Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Save California Salmon
"Save California Salmon (SCS) is dedicated to restoring and protecting California salmon and rivers for future generations. We are dedicated to policy change and community advocacy. Let’s support each other and unify." ...
Solutions Summit | Nov. 2022
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Microplastics or Methane?
Martha Walden, 11th Hour
By 2024 at the latest most Humboldt residents and businesses will be obliged to separate their food waste and other organic matter from their trash. Most of California already does so...
Reconciling Nuclear Safety and Climate Resilience
Alec Brown, Graduate Student Researcher, Environmental Science & Management at Cal Poly Humboldt
The closure of all but one of California’s nuclear power plants is evidence of the decades-long struggle between nuclear safety and carbon mitigation....
Eye on Sacramento
Caroline Griffith, NEC Executive Director
The 2022 California legislative session wrapped up as Governor Gavin Newsom signed 997 new bills into law. He also vetoed 169 bills, many for fiscal reasons. Here are just a...
I Want Community Gardens in Old Town
Sage Alexander, Guest Author
On Sunday afternoons, workers from the Green Lily break up fights on the streets of Old Town, Eureka. Patrons peer over their mimosas and egg benedicts to watch a pair battle...
Arcata Youth Climate March Reflects Evolution Towards Social Justice and Mental Health
Jamie Blatter, 350 Humboldt
On September 23, local youth and 350 Humboldt teamed up to lead a climate rally at the Arcata Plaza. The group chose this date to coordinate with global climate strikes taking...
The Role of Art in Activism
Elena Bilheimer, EcoNews Journalist
Creating social change and building a resilient environmental justice movement requires many different skills and forms of activism. While it can be easy to slip into the mindset that only direct...
The Return of Latino Outdoors in Humboldt
Karina Ramos Villalobos, EcoNews Intern
As COVID-19 restrictions have lifted, people are connecting again and organizations like Latino Outdoors Humboldt are striving to host outdoor events, workshops and community spaces.
“The best and strongest way to...
Offshore Wind and…Transportation?
Colin Fiske, Executive Director
The possibility of a major wind farm being developed off the coast of Humboldt County is a game-changer for renewable electricity in our region, but the majority of greenhouse gas emissions...
Canning: Save Money, Save Food, Help the Planet
Jasper Larkins, Zero Waste Humboldt
Every year in the United States, over 100 billion pounds of food go to waste. That is roughly 130 billion meals and over 400 million dollars worth of food! What...
California Native Plant Society | Nov. 2022
Evening Program
From the Neotropics to the California Floristic Province, a plant journey seeking to understand plant diversification. Dr. Oscar Vargas, botany professor at Cal Poly Humboldt, will describe his past research into tropical South...
EPIC in Court to Protect Pacific Fishers
Tom Wheeler, EPIC Executive Director
On September 13, the Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC), Center for Biological Diversity and Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for denying endangered species protection...
Public Outrage Disrupts PG&E’s Toxic Spray Plan
Susan Bower, Founding Member of Safe Alternatives for Our Forest Environment (SAFE)
On September 29, 2022, PG&E alerted Humboldt County that it was going to spray herbicides, including glyphosate, along its easements across the region,...
Farm Feature: Daluviwi’ Community Garden
Elena Bilheimer, EcoNews Journalist
The Daluviwi’ Community Garden first began as a way to provide food for the Blue Lake Rancheria Elder’s Nutrition Program. Started around 2017, this project supplies pre-prepared frozen meals to roughly...
Zonificación e Injusticia Social
Colin Fiske, Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities
Traduccion por Carlrey Arroyo
Este es el tercero de una serie de artículos en EcoNews sobre la historia de cómo se diseñaron las comunidades estadounidenses para los automóviles. Los...
Zoning Laws and Social Injustice
Colin Fiske, Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities
This is the third in a series of articles in the EcoNews about the history of how American communities were designed for cars. The first two articles described...
Letters to EcoNews: Solar & Wind
Widespread Distributed Solar on the Horizon
Greg King, Executive Director, Siskiyou Land Conservancy & Ken Miller, Director SLC
Tom Wheeler’s “Offshore Wind on the Horizon” (EcoNews September 2022) presumes that “offshore wind is necessary to combat...
Coastal Cleanup Month 2022 Recap
Ivy Munnerlyn, Coastal Programs Coordinator
Coastal Cleanup Month 2022 was a huge success, thanks to dedicated volunteers and generous sponsors. With warm weather and lessening pandemic restrictions, we saw an increase from 150 volunteers in...
News from the Center | Nov. 2022
Larry Glass, NEC Board President
Caroline Griffith, NEC Executive Director
Cannabis
Without a doubt one of the biggest local human-caused environmental disasters of the last couple decades has been the complete inability of the State of California...