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rewilding LA: Matilija Dam History and Ecosystems

Creative FRONTLINE Interview with Tracker Ginamarie Rangel Quinone (Chiricahua Apache, AIM Grassroots)

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - Gina "Tracker" Quinone (Chiricahua Apache) knows what it feels like to lose access to traditional lands, a devastating and heartbreaking loss, stripping away connections to a homeland that exists only in memory.

Filmmaker/Journalist Robert Lundahl documents this loss of land and culture across the West.

Chasing the American Dream in Lithium Valley

Environmental justice means economic justice. It means jobs justice.

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - A few years ago, on a road trip to the Salton Sea and the town of Brawley, Calif. Some parts of town had a vaguely uninhabited look, boarded buildings sucking the life out of the place.

The Salton Sea qualifies as an environmental disaster area.

Climate Change: Impending Doom

Our efforts to combat climate change have been too little, too late.

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA.) - "The world is likely to surpass its ambitious climate target — limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial temperatures — by the early 2030s.

"Beyond that threshold... climate disasters will become so extreme that people will not be able to adapt."

What Do We Mean by Environmental Justice? A Legacy of Greenaction

More sacred sites lost. All in the name of Capitalism and Greed.

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - For over 35 years, Bradley Angel has been a local and national leader in the environmental health and justice movement and has helped communities win some of the most significant victories in the history of that movement.

He serves as the Director of Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice.

The Fight to Save Thacker Pass
Peehee Muhu: Rotten Moon

Power concedes nothing without a demand.

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - The times offer convulsions of opportunism, greed and power. Perhaps these signs are the remains of a Trumpian legacy, in mindset, as well as resource exploitation.

In a world of “if you want it, take it,” there is plenty of help.

Nature Corrects Itself ...Through Us

A massive shift that must take place in the next seven years if we are to survive.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The doomsday scenario of human extinction and the scale of the transition to a renewable-powered society make many of us uneasy, worried, and frightened. But of the two, I know which one I choose.

We need to wake up to our role in the rebalancing, if the Earth truly is to correct itself.

The Climate Time Bomb

The Bomb is Ticking

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Once again we are told that 2030 is the year of living dangerously—when humanity must cut greenhouse gas emissions in half, and then proceed to stop them altogether by 2050.

Otherwise, the planet faces all the climate catastrophes we’re already witnessing evolve.

Envisioning Positive Futures

Patrick Anderson’s Future State introduces tools for recognizing and achieving personal and community potential

(Los Angeles, CA / Anchorage, AK) - It is common to hear some degree of incredulity from friends, family, co-workers, and in the popular media, that there are people out there who can really, truly see the future – think forward decades, visualize solutions to existing problems, create a roadmap to potential.

Ground Zero Members Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"It is either nonviolence or nonexistence.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

(POULSBO, Washington) - Seventeen peace activists paid tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Trident submarine base at Bangor on January 13, 2023.

Members of Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action stood with anti-nuclear weapons signs and a large banner with a statement by Dr. King stating, "When scientific power outruns spiritual power, we end up with guided missiles and misguided men."

Merkley Announces Launch of Center for Pollinator Conservation

During the past 30 years, the western monarch butterfly population has decreased by nearly 99%.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Pollinators like honeybees and butterflies face big challenges, like climate change, pesticide exposure, and habitat loss, and benefit greatly from continuous widespread conservation efforts.

The Center will launch initially as a virtual collaborative space.