs Through Him October 15, 1952 – April 22, 2024
Allegra Brucker
Peter (Petey) Daniel Brucker passed away peacefully, in the arms of his loved ones. After a decline from the disabling neurological disease, Progressive...
Celebrating Collective Action for Earth Day
NEC Staff
For those of us who spend the entire year working in service to this planet thatwe call home, Earth Day is a time...
From the Center
Larry Glass, NEC Board President
Caroline Griffith, NEC Executive Director
As we watch militarized actions in Gaza, Ukraine, and elsewhere ramp up, we are reminded of...