The Iconic Humboldt Honey Poster Celebrates 40 Years
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...
Mindful Monday: Ferns, Mosses, Flags
Ferns, Mosses, Flags
from Meteoric Flowers by Elizabeth Willis
We all live under the rule of Pepsi, by the sanctified waters of an in-ground pond. Moss...
California Native Plant Society | August 2022
Field Trip
August 5-7, Friday-Sunday. Bolan Lake Overnight Field Trip. At 5,400 f.t elevation, in the Siskiyou Mts. of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest southeast...
Sponsor Coastal Cleanup Month
Coastal Cleanup Month is one of the largest cleanup events of the year. The Northcoast Environmental Center (NEC) is Humboldt County’s Coastal Cleanup Coordinator...
Planning a Zero Waste Wedding
Krista Miller, ZWH
As you rethink how you organize your wedding in order to reduce waste, and ultimately your wedding’s carbon footprint, you must start...
DIY Zero: How to Save Money on Your Electric Bill
Susan Nolan
Air conditioning is not something most Humboldters think about, but statewide, it’s a big driver of electricity demand, pushing up need in afternoons...
Piecing Together Humboldt’s Housing Problem
Sabriyya Ghanizada, EcoNews Intern
There is a housing crisis in California and Humboldt County (HumCo) is no exception. With Cal Poly Humboldt prospecting to double...
Craft for the Coast Sponsors
Support Craft for the Coast!
Our 3rd Annual Craft for the Coast Trash Art Contest is an exciting new event that engages our local community...
Internships
Current Internships
Coastal Programs Internship:
Aug - Oct 2025 45+ Hrs --- Applications due by midnight July 25th ---
Are you enthusiastic about stewarding our...
Understanding ‘Urbanism’
On this week’s EcoNews Report, planning expert Dan Zack joins Gang Green to talk about “urbanism”—a term that might sound scary for rural Humboldt...
Solutions Summit April 2022
CO-OPS NETWORK FOR INVESTMENTS
Seed Commons, a nationwide network of cooperative loan funds and business incubators, provides support and funding for worker-owned co-op businesses across...
Housing is an Environmental Issue
Ask anyone who has tried to look for rental housing lately and they’ll tell you that housing in Humboldt is expensive. Humboldt, like California...
Activism 101: Getting Started
Caroline Griffith, NEC Executive Director
For those of us who are seasoned activists, it can often be easy to forget the complex paths that got...
Pueblos Indígenas Desaparecides y Asesinades
Chelsea Miraflor Trillo (Mindanaoan/Visayan)
traducido por Carlrey Arroyo
Los Pueblos Indígenas son parte integral de la Tierra porque somos de Ella. Es por eso que los...
Year-End Wrap Up (We Ain’t Gonna Miss You, 2021)
Join Gang Green for a review of the highlights and lowlights of 2021. Friends of the Eel River organized a motley crew of enviros,...
Giving Tuesday
Donate at www.yournec.org/donations/
Dear NEC Supporter,
Nobody said it would be easy! In fact, 2021’s extreme and unpredictable conditions made it one of the most challenging...
Eel River Salmon Win Before FERC
There’s a proposal to remove the fish-blocking Scott Dam on the Eel River but looming problems still remain. Cape Horn Dam, just downstream of...
Creature Feature: Red Tailed Hawks
Creature Feature: Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo Jamaicensis)
The Red-tailed Hawk is one of the most common hawks in North America. They are also one of...
Solutions Summit
by Michael D. Pulliam
REWILDING CANADIAN FARMS
Topsy Farms on Amherst Island, Ontario, Canada, has rededicated an acre of their sheep pasture to the wild plants...
Get on Board for the Climate: When Ammonia Smells Like Flowers
by Martha Walden
One of the biggest climate-changing threats facing civilization flies under the radar for most people: refrigerants. Emissions from these man-made chemicals are...
Potter Valley Project: The Saga of Dam Removal
By Caroline Griffith
As anyone who has followed the decades-long efforts to take down Klamath Dams knows, dam removal is a complex process. Oftentimes far...
Eye On Washington: October 2021
Dan Sealy, NEC Legislative Analyst
Biden Nominates Indigenous Tribal Member to Lead the National Park Service
The last administration found it increasingly difficult and embarrassing to...
Community Creations: The Monster Project
The Monster Project has been supporting collaborations between artists for over 6 years. The outcome of these collaborations have been the creation of large-scale...
Help a Legendary Photographer Complete His Dream
by Ally Gran and Ted Humphrey
Dave Van de Mark is a living legend at Redwood National & State Parks. He arrived in Northern California...
The NEC’s Collaborative Conservation Legacy
By Chad Roberts, NEC Life Member
Conservation was a central focus of the countercultural upwelling in the North Coast in the late 1960s, more so...