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Plastic-Free Pushback: A Community Journey

August 2, 2021 by Ecology Center

Over the years, our Helpdesk has received a flood of inquiries seeking information about single-use plastics, bioplastics, and how to responsibly consume and dispose of them. Since then, our Helpdesk staff have curated blogs and factsheets, to address some of these questions. It was clear then, and it’s still clear now that we can’t recycle… Read more »

CA Fire Season: Keep the Bad Air Out

June 2, 2021 by Ecology Center

In our last article we talked about preparing your yard and home to be better protected from wildfires and how to seal your home windows and doors from a smoky outdoor environment. In this blog we will be exploring air filters for your home’s HVAC and air purifiers for rooms in your household. As grass… Read more »

CA Fire Season: Planning Ahead for Your Home

April 19, 2021 by Ecology Center

This year, rain and snow have been well below average. As of March of 2021 the state’s network of reservoirs are holding less water than usual . State Drought Monitor, a federal government monitoring service, shows that drought conditions have enveloped 91% of California’s landmass and more than a third of the state is in… Read more »

Biden Turns Up the Heat to Lower Global Warming: Key Takeaways of Biden’s Action Plan for the Climate Crisis

February 12, 2021 by Ecology Center

Photo Credit: Doug Mills, New York Times On his first full day in office President Biden recommitted the United States to the Paris Climate Agreement, promptly halted the Keystone Pipeline, and ordered a review and reinstatement of over one hundred environmental regulations the prior administration weakened or set aside. Within his first week, Biden kicked… Read more »

11 Black Climate Activists You Should Know and Support

February 1, 2021 by Andrea Tineo

One of the many ways climate change takes form is through environmental injustice, infiltrating communities globally, affecting the quality of our air, water, and right to occupy land. These injustices disproportionately affect communities of color, a phenomenon that has been particularly illuminated in the past year due to the detrimental effects of COVID-19. Black people… Read more »