Earth Island Institute

A Guide to Greening Cafes

EII’s Green Cafe Network (GCN) is proud to announce that Module 1 of the Green Guide for Café Operators is now available online. The Green Guide is a series of digital booklets, published in modules, that cover key strategies that cafe operators can adopt for energy conservation, waste reduction, water conservation, and toxics reduction. The guide — available as a PDF, and on Kindle and iPad/iPhone — was developed in partnership with GCN, the Food Service Technology Center and the SCAA Sustainability Council. Subsequent modules will be published later this year. Click here for preview of Module 1 and to buy a copy. And please spread the word to your favorite coffeehouse operators!

Thursday January 24, 2013

Best of the Journal

Get the latest environmental news from Earth Island Journal. Here are our favorites from the last few weeks.
Most Popular: A Rebuttal to Mark Lynas’ GMO Reversal

Editors’ Pick: The True Story Behind the Set of "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Thursday January 24, 2013

Dreaming in Green

EII's Armenian Environmental Network is pleased to announce the creation of its San Francisco/Bay Area Chapter. The inaugural event at the University of San Francisco this Sunday, January 27, boasts an expert speaker panel that will discuss the goals of the new chapter as well as the importance of Armenia's environment to its long-term development. The event is open to the public. For details, click here.

Thursday January 24, 2013

Changing Landscapes

Join Ryan Phelan of the Long Now Foundation and artist-scientist Laura Cunningham at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, CA on Wednesday, January 30, as they explore the theme of changing landscapes and time's effect on them. This event is FREE, but RSVP is required.

Thursday January 24, 2013

A Work-Party!

EII’s Bay Localize invites you to join them, Oakland’s Chestnut Street neighbors, and People's Grocery’s Urban Ag crew on Saturday, February 2, to work on sidewalk planter boxes, create community art, and fix sidewalk benches on a strip of Chestnut Street behind the historic California Hotel. Bay Localize has partnered with People's Grocery to host monthly garden party workdays in the area on the first Saturday of every month. Next month’s work-party will have a black history theme. Details here.

Thursday January 24, 2013

Summer Camps for Youth

EII’s YEA Camp has announced dates for its 2013 youth camps. These residential summer camps are meant for youth, ages 12 to 17, who want to make a difference in the world. Campers choose an issue that is important to them and build the knowledge, confidence, and skills to take action on that issue. Locations and dates for 2013 are: California, near Santa Cruz, July 14-21; Oregon, near Portland, July 27-Aug 3; and Massachusetts in Charlton, Aug 10th-17th. Registration is now open

Thursday January 24, 2013

Summer Camps for Youth

EII’s YEA Camp has announced dates for its 2013 youth camps. These residential summer camps are meant for youth, ages 12 to 17, who want to make a difference in the world. Campers choose an issue that is important to them and build the knowledge, confidence, and skills to take action on that issue. Locations and dates for 2013 are: California, near Santa Cruz, July 14-21; Oregon, near Portland, July 27-Aug 3; and Massachusetts in Charlton, Aug 10th-17th. Registration is now open.

Thursday January 10, 2013

Oil Chemicals Workshops

Many of the dangerous chemicals used in fracking, drilling, and dispersing oil pose significant risk to public health and the environment. Riki Ott, director of EII’s Ultimate Civics, will be touring Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana in February to conduct community-organizing workshops that help residents initiate bans on chemical dispersants at a local level. This is part of a national action. In April, Ott will conduct similar workshops in Austin, Dallas, and Houston communities impacted by oil industry activities. Check Ott’s schedule here.

Thursday January 10, 2013

SAVE Mourns Loss of Lead Scientist

Dr. Malcolm Coulter, the lead scientist in SAVE International’s battles to bring the Black-faced Spoonbill back from the brink of extinction, died on January 2, 2013. Coulter was co-chair of the IUCN Stork, Ibis, and Spoonbill Specialist Group and a SAVE Advisory Committee member since 1997. Coulter’s research helped defeat the proposed Binnan Industrial Complex on Taiwan’s west coast in 2002 by showing the detrimental effects the complex would have had on the spoonbill’s primary wintering habitat. Coulter worked with environmental planners and landscape architects for more than a decade to develop plans for habitat expansion throughout the spoonbill’s flyway. In Taiwan, his research helped guide the creation of five stepping-stone habitats that resulted in the spoonbill population growing from several hundred in the 1990s to almost 2,700 birds by 2012. SAVE has known no other scientists who could work so seamlessly with planners and community designers in so many cultures to create scientifically based land-use plans. Dr. Coulter will be missed.

Thursday January 10, 2013

ABC of Activism

Earth Island Journal editors recommend A is for Activist, an ABC board book “for the next generation of progressives.” Written and illustrated by Innosanto Nagara, this colorful book is ideal for families that want their kids to grow up in a space that is unapologetic about activism, human rights and environmental and social justice. The rhymes are fun for the kids to hear and play with, but also meaningful for grownups.

Thursday January 10, 2013

Legally Green

Earth Island Institute co-Executive Director John A. Knox will be interviewed on Wendell Forum, a radio show that focuses on “the legal side of the green economy,” on Saturday, January 19, at 9:30 am. Tune in to 960 KNEW AM radio in the Bay Area, or listen in online using the “Listen Live” feature on the station’s website and hear Knox speak about Earth Island’s role as an innovator in providing fiscal sponsorship and related services to those engaged in sustainability work.

Thursday January 10, 2013

Best of the EIJ

Get the latest environmental news from Earth Island Journal. Here are our favorites from the last few weeks.
Most Popular: Fracking-Related Film Offers a Human Take on a Controversial Political Issue
Editors’ Pick: The Top Ten Environmental Stories of 2012

Thursday January 10, 2013

A Work-Party!

EII’s Bay Localize invites you to join them, Oakland’s Chestnut Street neighbors, and People's Grocery’s Urban Ag crew on Saturday, February 2, to work on sidewalk planter boxes, create community art, and fix sidewalk benches on a strip of Chestnut St behind the historic California Hotel. Bay Localize has partnered with People's Grocery to host monthly garden party workdays in the area on the first Saturday of every month. Next month’s work-party will have a black history theme. Details here.

Thursday January 10, 2013

Learn about Song Dogs

EII’s Project Coyote is offering a number of talks across the country about coyote ecology, behavior, and tips for coexistence starting January 16. Click here for more information.

Thursday January 10, 2013

Stop Animal Cruelty by Wildlife Officials

Photos of animal abuse posted on a federal wildlife specialist's personal social media pages have outraged citizens and wildlife advocates. The graphic images, by Wyoming-based USDA Wildlife Services trapper Jamie P. Olson, show his dogs tormenting and mauling trapped coyotes, bobcats, and raccoons. Such brutal treatment of wild animals is particularly egregious when done by a government employee in the course of his work. Read an Earth Island Journal article on the controversy by Camilla Fox, director of EII’s Project Coyote. Join the project and other animal welfare groups in calling for an immediate termination of Olson’s service and for an investigation into this and other reports of animal cruelty.

Thursday November 15, 2012

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