The Future of Sharks Depends on Us
By: Dr. Camila Cáceres, Dr. Val Schüll, Kristin Butler Sharks have been around for almost 450 million years, before trees evolved on Earth and longer than Saturn has had its rings. Sharks are an incredibly diverse group of fish, with over 500 different species ranging from 8 inches in length (the dwarf lantern shark) to […]
George Meléndez Wright Made It Right. We Can Too.
135 years ago on October 1, an Act of Congress established Yosemite National Park making it the third national park designated after Yellowstone and Sequoia. There, the first Latino National Park Service employee of El Salvadoran heritage joined the Park Service as an Assistant Park Naturalist in 1927: George Meléndez Wright. At 23 years old, […]
Taking #WeekWithoutDriving to Celebrate the Potential of Faster Buses Better Futures
By Andrea Marpillero-Colomina & Juan Roberto Madrid, The Sustainable Communities Team Here at the Sustainable Communities Program we are always looking for new ideas that strengthen our mission to advocate for more efficient, equitable, environmentally sustainable places to live, work, play, and learn. A key part of this work is advocating for equitable policies that […]
Del borrado al empoderamiento: Historia latina, tierras públicas y la lucha por la verdad
By: Olivia Juarez Will you tell the next generation you did everything you could to defend public land and the truth? Take the pledge to future generations. Cinco de Mayo has long been misunderstood and misrepresented in mainstream American culture, stripped of its roots in anti-imperialist resistance and Latino resilience. Today, reclaiming the truth behind […]
Comparte tu historia: Únete al movimiento para frenar la contaminación por metano
Read in English here La industria del petróleo y gas es una de las principales responsables de la contaminación por metano, un contaminante climático muy peligroso que también afecta la salud de nuestras comunidades. Detrás de cada estadística hay personas reales, familias y vecindarios que viven esas consecuencias. Por eso te invitamos a compartir tu […]