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San Francisco Becomes serious about recycling

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 10 June 2009 in Uncategorized

San Francisco just put a law in effect making it mandatory to recycle and compost! Very interesting! The Board of Supervisors in San Francisco voted 9 to 2 for a mandatory composting and recycling program law. The intention is to aggressively reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and have the city send n...

Celebrate the World Environment Day with the Earth Charter!

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 09 June 2009 in Peace

Celebrate the World Environment day with the Earth Charter! We are living in challenging times. As members of the community of life on Earth, we have jeopardized our own existence and the right to life of many other living beings through extensive environmental alteration. Our individual andshared ...

Colorado Carbon Fund provides a new way to support clean energy

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 20 May 2009 in Clean Technology

Have you thought about buying carbon offsets but weren't sure how?Do you know your carbon footprint?Would you like to know how energy-efficiency measures can reduce carbon dioxide emissions?Would you like to support new clean energy projects here in Colorado? The new Colorado Carbon Fund is helping...

The Time to Act is Now, A Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 06 May 2009 in Climate Change

Today we live in a time of great crisis, confronted by the gravest challenge that humanity has ever faced: the ecological consequences of our own collective karma. The scientific consensus is overwhelming: human activity is triggering environmental breakdown on a planetary scale. Global warming, in...

Emergency Funds Sought in US to Save Bats (and people from bugs)

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 05 May 2009 in Animals

This is serious stuff, bats are dying from a fungus called white nose syndrome. Congressional members from 13 states in the US as asking the Obama administration for emergency funding to keep bats alive. A half million have already died. The bats are a vital link in the ecosystem as they feed on bu...

Somebody has got to do something about global warming--why not you?!

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 30 April 2009 in Climate Change

by Jonathan Harrington With each passing day, and despite or current economic problems, the warming of our one and only planet continues unabated. Everyone is talking about it: major news organizations, Hollywood elites, congressmen and members of parliament, presidents and prime ministers have fin...

The Population Bubble

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 27 April 2009 in Population

Everyone needs to realize that over-population will be the greatest disaster on this planet. Here is a plan that could achieve zero population growth. from 100thoughts.blogspot.com/2009/03/population-bubble.html With the current global financial crisis, there has been much talk about the dot.com b...

The Great Disaster of 2050

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 27 April 2009 in General Environment

Unless we act soon, the Great Disaster of 2050 will occur. From 100thoughts.blogspot.com/2009/04/great-disaster-of-2050.html Currently, we are experiencing the "Perfect Storm" trifecta disasters of the meltdown of the housing, stock, and financial markets. All of these bubbles that burst in 2008 w...

New Bank Gears Up to Give Green Loans

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 21 April 2009 in Green Products/Services

NEW YORK -- As dozens of banks caught up in the collapse of the housing market are struggling to stay alive, one team of finance professionals is moving boldly in the other direction. They're opening a new bank. A new "green" bank. While the federal government is engaged in an overhaul of the bank...

What are you doing for Earth Day?: Discovering the Beauty in Clearing A Creek Bed for the Future!

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 19 April 2009 in Lakes/Rivers/Wetlands

Article by: Laura Tull Summary: Volunteering for Earth Day/ Week can not only help the environment, but can educate, preserve history, and memories for the future. This past Weekend groups of eco friendly individuals gathered in New York, Boston, D.C., Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco...

The Urban Homestead visits ECHS!

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 07 April 2009 in General Environment

The authors of the book, The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient Living in the Heart of the City, Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen, visited Environmental Charter High School and Green Ambassadors to promote sustainability within urban areas showing our students the alternative ways to create ...

Hey! Tanks L.A teaches Green Ambassadors how to store rainwater!

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 07 April 2009 in Water Conservation

Catching rainwater has never been easier. Hey! Tanks L.A focuses on the practice of catching and collecting rainwater for irrigation and any other household purposes. Hey! Tanks L.A just visited Environmental Charter High School to demonstrate to Green Ambassadors how to install your own rainwater ...

Green Ambassadors Green Adventure to Quail Springs!

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 07 April 2009 in Sustainable Development

Our third Green Adventure took place this past weekend, April 4th - April 7th, 2009, at Quail Springs (http://quailsprings.org) and was a huge success! Sara Laimon, Guzel Gjenasaj and Amy Frame led ten students of Environmental Charter High School. They spent four days learning about permaculture, ...

Common Vision Visit to Environmental Charter High School!

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 07 April 2009 in Forestry

On March 2, 2009, Common Vision visited Environmental Charter High School to promote the planting of fruit trees and recycling in artistic and upbeat ways. Common Vision and Green Ambassadors allied to plant fruit trees around the community of Lawndale. Groups of students and Common Vision members...

ECHS Softball Team Mobilizes Green Practices!!!

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 04 April 2009 in Recycling

Being green is not something you only do at home or at school, but EVERYWHERE! On Saturday March 28, the softball team played proud and hard in the Westminster Tournament. After a long day, during their snack time, the girls had Gatorade bottles and orange peels left over. Practicing being Green A...

CWC invites you to Walk on the Wild Side

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 31 March 2009 in Animals

Please join hundreds of wildlife advocates who are walking to support our native animals on Sunday, May 3 at Zuma Beach, Malibu. The money raised from CWC Walk on the Wild Side® will go directly to funding the free services and programs CWC provides, including paramedic rescue and rehabilitation fo...

Eco-fugitive Caught

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 14 March 2009 in Earth Violators

Authorities in Florida shot and critically wounded one of the US's most wanted environmental crime fugitives, Larkin Baggett. Baggett pointed a gun at police. He is owner of Chemical Consultants Inc. and has been charged in federal court in Utah with dumping chemicals down drains, into paved alleys ...

Low-level ozone exposure found to be lethal over time

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 11 March 2009 in Air Quality

L.A. Times - An 18-year study shows an increased annual risk of death from respiratory illnesses, depending on the pollution level. It goes beyond studies that linked brief ozone spikes to short-term effects. By Thomas H. Maugh IIMarch 12, 2009 Ozone pollution is a killer, increasing the yearly ri...

Stingrays: Protect and Respect - Steve Irwin and Giants!

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 05 March 2009 in Animals

By Laura Tull Stingrays are fascinating animals, brought to the attention of the media by a true accident with the death of Steve Irwin, and by recent discoveries of Giant Stingray's in Thailand. Though related to the sharks they are not as aggressive and are not prone to attack humans. They are ne...

Critical protection sought for Australia’s big blue backyard

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 27 February 2009 in Ocean/Seas/Coastlines

February 23, 2009 09:00 AM - WWF Perth, Australia - Nine out of 10 marine species found off Australia’s south-west coast are found nowhere else on earth but less than one per cent of this globally significant region is protected. A new report found a series of globally significant “hotspots” for m...