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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

Making Sense of Learning

EII’s Children in Nature Collaborative is interviewing its partners as part of an initiative to discover and share all the inspiring work being done in the Bay Area to connect children and their families with nature. One of the project’s first interviews was with Anna Rainville — an extraordinary educator, mentor, and author. “As teachers and parents, we can give the opportunity and permission — uninterrupted time and a safe place — for the young child to play, and for all of us to play. To do this, we have to enter into a state of trust,” Rainville says. Read the full interview here.

Thursday November 15, 2012

LA Green Festival

LA folks, be sure to visit the LA Green Festival this weekend, November 17-18, and connect with your local green community. The event will feature hundreds of exhibitors, speakers, D-I-Y workshops, films, eco-fashion designs, cooking demos, kid’s activities and more that are sure to be inspiring. If you do make it to the festival at the LA Convention Center, stop by the Earth Island Institute table and say hi. We’d love to meet you!

Thursday November 15, 2012

Best of the Journal

Get the latest environmental news from Earth Island Journal. Here are our favorites from the last two weeks.
Most Popular: Prop 37 Defeat Reveals a “Food Movement” that Is Still Half Baked
Editors’ Pick: The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse: Hurricane Sandy Rides In

Thursday November 15, 2012

The Way Forward

Join us at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, CA this evening for “What Now?” — a conversation about the implications of the election results on our environment. Hear from California Assemblymember Nancy Skinner, Sierra Club’s Beyond Oil campaign director, Michael Marx, California Water Resources Control Board Member Felicia Marcus, and Earth Island Journal editor Jason Mark. The discussion begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 to $20 sliding scale (For youth under 21, the scale is $5 to $10). Buy your tickets now or at the door this evening.

Thursday November 15, 2012

Birthday Drinks for All

EII Borneo Project is turning 21 and would like to buy you a drink to celebrate! Come join the project on November 18 for an informal evening of dinner and drinks, a Borneo craft sale, and stories of Indigenous-led resistance to palm oil plantations and mega dams in Borneo. Meet and get to know some of the fabulous teachers at the project’s three Penan preschools where Penan children learn to read, write, and prepare for school using Indigenous language books and materials. The event is free, but please RSVP.

Thursday November 15, 2012

Revisit Prom Night

Bay Area friends, kick off your Saturday night with Prom 2012 — a quirky prom-themed dance party that promises to be loads of fun and benefits EII’s Food Shift project. Just make sure you select Food Shift as your “attendee type” on the party registration page. Tickets include open bar all night, appetizers, prom pictures, and live music. Give it a whirl!

Thursday November 15, 2012

Your Voice Matters. Vote!

To help illustrate how important your vote is, Journal editor Jason Mark and some friends made this 30-second video to encourage people to exercise their right to vote. The video asks you to imagine what it would be like if you had no voice – and makes clear that the best way to make your political voice heard is by voting. We hope you'll make it over to a voting booth on November 6.

Thursday November 1, 2012

Support Prop F

Earth Island Institute has endorsed California's Proposition F – a plan for restoring Yosemite's Hetch Hetchy Valley and modernizing the region's nineteenth 19th-century water system that doesn't recycle a drop of water. This effort was important to our founder, David Brower – in fact he helped to create Restore Hetch Hetchy, the group behind this effort. Learn more about the specifics of the initiative here. Thank you for considering this important vote.

Thursday November 1, 2012

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