Since 1996, Amazon Watch has protected the Amazon and our global climate in solidarity with Indigenous peoples throughout the Amazon Basin. Rampant deforestation has brought the Amazon — the heart pump of our planet’s global weather system — to its ecological tipping point. Indigenous peoples have sounded the urgent warning that we must act now […]
Since 1996, Amazon Watch has protected the Amazon and our global climate in solidarity with Indigenous peoples throughout the Amazon Basin. Rampant deforestation has brought the Amazon — the heart pump of our planet’s global weather system — to its ecological tipping point. Indigenous peoples have sounded the urgent warning that we must act now […]
If ever there was a cause worth fighting for, it’s the one to protect the planet. In honor of Earth Day on April 22, we’re celebrating eco-warriors who are making a big impact in the non-profit environmental world. Whether they’re saving wildlife from wildfires or disadvantaged neighborhoods from the ravages of industrial pollution, these heroes […]
“I worry for my children, for all our children and the future generations. Despite our fight to keep the earth in balance, to protect our territory and our tradition, the Amazon is in danger.” – Mayalú Txucarramãe I am a woman defender of the Amazon from the Kichwa community of Sarayaku in the Ecuadorian Amazon. […]
Since its inception in 2015, the Mind the Gap Summit is an event that has made an impact. Each year at the Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF), the program spotlights the work of women and other historically excluded groups in the film industry, providing them with resources that are typically inaccessible for marginalized communities. This […]
The signs are everywhere. And not just the “Drought is Here Conserve Water” Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) signs posted throughout Marin. The Nicasio Reservoir and Phoenix Lake were nearing pondlike status by March and April. From Horse Hill in Mill Valley to Novato’s Mount Burdell, the vibrant green of the spring grass had already […]
Marin residents are no stranger to nature’s reminders of who’s truly in charge. Droughts, floods, landslides and earthquakes are all part of homesteading here. As far as fire is concerned, Marin has been fortunate enough to remain fairly unscathed in recent years by the flames that have ravaged so much of our Golden State. There’s […]
The Marin Community Foundation (MCF) Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Rhea Suh as president and CEO. Previously, Suh served as president of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC); assistant secretary for policy, management and budget at the U.S. Department of the Interior; and at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, among other […]
Rebecca Wunderlich, born and raised in Mill Valley, is an eco-warrior doing all she can to spread the word about the importance of environmental consciousness. She attributes one of her childhood teachers, Mrs. Terwilliger, the belated and beloved Mill Valley environmental teacher, remembered by many locals for her inspirational ways of sharing and educating children […]
April 22, 2021 marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement, Earth Day, which provided a voice for the emerging public consciousness about the state of our planet 51 years ago. Now in 2021, when our world’s youth see they can directly affect small and large scale change, they are likely to […]
