Earth Island Institute

BYA Winners Bag Another Award

A big shout out to EII’s 2011 Brower Youth Awards winners, Madison Vorva and Rhiannon Tomtishen, for being named North American winners of the UN’s first-ever Forest Heroes Award. The two teenagers have been campaigning for the past five years to get Girl Scouts USA to stop using palm oil in their famed cookies because palm oil plantations threaten the rainforest habitat of orangutans in Indonesia. A well-deserved honor indeed!

Thursday February 9, 2012

Save Carson Coyotes

Please join EII’s Project Coyote and the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) in urging the City of Carson, CA, not to use limited taxpayer dollars to fund the needless and indiscriminate killing of coyotes with cruel traps. The city is currently considering hiring a private or government trapper to kill coyotes that venture into Carson. Killing coyotes doesn’t increase public/pet safety – educated coexistence does.Your voice is needed! Sign this petition and email your comments to the Carson city council.

Thursday February 9, 2012

Going Wild in LA

A big welcome to Earth Island’s latest project — Los Angeles Wilderness Training (LAWT), which helps get kids outdoors by providing support to adults who work with youth. Founded by Chelsea Griffie, formerly of EII's Bay Area Wilderness Training, LAWT provides LA youth agency staff with wilderness leadership training and outdoor equipment so that they, along with the youth they serve, may explore the power and beauty of California's wilderness.

Thursday February 9, 2012

Correction

The documentary by Yann Arthus Bertrand, Vu du Ciel, La Sierra Gorda, mentioned in the last IslandWire, features Martha "Pati" Ruiz Corzo, director of Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda, a grassroots group that is a partner of EII project Viva Sierra Gorda. The film does not feature Viva Sierra Gorda co-director Patricia Perez-Arce.

Thursday February 9, 2012

Cheer the Cove Car to Victory!

Join the staff and volunteers of EII’s International Marine Mammal Project for a fun Daytona ACRA 200 viewing party at 12:30 pm on Saturday, Feb. 18 in the Earth Island conference room on the 4th floor of the David Brower Center. Racecar driver and eco-activist Leilani Münter will be driving The Cove car to raise awareness about dolphin slaughters. IMMP’s Ric O’Barry will be sending live updates from the pit at Daytona. In Berkeley, the venerable Mark Palmer, an expert on NASCAR racing due to repeated viewings of Tom Cruise in Days of Thunder, will provide running commentary. Drinks and pizza on the house! RSVP Mark J. Palmer or Mary Jo Rice by Feb. 15.

Thursday February 9, 2012

Green Ideas in Action

Save the dates! The second San Francisco Green Film Festival starts March 1. This is the Bay Area’s only festival dedicated to films and new forms of media that explore green issues and sustainable living. This year’s films include local premieres of 40 films from around the globe. EII's Earth Island Journal is a media sponsor of the festival. The week-long event will also feature special events, parties, panels, conversatins with filmmakers and educational programs. Full festival program and ticketing details here.

Thursday February 9, 2012

Intern with New Leaders Initiative

EII’s New Leaders Initiative and the Brower Youth Awards are seeking interns for the upcoming year! As an intern, you’ll be involved in the exciting process of elevating bold, young leaders in the environmental movement through the Brower Youth Award as well as our various year-round programs. Send a resume and brief letter of interest to program director, Anisha Desai. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. No calls please. Details here.

Thursday February 9, 2012

Earth from Above

Renowned French filmmaker and photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand has made a lovely 11-minute documentary, Vu du Ciel, La Sierra Gorda (Earth from Above, the Sierra Gorda) that captures the incredible beauty and life of the dynamic and colorful Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, as well as the extraordinary passion that characterizes those working to protect this region. The documentary, that features Earth Island project Viva Sierra Gorda’s co-director Patricia Perez-Arce, aired on national TV in France and is now freely available on YouTube. This year, Viva Sierra Gorda takes a larger role in the challenges facing North America, specifically immigration and climate change. Visit their website to learn more.

Thursday January 26, 2012

Help us Kickstart Brower’s Biography

In celebration of our Founder David Brower’s 100th anniversary, Heyday publishers will release The Wildness Within — a collection of interviews with 20 activists influenced by Brower, including Paul Ehrlich, Amory Lovins and Nancy Skinner. The book, that’s been compiled and edited by Brower’s son, Ken Brower, is slated for release in June. Help us Kickstart this venture by becoming a supporter and win some exciting rewards.

Thursday January 26, 2012

Intern with New Leaders Initiative

EII’s New Leaders Initiative and the Brower Youth Awards are seeking interns for the upcoming year! As an intern, you’ll be involved in the exciting process of elevating bold, emerging, young leaders in the environmental movement through the Brower Youth Award as well as our various year-round programs. Send a resume and brief letter of interest to program director, Anisha Desai. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. Details here.

Thursday January 26, 2012

Learn to Live with Coyotes

On Feb. 1, Rob Ruiz, Marin County’s chief park and a volunteer at Earth Island’s Project Coyote will give a presentation titled “Living with Coyotes” at the Marin County Library in San Rafael, CA. Ruiz will discuss coyote ecology and biology as well as ways to mitigate negative encounters with coyotes. Details here.

Thursday January 26, 2012

Children at Play

EII’s Children in Nature Collaborative would like to encourage Earth Islanders to check out the work of artist Lia Sutton, whose direct artistic practice includes teaching children carpentry. Sutton recently spent six months photographing an adventure playground near Amsterdam. Picturish Galllery in Berkeley, CA, is hosting an exhibition of Sutton’s photographs titled, “Play/Ground: Exploring the Power of Unstructured Outdoor Play.” An artist’s reception is scheduled for January 28. Click here for details.

Thursday January 26, 2012

Tour Cuba with Ethical Traveler

Earth Island’s Ethical Traveler is accepting participants for its Sustainable and Community Development Cuba tour from February 17-25, 2012. This 9-day tour combines visits and dialogues with educational, social, cultural, agricultural and environmental organizations to gain a broad understanding of modern Cuba. This special journey is led by Malia Everette, director of Global Exchange Reality Tours, and advisor to Ethical Traveler. This is a unique opportunity for educators, sociologists, social workers, travel writers, journalists and anyone involved in the sustainability movement, to visit Cuba legally and explore the future of US-Cuban relations. For more information click here.

Thursday January 12, 2012

Turbo-charging Sustainability

EII’s Sustainable World Coalition (SWC) is turbo-charging its efforts to educate, inspire and activate people toward a just and sustainable future through two major new initiatives. On January 26, SWC will launch “Co-Creating A Thriving World”, a new multimedia telecourse set in 7-week and 14-week formats. This interactive certificate course is designed to deepen understanding about sustainable living and further effective action. And then on March 26 SWC will kick off “Spring of Sustainability” (SoS) – a three-month series of live and virtual events that will include teleseminars with 100 top leaders in sustainability, such as Jane Goodall, Paul Hawken and Vandana Shiva, globally synchronized live events, and local community events such as neighborhood theme potlucks and community garden creation. Visit SWC’s website for more information.

Thursday January 12, 2012

Help Save the Altai Mountains

Stand with The Altai Project and the Save Ukok Coalition and send an appeal to UNESCO asking the World Heritage Committee to intercede with the Russian government on behalf of the “Golden Mountains of Altai” World Heritage Site. When Russia applied for the establishment of the “Golden Mountains of Altai” World Heritage Site, it committed to protecting the cultural and natural diversity of Altai, including the Ukok Plateau. Now, in violation of its own laws and international commitments, Russia wants to build a natural gas pipeline straight through the heart of that World Heritage Site, across the Ukok Plateau, held sacred for millennia by then native Telengit people. Tell UNESCO that Russia is violating its commitment to protect Altai's natural heritage!

Thursday January 12, 2012

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