tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45383396180105847892024-03-12T18:09:08.539-07:00EcoLinkFOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-56597137101746219262011-09-30T10:24:00.000-07:002011-09-30T10:29:33.239-07:00Seal Beach<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfQdKjc_iRv-0NGZU4pJGEx43EMRAFLUYC2x1qL_RmzioHF0Q2h45d8jWlPYctabN_qOTUnX30v0Do3VNnIBft0H5VE83ihwHRQVizoDDgWMs7yUqf2Y2RHjpgQPdoKAoZB2YjFvCvRc/s1600/IMG_9186.jpg">At the EcoLink meeting last night, the open space that is slated for some development on First St in Seal Beach was mentioned as being a site for possible remediation because of the power plant that used to reside there. It reminded me of a photo of the old powerplant that someone gave me a long while ago....</a><br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 218px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658205902131481042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfQdKjc_iRv-0NGZU4pJGEx43EMRAFLUYC2x1qL_RmzioHF0Q2h45d8jWlPYctabN_qOTUnX30v0Do3VNnIBft0H5VE83ihwHRQVizoDDgWMs7yUqf2Y2RHjpgQPdoKAoZB2YjFvCvRc/s320/IMG_9186.jpg" />FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-63331779809645411932011-09-30T10:15:00.000-07:002011-09-30T10:24:25.251-07:00Moving Planet Day - Photo!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjtRc51az2FHxyO8k-SdAeAzh5LiKSo6c67gdKzD7Li31Cs9qm-QBvunx7GAdRXnCXgWcYoGx5X2oFrWO34lEuFaz8vS4ThUMdbg-N0o1yAHYWGaVXxh-Thwb1fWWCQxaRv4yv86O4bLQ/s1600/MovingPlanetFinalPhoto+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658203179672641234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjtRc51az2FHxyO8k-SdAeAzh5LiKSo6c67gdKzD7Li31Cs9qm-QBvunx7GAdRXnCXgWcYoGx5X2oFrWO34lEuFaz8vS4ThUMdbg-N0o1yAHYWGaVXxh-Thwb1fWWCQxaRv4yv86O4bLQ/s320/MovingPlanetFinalPhoto+%25282%2529.JPG" /></a> On Saturday September 24th 2011, EcoLink participated in 350.org's Moving Planet Day. How did we move the planet? With paddles. Fifteen of us paddled from Leeway Sailing Center, where the gentlemen there were kind enough to let us borrow kayaks, to the mouth of the steamshovel slough in Los Cerritos Wetlands. Folks had so much fun that we're thinking of making this a regular event...Let us know if you have a group who wants to paddle.<br /><br /><div></div>FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-64730499928744911842011-09-29T11:36:00.001-07:002011-09-29T11:37:45.408-07:00EcoLink Meeting Tonight!Tonight is September's EcoLink meeting at the Unitarian Church on Bellflower and Atherton in East Long Beach. It will be at 7pm and we will talk about Moving Planet Day and the field trips for the rest of the year!<br /><br />Looking forward to seeing you there,<br /><br />TaylorFOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-4211052510555536312011-08-12T13:49:00.000-07:002011-08-12T13:53:33.198-07:00Field Trip August 13th
<br />To the Devil's Punchbowl for a Full Moon Hike!!!
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<br /><p></a>Meet at the CVS parkign lot at Bellflower and Stearns at 4pm. But please email Taylor beforehand if you plan on going: <a href="mailto:Taylor@tidalinfluence.com">Taylor@tidalinfluence.com</a>.
<br /></p>FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-31298227754464997392011-05-23T07:41:00.000-07:002011-05-23T07:50:19.287-07:00Field Trip to Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden<div>Six of us travelled up the 605 to Claremont to visit Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden. It was a beautiful overcast day full of plants, flowers, lizards, snakes and Thai food. Check out the videos and photos:<br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XyKDIMLqemg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br />The largest Opuntia prolifera I've ever seen.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtBmjh0vkBCWOrBBlMh5ToyDmBnp3tevveJv_f0X9N8wtnYbnbw3Cwk8df3kisYgPtaeqKZvzi-07pLInjOTLiBaNXF7l5zTYE-HqH7hbbmwWoD__m8D0sNa2DNfRZtL4DkrmpbP3gaU/s1600/030.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609923120745637730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtBmjh0vkBCWOrBBlMh5ToyDmBnp3tevveJv_f0X9N8wtnYbnbw3Cwk8df3kisYgPtaeqKZvzi-07pLInjOTLiBaNXF7l5zTYE-HqH7hbbmwWoD__m8D0sNa2DNfRZtL4DkrmpbP3gaU/s320/030.jpg" /></a><br />An amazing wall of dudleya welcomed us into the gardens.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh28plL08ezSfQfy8OjqEe45Kxt9hXwWNqll9_rvFcKV8Z5hDNnVmTFUVU8KiNRWnJ5CL1u9D0Th8P9bVCYmkz0Jf_XkqBRzTR9yG8a9bsPiJaEi57nyv_NKDRH__mWH3TX4_Dn9tQJis/s1600/029.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609922844905472786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh28plL08ezSfQfy8OjqEe45Kxt9hXwWNqll9_rvFcKV8Z5hDNnVmTFUVU8KiNRWnJ5CL1u9D0Th8P9bVCYmkz0Jf_XkqBRzTR9yG8a9bsPiJaEi57nyv_NKDRH__mWH3TX4_Dn9tQJis/s320/029.jpg" /></a> A couple huge chalk dudleyas.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmW7Xy9zS2UwWSrcKDFLfjhF9QVEuqlqPOnk5IiWxX9X1154WN7hCv_t7ZlIdYDPH9sbitVKZe2IjKwWi0m11FoqMQEpE8g9vWc8c-6iT_QlVBocu2Ie4vR4m8YKud4XTVYyXN2p8ToQI/s1600/031.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609922730095781874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmW7Xy9zS2UwWSrcKDFLfjhF9QVEuqlqPOnk5IiWxX9X1154WN7hCv_t7ZlIdYDPH9sbitVKZe2IjKwWi0m11FoqMQEpE8g9vWc8c-6iT_QlVBocu2Ie4vR4m8YKud4XTVYyXN2p8ToQI/s320/031.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The EcoLink Field Trip crew minus myself and a brother who was throwing something at me outside of the frame.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1Y_xrK67IWFDoOn0YGwx5mVBf5YRnz7T-ay6k4hAMNsFGLAnECTdUaBTiCWAxguuRLgiymj6u4IimjOCOQu_AOFwtz742Ae-Ad3cGoFhnrFWd1NCarEhapB8EMkm0fOIOdnwiklF0C0/s1600/036.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609922599536372450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1Y_xrK67IWFDoOn0YGwx5mVBf5YRnz7T-ay6k4hAMNsFGLAnECTdUaBTiCWAxguuRLgiymj6u4IimjOCOQu_AOFwtz742Ae-Ad3cGoFhnrFWd1NCarEhapB8EMkm0fOIOdnwiklF0C0/s320/036.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-32216285361305884982011-05-05T14:13:00.000-07:002011-05-05T14:15:17.710-07:00Events in May!!!!<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">May’s EcoLink Field Trip is to the <strong>Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens</strong> in Claremont! On Sunday <strong>May 22 at 10am</strong>, we will meet at the old Borders Parking Lot at Bellflower and Stearns in East Long Beach to carpool up to the Botanical Gardens. <span class="event-description3">Garden admission is free for RSABG members; $8 adults; $6 seniors and students; $4 children 3-12. Also, they will be holding a sale of succulent, cactus and agave plants on the day we will be there plus they will have their butterfly pavilion for an extra $2. I, as always, suggest bringing your own sack lunch (or lunch money plus a good argument to grab lunch somewhere) and some extra cash to help out the driver of your carpool.</span></span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></p></span><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Oh, and EcoLink Partner Timothy Dunham of Somethings Creative is hosting a <b>Conservation Arts Show at Viento y Agua on May 21st</b>. Check out the attached flier for more information!</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></p><o:p></o:p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Also, EcoLink will be facilitating a Northwest Earth Institute <strong>“Sense of Place” reading circle</strong>. The reading material is $20. This reading circle is one of my favorites and definitely worth it. For more information on NWEI or Sense of Place check out their site: <a href="http://www.nwei.org/">http://www.nwei.org/</a> and to sign up for the reading circle, please contact Chris Ward at <a href="mailto:crward947@hotmail.com"><span style="color:#0000ff;">crward947@hotmail.com</span></a>. There is a limit of 20 people, so please RSVPsoon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-29154001861774932602011-05-05T13:39:00.000-07:002011-05-05T13:49:10.328-07:00April Meeting Minutes<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="Minutes" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:7;color:#c0c0c0;">Minutes</span></strong></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">April 28<sup>th</sup>, 2011</span></span></i></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in" class="Bodycopy"><o:p></o:p></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">The meeting was called to order by Taylor Parker at 7:10 p.m.</span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="Subhead"><strong>In attendance –</strong></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Austin Parker, Bruce Monroe, Chris Ward, Taylor Parker, Kerry Martin, Whitney Graves, Sharon Hesse, Mary Parcell<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Introduction<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">“The Movement with no name” </b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Bruce Monroe<o:p></o:p></b></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1">5 minute brainstorm session to the benefit the discussion of The Movement with No Name. The motto of the movement is: restoring grace, justice and beauty in the world. If you divide the entirety of the world up by the amount of people on the planet everyone is responsible for 10 acres. The goal is to develop a token/ brand/ identity marker/ that identifies:</p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>ven diagram of earth elements</p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>deep ecology logo in a ‘tv’ screen</p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>tree of life within a circle</p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>seed concept somewhere because of the many implications of nurturing a seed </p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>mother and child within a water drop</p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>child superimposed upon a seed</p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>turtle symbol</p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><o:p></o:p></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1">Please give your input on potential symbols</p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">El Dorado Nature Center </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>- <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Kerry Martin— </b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><a href="http://www.longbeach.gov/naturecenter/"><span style="color:#0000ff;">longbeach.gov/naturecenter/</span></a></i></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Discussion of activities at Nature Center</p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Turtle show</p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Madrona Marsh naturalists giving native plant discussion.</p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1">Visit website for more information</p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Shipley Nature </b>- <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Kerry Martin— </b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><a href="http://www.longbeach.gov/naturecenter/"><span style="color:#0000ff;">shipleynature.org</span></a></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></b></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>April 30<sup>th</sup> – 9-2pm – Spring Festival</p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Demonstration garden is in full bloom</p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1">Visit website for more information</p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">EcoLink </b>- <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Chris Ward– </b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><a href="http://www.cagreens.org/longbeach/"><span style="color:#0000ff;">ecolinklongbeach.blogspot.com</span></a></i></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>NWEI discussion Sundays starting June 5<sup>th</sup> from 4pm-5.30pm</p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1">Contact Chris Ward for more information: <a href="mailto:crward947@hotmail.com">crward947@hotmail.com</a></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">El Dorado Audubon - Mary Parcell</b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> - eldoradoaudobon.org / eldoradoaudobon@yahoo.com </i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">–<o:p></o:p></b></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Potential illegal lot line split with Marketplace Marsh discussion at planning department with the City of Long Beach</p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Comment period for the Draft EIR has ended. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/Egretsnotregrets.com"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Egretsnotregrets.com</span></a> </p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>May 14<sup>th</sup> 10am- Gum Grove Walk</p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>May 15<sup>th</sup> 8am - Gum Grove Walk</p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Hellman Walks every 2<sup>nd</sup> & 4<sup>th</sup> Wednesday off of PCH & 1<sup>st</sup> </p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">350.org </b>–<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Taylor Parker– </b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><a href="http://www.cagreens.org/longbeach/"><span style="color:#0000ff;">350.org</span></a></i></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Discussion of “Moving Planet”</p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><o:p></o:p></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Community Organizer</b>- <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Taylor Parker—</b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><a href="http://www.ecolinklongbeach.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#0000ff;">ecolinklongbeach.blogspot.com</span></a></i></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>EcoLink: </p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">o<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Discussion of field trip to Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve. </p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l4 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">o<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Discussion of field trip to next Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden``</p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Los Cerritos Wetlands Stewardship Program: Discussion of community-based restoration: <a href="http://www.lcwetlands.org/"><span style="color:#0000ff;">www.lcwetlands.org</span></a></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Friends of Colorado Lagoon:<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </b>Discussion of activities: <a href="http://www.coloradolagoon.org/"><span style="color:#0000ff;">www.coloradolagoon.org</span></a></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><strong>Next Field Trip: </strong></span></span><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">May 22nd </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">–10am – Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden (meet at the Borders parking lot on Bellflower and Stearns at 10am)<span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><strong>Next Meeting: </strong></span></span><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Thursday May 26<sup>th</sup></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> – 7pm -Unitarian Church on Bellflower and Atherton</span></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"></span></o:p></p>FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-53578862213659187032011-04-17T18:38:00.000-07:002011-04-17T18:46:29.974-07:00Poppy Field TripWe had a great field trip to the Antelope Poppy Reserve. Nine people braved the blustery day (we always have the weirdest weather for our trips) to explore the Reserve and see fields of flowers, beautiful vistas and a Mojave Green Rattlesnake. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo9T-1e8fqs">Check out the video of the snake at EcoLink's new Youtube Channel!</a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXEGzwnRAO3tnAmj-qrBMrRw-UENFTnfJ7fJhLLhG5zBYNOQ6rrwfV200_u6nK9qstWBt92548Rg8V3TOTxJgj4Vus-PRFV0npUpenQX6-myTX6xJ9UEgBmOIMDxCl8mC0_9B3UMd9IdI/s1600/2011-04-17_13-45-48_539%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596732910372500626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXEGzwnRAO3tnAmj-qrBMrRw-UENFTnfJ7fJhLLhG5zBYNOQ6rrwfV200_u6nK9qstWBt92548Rg8V3TOTxJgj4Vus-PRFV0npUpenQX6-myTX6xJ9UEgBmOIMDxCl8mC0_9B3UMd9IdI/s320/2011-04-17_13-45-48_539%255B1%255D.jpg" /></a> A field of flowers: Owl Clover, Miniature Lupine, California Gold Fields, and several phacelias! <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipGDB4uz3WC6pPnbaaQOUg_8lTjoPqaTTPtDrmjkI3ENUK8JOgYCupYdGDbecaIcWe6xhPx97dGks_ely98di1b9rWacZOESxKl00tz8upXhikBEkfhw_b8I6HZhYAXhnV4uOt2ym1Av0/s1600/2011-04-17_13-56-50_705%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596732556428474322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipGDB4uz3WC6pPnbaaQOUg_8lTjoPqaTTPtDrmjkI3ENUK8JOgYCupYdGDbecaIcWe6xhPx97dGks_ely98di1b9rWacZOESxKl00tz8upXhikBEkfhw_b8I6HZhYAXhnV4uOt2ym1Av0/s320/2011-04-17_13-56-50_705%255B1%255D.jpg" /></a> Part of the Poppy Adventure Team at Antelope Valley Butte Vista Point! <br /><div></div></div>FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-41406914048205867302011-04-11T08:44:00.000-07:002011-04-11T08:52:59.402-07:00April Field Trip!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokTJi4tPDwMoVj_Z-flmWnjDa1XJUmrrwbbhyphenhyphenkSUk0dFe6RvfsslMsYMl8r3LZZy-p-qNZA2HqNbkIXRCZhbRtdPtbC7TD8NxcppIPpB2oxzzdk8FArhLg8uSz7hGTGojvdcFG3OtsZc/s1600/EastBank_Feb25_10+%252818%2529.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594354449428866738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokTJi4tPDwMoVj_Z-flmWnjDa1XJUmrrwbbhyphenhyphenkSUk0dFe6RvfsslMsYMl8r3LZZy-p-qNZA2HqNbkIXRCZhbRtdPtbC7TD8NxcppIPpB2oxzzdk8FArhLg8uSz7hGTGojvdcFG3OtsZc/s320/EastBank_Feb25_10+%252818%2529.JPG" /></a> <br /><div>April is a wonderful, wonderful month. There are a ton of Earth Day activities and people everywhere are finding creative ways to celebrate our home. The absolute best place to go for a great list of all the activities is the <a title="City of Long Beach's Office of Sustainability website" href="http://www.longbeach.gov/citymanager/sustainability/about/earth_2011.asp" target="_blank" mce_href="http://www.longbeach.gov/citymanager/sustainability/about/earth_2011.asp">City of Long Beach's Office of Sustainability website</a>: <a href="http://www.longbeach.gov/citymanager/sustainability/about/earth_2011.asp" target="_blank">http://www.longbeach.gov/citymanager/sustainability/about/earth_2011.asp</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>One of the ways EcoLink is going to celebrate is to visit the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve this coming Sunday April 17th. The Poppy Reserve is a magnificent place with miles of color blanketing the valley floor and the slow rolling hills. I have heard that the immense colors of Poppies is less than usual this year but that means that the variety of wildflowers is up. Check this site out for photos: <a href="http://www.longbeach.gov/citymanager/sustainability/about/earth_2011.asp" target="_blank">http://www.longbeach.gov/citymanager/sustainability/about/earth_2011.asp</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>We will be meeting this Sunday at the old Borders Parking Lot at Bellflower and Stearns in Long Beach at 10am sharp to carpool on out to Antelope Valley. This is going to be one of our longer field trips. It will be a 2 hour drive there, a bit of gentle hiking, a little picnic (bring a sack lunch!), maybe another hike, and a 2 hour drive back. We need drivers - please RSVP with <a href="mailto:Taylor@tidalinfluence.com" target="_blank">Taylor@tidalinfluence.com</a> if you can make it, if you can drive and how many people you can take if you can.</div>FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-83210545698555505752011-03-24T23:35:00.000-07:002011-03-24T23:49:02.966-07:00March Meeting Notes<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="Minutes" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:7;color:#000000;">Minutes</span></strong></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="mso-bidi-: bold;font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">March 24, 2011</span></span></i></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in" class="Bodycopy"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">The meeting was called to order by Chris Ward at 7:30 p.m.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 16pt 0in 2pt" class="Subhead"><strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">In attendance –</span></strong></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';font-size:10;color:#333333;"><span style="color:#000000;">Mary Parcell, Austin Parker, Bruce Monroe, Chris Ward, Taylor Parker, Kerry Martin, Tiffany Chen, Elliot Gonzalez,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';font-size:10;color:#333333;"><o:p><span style="color:#000000;"></span></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';font-size:10;color:#333333;"><span style="color:#000000;">Introduction<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">El Dorado Audubon - Mary Parcell</b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> - <a href="http://www.blogger.com/eldoradoaudobon.org">eldoradoaudobon.org </a>/ eldoradoaudobon@yahoo.com </i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">–<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of Gary DeLong’s Lunch talk about 2<sup>nd</sup>&PCH re-circulated EIR.</span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">El Dorado Audubon has a conservation committee. They are asking people to write their council members and express what they like about El Dorado Nature Center, El Dorado Park East and West. Whatever it may be that you enjoy about the park, please contact your council member.</span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>“The Movement with no name” a continuation of Earth Day</b> -<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Bruce Monroe </b>- <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Go to Google Earth for details</i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Having governments reduce their defense budget and allocate more of those funds to environmental concerns. Google has agreed to show what is being done for the earth through Google Earth ~ through international symbolic language. They will then allow individuals to pledge to multi-generational responsibility of a specific place on Earth. </span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">What Google needs is you to contribute your design for symbols for global environmental causes</span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Matriotism: Elliot Gonzalez’s term for a new shift from male-centric to female</span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Global Climate Change map: geo.arizona.edu</span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Community Organizer/Office of Sustainability</b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> -</i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Tiffany Chen–</b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/greenlb.org">greenlb.org</a> / <a href="http://www.blogger.com/catalyst.org">catalyst.org</a> / tiffany.chen@longbeach.com</i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><o:p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"></span></o:p></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">April 2<sup>nd</sup> – 3pm- 6pm : Catalyst Assembly at Art Expo in Bixby Knolls ~ <a href="http://www.blogger.com/catalyst.org">catalyst.org</a> </span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">April 9<sup>th</sup> – Many Events:</span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Courier New';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">o</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">LBWD Earth Day Celebration at the Aquarium of the Pacific 9-4 ~ Green Long Beach and EcoLink are partnering to table together</span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Courier New';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">o</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">LB Solar Grand Prix ’11 – El Dorado Park</span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Courier New';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">o</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Earth Day Art Show @ Catalyst Space - 430 E 1<sup>st</sup> St. 6-9pm at Catalyst Space </span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">April 19<sup>th </sup>& 20<sup>th</sup> -10-2pm ~ Tabling at CSULB – Earth Week Fair </span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;">April 13th – 4.30pm-6.30pm ~CSULB Sustainability Mixer – Topic: Sustainable Leaders – Speakers: Larry Rich of Office of Sustainability, Tiffany Chen of Green Long Beach, free to the public, free food, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></span></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">April 21<sup>st</sup> – 2-5pm - Urban Farming in North Long Beach</span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">April 21<sup>st</sup> – Screening of “No Impact Man” at CSULB</span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">April 22<sup>nd</sup> 11-2pm- City Hall “all kinds of crazy” of Office of Sustainability Earth Day Programming</span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Adopt a Berm Program </span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Sustainability Conference in July at CSULB </span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Green Long Beach </b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">-</i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">- Elliot Gonzalez– </b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/greenlb.org"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">greenlb.org</i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></b></a></span></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Mission Statement for Green Long Beach: Green Jobs, Green Spaces, Education and Awareness, Green Festival</span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">June 11<sup>th</sup> – 10am-8pm: 3<sup>rd</sup> Annual Green Festival<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>-Downtown Long Beach Promenade – tons of eco-fun. They are taking donations and have various sponsorship levels for paying for </span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><o:p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"></span></o:p></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">City of Long Beach Sustainability Commission <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">-</i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">- Elliot Gonzalez– </b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/sustainablelb.com">sustainablelb.com</a> / <a href="http://www.blogger.com/longbeach.gov">longbeach.gov</a> / <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Driving the Sustainability Master Plan </span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Greywater Pilot Program and Green Progress Report Presentation today ~ all commission meetings are available on the website</span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Next meeting is the fourth Thursday of the month at 4pm in City Hall</span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">El Dorado Nature Center </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>- <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Kerry Martin— </b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><a href="http://www.longbeach.gov/naturecenter/">longbeach.gov/naturecenter/</a></i></span></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Discussion of activities at Nature Center<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Shipley Nature </b>- <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Kerry Martin— </b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/shipleynature.org"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">shipleynature.org</i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></b></a></span></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">April 30<sup>th</sup> – 9-2pm – Spring Festival</span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Bolsa Chica Land Trust </b>- <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Kerry Martin— </b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/bolsachicalandtrust.org">bolsachicalandtrust.org</a></i></span></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of Mesa Restoration ~ portable nursery station </span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">350.org </b>- <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Chris Ward– </b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/350.org">350.org</a></i></span></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of the McKibben’s Money Pollution: new campaign to attack the US Chamber of Commerce. Check 350.org for information. </span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">IAM Union– Chris Ward-</b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> <a href="http://iam947.org/">iam947.org</a></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">March 26<sup>th</sup>- 9am meet at Wardlow, 10am March to Pershing Square in support of public unions</span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><o:p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span></o:p></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Community Organizer</b>- <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Taylor Parker—</b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><a href="http://www.ecolinklongbeach.blogspot.com/">ecolinklongbeach.blogspot.com</a></i></span></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">EcoLink: </span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l7 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Courier New';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">o</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of Field trip to Palos Verde Peninsula Land Conservancy on March 20. </span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l7 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Courier New';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">o</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of LCW Restoration Design Talks to create an informal space for community engagement regarding the upcoming LCW design.</span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Los Cerritos Wetlands Stewardship Program: Discussion of community-based restoration: </span></span><a href="http://www.lcwetlands.org/"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">www.lcwetlands.org</span></a></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbolfont-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Friends of Colorado Lagoon:<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </b>Discussion of activities: </span></span><a href="http://www.coloradolagoon.org/"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">www.coloradolagoon.org</span></a></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><o:p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12;"><o:p><strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma;color:#000000;"></span></strong></o:p></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12;"><o:p><strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma;color:#000000;"></span></strong></o:p></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12;"><strong>Next Field Trip: </strong></span></span><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="font-size:12;">April 17<sup>th</sup> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>–10am - Antelope<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Valley Poppy Reserve (meet at the Borders parking lot on Bellflower and Stearns at 10am)<span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="font-size:12;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12;"><strong>Next Meeting: </strong></span></span><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="font-size:12;">April 28<sup>th</sup></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> – 7pm -Unitarian Church on Bellflower and Atherton</span></span></p>FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-2077791180851097162011-03-20T15:02:00.000-07:002011-03-20T15:14:24.486-07:00Palos Verde Peninsula Hike! In the Storm!!So apparently when you schedule field trips, that gives the mighty San Pedro Bay gods all the motivation they need to unleash a mighty storm. No matter; we were undettered. After the last three field trips succumbed to inclement weather, this trip was determined to occur. Due to our courageous leadership of Cris Sarabia, Stewardship Manager of the Palos Verde Peninsula Land Conservancy, we were led on an amazing tour one of their many restorations. This particular restoration involved the usage of goats as non-native weed killers. While the goats were hunkered down under the nearby shrubbery (as we might have been intelligent enough to do so were it not for stubborn perseverance) our 11 person crew was still able to see the many fine points of their work. Check out the photos below because it really was an exhilarating time! Also, be sure to check out the next EcoLink meeting this Thursday at 7pm at the Unitarian Church on Bellflower and Atherton.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8f2fCPvoJwgF246puEbPrbSbI2JYNNXuYaTQgpfg_zqZsMVLW_b4gK4X4j8i8H8-2KYxOCm6QtAZ1dL7EXwMZcupihTWMlS4LrzibhiTiURl2zvXUAdNpZVfCUh3eXqtk5-8AujwuOHM/s1600/059.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586286559078008146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8f2fCPvoJwgF246puEbPrbSbI2JYNNXuYaTQgpfg_zqZsMVLW_b4gK4X4j8i8H8-2KYxOCm6QtAZ1dL7EXwMZcupihTWMlS4LrzibhiTiURl2zvXUAdNpZVfCUh3eXqtk5-8AujwuOHM/s320/059.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_BpcVPlUvxoTalZgzqX6_BZNwHi_T9CTxwnB_lJ1vdcCiHYeIfQqFl9__XJVNrKsCDKbQSe9RfTwBMjja7xG78roX6zo6MESlgHebpgC241eH_W8MIHZEAp5SY4CAYVSXAw9aAEAyrw/s1600/060.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586286447175985842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_BpcVPlUvxoTalZgzqX6_BZNwHi_T9CTxwnB_lJ1vdcCiHYeIfQqFl9__XJVNrKsCDKbQSe9RfTwBMjja7xG78roX6zo6MESlgHebpgC241eH_W8MIHZEAp5SY4CAYVSXAw9aAEAyrw/s320/060.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgysZv4Z1GRVlvqsJGFOl1EXGnWTzP8T3v43NNERR3DDUeuFm4-6O_wZfAB10rHk6m5WnjCM0DYSDPVoZPvPxiAwCA6sYeHhX6SPWL2i7OJ9O4eX5GTKJyCRJT6azvlvJHFlMJE5rCEBPg/s1600/061.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586286245262140594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgysZv4Z1GRVlvqsJGFOl1EXGnWTzP8T3v43NNERR3DDUeuFm4-6O_wZfAB10rHk6m5WnjCM0DYSDPVoZPvPxiAwCA6sYeHhX6SPWL2i7OJ9O4eX5GTKJyCRJT6azvlvJHFlMJE5rCEBPg/s320/061.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-19338990289116166592011-02-25T08:36:00.000-08:002011-02-25T08:38:36.732-08:00February Minutes<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="Minutes" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:7;color:#c0c0c0;">Minutes</span></strong></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">February 24, 2011</span></span></i></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in" class="Bodycopy"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The meeting was called to order by Taylor Parker at 7:10 p.m.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 16pt 0in 2pt" class="Subhead"><strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">In attendance –</span></strong></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Tiffany Chen, Dorothy Kimmeny, Bruce Monroe, Chris Ward, Taylor Parker, Kerry Martin, Joe Weinstein, Patricia Sidoti <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Introduction<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Community Organizer – Tiffany Chen<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of:</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Creative ReUse Day on Sunday February 27<sup>th</sup> @ Creative ReUse Depot<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;">CSULB Sustainability Mixer – Topic: Transportation -March 2<sup>nd</sup> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;">CSULB Sustainability Mixer – Topic: City & Campus Initiatives - April 13th <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Sustainability Conference in July at CSULB <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;">April 9<sup>th</sup> – Many Events:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">o</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">LB Solar Grand Prix ’11 </span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">o</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">LBWD Earth Day Celebration at the Aquarium of the Pacific 9-4</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">o</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Earth Day Art Show @ 430 E 1<sup>st</sup> St. 6-9pm at Catalyst Space</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;">10-2 April 19<sup>th </sup>& 20<sup>th</sup> Tabling at CSULB – Earth Day Fair<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Bruce Monroe – “The Movement” a continuation of Earth Day: A <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></b>Having governments reduce their defense budget and allocate more of those funds to environmental concerns. Last Day of March: Beginning of PBS documentary of Plan B – 12 one show a week for 12 weeks. You can pledge to multi-generational responsibility of a specific place on Earth: Adopt-a-Natural Place. Go to Google Earth for details.</span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Global Climate Change map: geo.arizona.edu</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Green Party – Dorothy Kimmeny<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of the Green Party activities. </span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><a href="http://www.cagreens.org/longbeach/"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;">http://www.cagreens.org/longbeach/</span></a></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Port of Long Beach – Patricia Sidoti<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of the 700 gallon oil spill at the Port.</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;">El Dorado Audubon—Kerry Martin<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of the stream restoration and upcoming nature center events. Increase in volunteer participation. Visit the calendar for more information: </span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><a href="http://www.longbeach.gov/naturecenter/"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;">http://www.longbeach.gov/naturecenter/</span></a></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;">350.org – Chris Ward<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of the McKibben’s Money Pollution: new campaign to attack the US Chamber of Commerce. Check 350.org for information. </span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;">350.org</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Community Organizer—Taylor Parker<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">EcoLink:</b> </span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">o</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Field trip to Crystal Cove on Sunday February 27. </span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">o</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of LCW Restoration Design Talks to create an informal space for community engagement regarding the upcoming LCW design.</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">o</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of creating an essay contest for local students to demonstrate reflection of the anniversary of the Gulf Oil Catastrophe.</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">o</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.ecolinklongbeach.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;">www.ecolinklongbeach.blogspot.com</span></a></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Los Cerritos Wetlands Stewardship Program: </b>Discussion of community-based restoration: </span></span><a href="http://www.lcwetlands.org/"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;">www.lcwetlands.org</span></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><span style="font-size:85%;">·</span><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Friends of Colorado Lagoon: </b>Discussion of activities and upcoming Port of Long Beach restoration event on March 12th: </span></span><a href="http://www.coloradolagoon.org/"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;">www.coloradolagoon.org</span></a></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><o:p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"> </span></strong></o:p></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"> </span></strong></o:p></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><strong>Next Field Trip: </strong></span></span><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">February 26<sup>th</sup></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> – Crystal Cove (meet at the Borders parking lot on Bellflower and Stearns at 10am)<span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><strong>Next Meeting: </strong></span></span><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">March 24<sup>th</sup></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> – Unitarian Church on Bellflower and Atherton</span></p>FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-86879976281206554302011-01-11T07:09:00.000-08:002011-01-11T07:12:49.686-08:00January Field Trip: Mt Wilson Observatory<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri">Happy New Year Eco-Minded individuals! EcoLink would like to step into this year in a galactic way by visiting Mount Wilson Observatory on Sunday January 30<sup>th</sup>. </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: #0060bf; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: #0060bf; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri">We are getting a special tour, so, this means a couple things. First, there will be a nominal fee which will be 5 to 10 dollars depending on the amount of people who go. And I need to know who is going. There is a limit of 20 people so please RSVP by this Saturday January 15<sup>th</sup> if you can commit to going (also, if you can drive). I am fronting the cash so if you bail on me I will hunt you down and give you a noogie; you have been forewarned. Second, weather conditions may abruptly impede access with very little warning. I may find out the morning of the field trip that we cannot go. If that is the case, you will be refunded and those who show up will most likely go to the Griffith Observatory. There are other concerns too, like parking and such but I will give you those details when you RSVP.</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: #0060bf; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri"> </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: #0060bf; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri">That is going to be a great field trip. To learn about the rest of the field trips and the state of the environmental community in our bioregion, feel free to attend the normal EcoLink meeting scheduled as always on the 4<sup>th</sup> Thursday of the month at the Unitarian Church on Atherton and Bellflower at 7pm. Among other important issues, we will be discussing some exciting wetland news as well as EcoLink goals for 2011. </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: #0060bf; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri"> </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: #0060bf; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri">To recap: field trip on Jan 30<sup>th</sup> to Mount Wilson but you need to RSVP by this Saturday the 15<sup>th</sup> if you are going. Also, EcoLink meeting on Jan 27<sup>th</sup> at 7pm.</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: #0060bf; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri"> </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: #0060bf; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 7.5pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri">Feel free to contact me at </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: #0060bf; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><a href="mailto:Taylor@tidalinfluence.com" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: blue">Taylor@tidalinfluence.com</span></a></span><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri"> or 562-331-0226 for more information.</span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: #0060bf; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-38380217308777949822010-12-14T14:57:00.000-08:002010-12-14T15:00:31.126-08:00El Dorado Nature Center needs Volunteers!<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">This was sent by folks at the Nature Center. They have wonderful projects going and are a Long Beach landmark.</span><br /><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><strong>Help Grow the Nature Center</strong></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br /></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Looking for a way to "give back" during the new year? Join the Habitat Stewards at El Dorado Nature Center. You can be part of a dedicated group of volunteers who plant, restore, and care for the Nature Center grounds. Make friends, learn planting and care techniques for native plants, and invest a bit of your time and passion by helping to restore and create new habitat. Three-part training takes place January 8, 22 and February 12, 9am-noon. Call <span style="BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand" id="lw_1292367219_0"><span class="yshortcuts">(562) 570-1748</span></span> for an application or more information.</span>FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-18268741764467329822010-11-15T17:58:00.000-08:002010-11-15T18:01:55.745-08:00Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden Sunday<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: #407f00; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">This coming <b>Sunday, November 21st</b>, we will be meeting in the <b>Ralph's Parking lot at Marina Pacifica at 8.30am</b> (I know, it's early for a Sunday) to get to <b>Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens in Claremont by 10am</b> for a guided tour. The gardens are beautiful and an amazing demonstration of the unique plant life we have here in Southern California (</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><a href="http://www.rsabg.org/" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR: #407f00">http://www.rsabg.org/</span></a></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: #407f00; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">). We will be carpooling so please <b>RSVP</b> at </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><a href="mailto:Taylor@tidalinfluence.com" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR: #407f00">Taylor@tidalinfluence.com</span></a></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: #407f00; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> and say whether you can drive or not. Admission is as follows: Members: Free; Adults: $8; Seniors (65+): $6; Students w/ valid ID: $6; Children aged 3-12: $4. We should be back in Long Beach by mid afternoon.</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"> </span></o:p></p>FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-77789119368095932542010-11-08T07:48:00.000-08:002010-11-08T07:49:13.361-08:00October Minutes<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="Minutes" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:7;color:#c0c0c0;">Minutes</span></strong></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">October 28<sup>th</sup>, 2010</span></span></i></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in" class="Bodycopy"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The meeting was called to order by Taylor Parker at 7:10 p.m.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 16pt 0in 2pt" class="Subhead"><strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">In attendance –</span></strong></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Tiffany Chen, Dorothy Kimmeny, Bruce Monroe, Mary Parcell, Chris Ward, Taylor Parker, Kerry Martin, Joe Weinstein, Jill Brennan, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Introduction<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">EcoLink—Taylor Parker<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of field trip to Ortega Highway and next field trip to be decided. 2011 Planning meeting set for EcoLink set for November 15<sup>th</sup> at Viento y Agua at 6pm. </span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">ecolinklongbeach.blogspot.com</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Office of Sustainability—Jill Brennan<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of planting of riparian plants along channel in El Dorado Regional Park. Discussion of Oktoberfest in El Dorado Park and its effect of cutting off bird access to the ponds. </span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">El Dorado Audubon—Kerry Martin<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of the stream restoration and upcoming nature center events, including “Out of the Wild and into Your Garden.” The Nature Center also has a lot of Native Plants leftover from their plant sale. </span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><a href="http://www.longbeach.gov/naturecenter/"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">http://www.longbeach.gov/naturecenter/</span></a></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX" lang="ES-MX"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">El Dorado Audubon-Mary Parcell<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of El Dorado Audubon activities. October talk is “Birds of the Eastern Sierra.”</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><a href="http://eldoradoaudubon.org/"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;">http://eldoradoaudubon.org/</span></a></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX" lang="ES-MX"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust-Mary Parcell<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of Land Trust activities. Important Coastal Commission meeting is November 19<sup>th</sup> in Santa Monica regarding the 2H land scraping in the Los Cerritos Wetlands conservation area.</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">http://www.lcwlandtrust.org/</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">CSULB Environmental Club – Tiffany Chen<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of the club and the past week’s Eco Week. Details of EcoWeek: Panel to talk about Environmental Jobs & Issues, 30 vendors, screedned ‘Tapped,’ sustainability and politics conference, and a Belmont Shore cleanup on Saturday the 30<sup>th</sup>.</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">http://csulbesp.blogspot.com/</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">GreenLB<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>– Tiffany Chen<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of GreenLB’s activities. Members Harvest Potluck - Sunday November 14<sup>th</sup> at 430 1<sup>st</sup> St. @ 5pm. Starting January there will be regular meetings to plan Green LB festival.</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><a href="http://www.greenlb.org/"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;">http://www.greenlb.org/</span></a></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Surfrider– Bruce Monroe<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of the Plan B 4.0. Discussion of Rise Above Plastic, a prototype project putting retrievable trash into the San Gabriel River to see where the trash goes and then alerting volunteers through various media after a large rain event.</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX" lang="ES-MX"><a href="http://www.lbsurfrider.org/"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">http://www.lbsurfrider.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Green Party – Dorothy Kimmeny<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of the Green Party activities and upcoming elections. Discussion of ‘No on 23.’</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><a href="http://www.cagreens.org/longbeach/"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;">http://www.cagreens.org/longbeach/</span></a></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Los Cerritos Wetlands Stewardship Program – Taylor Parker<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of community-based restoration.</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">lcwetlands.org</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Friends of Colorado Lagoon-Taylor Parker<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of restoration and closing of FOCL’s education program.</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">coloradolagoon.org</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"> </span></strong></o:p></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"> </span></strong></o:p></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><strong>Next Field Trip: </strong></span></span><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">November 21<sup>st</sup> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">– Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens<span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-46005345952022820122010-10-28T17:34:00.001-07:002010-10-28T17:51:47.134-07:00Photos from the Ortega Highway Trip!!Here are some photos from the latest field trip, enjoy!<br /><br /><br />I think this is a Garter Snake but I didn't see any red on it and I am definitely not a herpetologist.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82Sd10nVXalvY6m8R2vQqbNIQnnqk3ZpmUt5b-lk7Fstz4MvfmqPFTqMUFoY1WG4zC7tAVK3eB4uDpe7-HaeQRuTHRPf_Iw9F7Au0COLW7MLVMmlN3mde09O1RFZdA2Z5C9nqYRjjY_M/s1600/PA240015.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533263278937649234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82Sd10nVXalvY6m8R2vQqbNIQnnqk3ZpmUt5b-lk7Fstz4MvfmqPFTqMUFoY1WG4zC7tAVK3eB4uDpe7-HaeQRuTHRPf_Iw9F7Au0COLW7MLVMmlN3mde09O1RFZdA2Z5C9nqYRjjY_M/s320/PA240015.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Here is a view from the hill above the fire station/nature center.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBncISZod5LDpx7aiv1Xic0mvaGvG_-A7bH8aBiLdlkHXYdgpS2ca1GiUFEqi7wob8WAHkYtVmCT_mZCdLV5DvmHVrrLBgoBLTHHc6uL3f3JDWy7C28Uk-d1BkG0jnKU4vuT8AkdRiopI/s1600/PA240030.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533262198233308818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBncISZod5LDpx7aiv1Xic0mvaGvG_-A7bH8aBiLdlkHXYdgpS2ca1GiUFEqi7wob8WAHkYtVmCT_mZCdLV5DvmHVrrLBgoBLTHHc6uL3f3JDWy7C28Uk-d1BkG0jnKU4vuT8AkdRiopI/s320/PA240030.JPG" /></a> And here is the lovely group looking at the creek below the San Juan Loop trail that we hiked. I believe we were trying to identify the insects quickly moving above the surface of the creek.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGzS7v8FyPimcEUIgXMQ2qd9FANVRMgu2mityLWAYW6ssgJfvVlhpAPZtc8nxDkwr0iO2bIvCgpMLc0FSQCIjd_2trvIxLNKNurXmKM6aQsK8LhMzwUMOnLce3hsLpztitDIxHUz_o-Q/s1600/PA240028.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533261620651436274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGzS7v8FyPimcEUIgXMQ2qd9FANVRMgu2mityLWAYW6ssgJfvVlhpAPZtc8nxDkwr0iO2bIvCgpMLc0FSQCIjd_2trvIxLNKNurXmKM6aQsK8LhMzwUMOnLce3hsLpztitDIxHUz_o-Q/s320/PA240028.JPG" /></a> And the group of EcoLinkers posing upon granite bordered by sycamore and oak.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCaGDKY5Sn9DsS4tQ__o_qv07jwIOzNvfBOYk-SJ1_upa6mzJTpvbBTWePirEJYmK-Z0I9fWyxej2RPgYOpM0nCq0bMH8u0tsC98D1W7Z9lFSq2KnOaMcJqcR6SvO0FF-YuHbduN8kHE/s1600/PA240020.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533261105776135266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCaGDKY5Sn9DsS4tQ__o_qv07jwIOzNvfBOYk-SJ1_upa6mzJTpvbBTWePirEJYmK-Z0I9fWyxej2RPgYOpM0nCq0bMH8u0tsC98D1W7Z9lFSq2KnOaMcJqcR6SvO0FF-YuHbduN8kHE/s320/PA240020.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj1_ift7vLEx6nSoODjGKC6Pr0I8tZozgd4DCJjtP5xWiQh4B8_3bx7I-BqYagc4cydbHBXZEzbpYpiobgvR9kmBLL5ZZUgSV-JLi5LQUmz-cJXWptP96ezcAXJZX0rpBCteIP3kchjyQ/s1600/PA240014.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-17778647602551286062010-10-19T08:02:00.000-07:002010-10-19T08:06:07.442-07:00October Field Trip: Ortega HighwayThis weekend EcoLink is supporting native plants! <span style="color:#33cc00;">First, on Saturday is the El Dorado Nature Center's Native Plant Sale. From their website: "Event begins at 9:30 am. Current members of “Friends” get in early at 9:00 am. Come early for the best selection. For more information call (562) 570-1745 "</span> The event ends at 2pm but I promise you most of the plants will be gone by 11am so get there early.<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">Sunday, is our October field trip to the Ortega Highway from San Juan Capistrano.</span> We will be going into the Cleveland National Forest to explore the magnificent floral species on the 2.2 mile San Juan Loop, the great sycamores of Caspers Wilderness Park, a breathtaking view of Lake Elsinore and the legendary candy store. <span style="color:#3366ff;">At 1pm we will meet in the standard EcoLink field trip meeting spot: Ralph's parking lot in Marina Pacifica. I expect we can explore the Cleveland and get back by sunset.<br /><br /></span>And remember EcoLink's monthly meeting is Thursday October 28th at the Unitarian Church on Atherton and Bellflower at 7pm.<br /><br />If you have questions, feel free to contact Taylor: Taylor@tidalinfluence.com or 562.331.0226.FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-68818420651307185332010-10-16T13:33:00.000-07:002010-10-16T13:34:41.452-07:00September Minutes<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="Minutes" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:7;color:#c0c0c0;">Minutes</span></strong></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><strong><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Bike Count– Tiffany Chen<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of City of Long Beach’s annual bike count. Volunteers are needed.</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><a href="http://www.bikelongbeach.org/"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">http://www.bikelongbeach.org/</span></a></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Green Party – Dorothy Kimmeny<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of the Green Party activities and upcoming elections.</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><a href="http://www.cagreens.org/longbeach/"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">http://www.cagreens.org/longbeach/</span></a></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Aquarium of the Pacific– Bruce Monroe<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of the Plan B 4.0.</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX" lang="ES-MX"><a href="http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Sierra Club– Michael Milroy<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of the Sierra Club acitivities.</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX" lang="ES-MX"><a href="http://angeles.sierraclub.org/longbch/"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">http://angeles.sierraclub.org/longbch/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX" lang="ES-MX"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">El Dorado Audubon-Mary Parcell<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of El Dorado Audubon activities. October talk by Erin Kellogg regarding her work with the BP oil spill. October 15<sup>th</sup> Los Cerritos walk.</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><a href="http://eldoradoaudubon.org/"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">http://eldoradoaudubon.org/</span></a></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Port of Long Beach – Patricia Sidoti<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of the Green Port.</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">polb.com<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Los Cerritos Wetlands Stewardship Program – Taylor Parker<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of community-based restoration.</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">lcwetlands.org</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Friends of Colorado Lagoon-Taylor Parker<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Discussion of restoration and closing of FOCL’s education program.</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">coloradolagoon.org</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">EcoLink—Christopher Ward<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Discussion of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>350.org’s ‘Get to Work Day’ on 10-10-10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Discussion of Hope walk on October 16<sup>th</sup></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in" class="List1"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">ecolinklongbeach.blogspot.com</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"> </span></strong></o:p></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><strong><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"> </span></strong></o:p></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><strong>Next Field Trip: </strong></span></span><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">October 24t<sup>th</sup></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">, 2010 –Ortega Highway/ San Juan Loop hike<span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><strong>Next Meeting: </strong></span></span><span class="SubheadChar1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">October 28<sup>th</sup></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">, 2010 – Unitarian Church on Bellflower and Atherton</span></p>FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-20023041999096414592010-09-07T08:47:00.001-07:002010-09-07T08:48:52.271-07:00New Tshirts!EcoLink has tshirts! For Sale! For Fundraising! And they're cheap! $13!<br /><br />Email Taylor for a tshirt! ~ <a href="mailto:Taylor@tidalinfluence.com">Taylor@tidalinfluence.com</a>FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-49652519084531137302010-09-07T08:46:00.001-07:002010-09-07T08:46:59.038-07:00August MinutesMinutes<br />August 26th, 2010<br /><br />The meeting was called to order by Taylor Parker at 7:15 p.m.<br />In attendance –<br />Chris Ward, Kerry Martin, Taylor Parker, Joe Weinstein, Patricia Sidoti, Mary Parcell, Heather Altman,<br /><br />Introduction<br />El Dorado Nature Center – Kerry Martin<br />Discussion of the Nature Center and their upcoming activities.<br />longbeach.gov/naturecenter/<br /><br />Shipley Nature Center – Kerry Martin<br />Discussion of the Nature Center and their upcoming activities.<br /><br />Egrets Not Regrets – Heather Altman<br />Discussion of the Greener is Greater event on September 18th.<br />egretsnotregrets.com<br /><br />El Dorado Audubon-Mary Parcell<br />Discussion of El Dorado Audubon. September 16th hummingbird talk.<br /><br />Port of Long Beach – Patricia Sidoti<br />Discussion of the Green Port.<br /><br />Los Cerritos Wetlands Stewardship Program – Taylor Parker<br />Discussion of community-based restoration.<br />lcwetlands.org<br /><br />Friends of Colorado Lagoon-Taylor Parker<br />Discussion of restoration and closing of FOCL’s education program.<br />coloradolagoon.org<br /><br />EcoLink-- Taylor Parker<br />Discussion of 350.org’s ‘Get to Work Day’ on 10-10-10. <br />ecolinklongbeach.blogspot.com<br /><br /> Next Meeting: September 30th , 2010FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-29779794488493941152010-08-06T13:35:00.000-07:002010-08-06T13:43:29.686-07:00Free Movie Showing on Friday August 13thECOLink and {Open} are partnering up to have a Free Movie Showing of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU">HOME</a>!!!<br /><br />On Friday August 13th at 8pm, we are showing HOME for free at {Open} on 4th st.<br /><br />We'll have EcoLink Tshirts for you to purchase and awesome music too! See you there!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94XfMBmdXZ_lpT8cWpsN0T1fnF3NhQzz16DZ-gRuuw8pajeq4iVsqA9TURHJEOiTMZsxvXbaAUAjh95rYqhoOLY3b7hnuYr60rtZLVJPHdQ5dpoxn4YXDwEyxt-4UQSDoRX-muzl3SJE/s1600/hotwaternights.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502399356290530834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 206px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94XfMBmdXZ_lpT8cWpsN0T1fnF3NhQzz16DZ-gRuuw8pajeq4iVsqA9TURHJEOiTMZsxvXbaAUAjh95rYqhoOLY3b7hnuYr60rtZLVJPHdQ5dpoxn4YXDwEyxt-4UQSDoRX-muzl3SJE/s320/hotwaternights.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-4701022088491488742010-08-01T22:53:00.000-07:002010-08-01T22:54:59.409-07:00July MinutesMinutes<br />July 27th, 2010<br /><br />The meeting was called to order by Chris Ward at 7:15 p.m.<br />In attendance –<br />Bruce Monroe, Chris Ward, Kerry Martin, Taylor Parker, Michael Milroy, Dorothy Kemmeny<br /><br />Introduction<br /><br /><strong>El Dorado Nature Center – Kerry Martin<br /></strong>Discussion of the Nature Center and their upcoming activities.<br />longbeach.gov/naturecenter/<br /><br /><strong>Sierra Club – Bruce Monroe<br /></strong>Discussion of Surfrider initiative, beyond plastic, National Ocean Council and the Marine Debris Campaign.<br />sierraclub.org<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>NWEI – Christopher Ward<br /></strong>Discussion of new reading circle called Sustainable Systems.<br />nwei.org<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>LB Green Party – Dorothy Kemmeny</strong><br />Discussion of the LB Greens. Peace and anti war vigil on August 15th.<br />cagreens.org/longbeach<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Los Cerritos Wetlands Stewardship Program – Taylor Parker<br /></strong>Discussion of community-based restoration that has begun.<br />lcwetlands.org<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Friends of Colorado Lagoon-Taylor Parker<br /></strong>Discussion of restoration and closing of FOCL’s education program.<br />coloradolagoon.org<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>EcoLink-- Taylor Parker</strong><br />Discussion of 350.org’s ‘Get to Work Day’ on 10-10-10. Discussion of movie showing (HOME) on August 13th at OPEN. Discussion of new tshirts.<br />ecolinklongbeach.blogspot.com<br /><br /><strong>Action Items:<br /></strong>-Taylor: Organize field trip for August to Aquarium of the Pacific.<br />-Taylor: Create Graphic and make new tshirts for HOME Showing.<br /><br /><strong>Next Meeting: August 26th , 2010</strong>FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-86830564733436159472010-07-19T17:07:00.000-07:002010-07-19T17:12:28.933-07:00Photos from Newport Bay Field TripCheck out the photos from the latest field trip! We had a wonderful time exploring Upper Newport Bay and the Peter and Mary Muth Center.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ed11miIr7l_UX5RM4MqY3CbZn3SnwMgkTvE3OsoirQF5vO297DIKd-cdntS5nbvK2KyWFsiYNIS5444e-zqHrh5rXzw8H5_fLpS2XwqaL-L2zOm4psHqRfz2Fa-5Vaxe8rlrMStartg/s1600/EcoLink_Neport_July18_10.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495774191836721730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ed11miIr7l_UX5RM4MqY3CbZn3SnwMgkTvE3OsoirQF5vO297DIKd-cdntS5nbvK2KyWFsiYNIS5444e-zqHrh5rXzw8H5_fLpS2XwqaL-L2zOm4psHqRfz2Fa-5Vaxe8rlrMStartg/s320/EcoLink_Neport_July18_10.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSLNlmP_iD0EVtjE2VauZqO5Ih-fblS4N7wxs-_8sWj7XPuWiPCdVPr_AcdVAN6lMCEB6Jlj1blhmdM-G7GsvlHl-bqJDHrWuUeKw7FxGDcqpivEsa8KoCrXj1RB51FUa25lOHj9GKUk/s1600/EcoLink_Neport_July18_10+(16).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495774056400703346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSLNlmP_iD0EVtjE2VauZqO5Ih-fblS4N7wxs-_8sWj7XPuWiPCdVPr_AcdVAN6lMCEB6Jlj1blhmdM-G7GsvlHl-bqJDHrWuUeKw7FxGDcqpivEsa8KoCrXj1RB51FUa25lOHj9GKUk/s320/EcoLink_Neport_July18_10+(16).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAz_9cvaG07xrXzSa_ugNrRfSUuc88esHe8wrt2I2f2q_jyxObuoyljcuRT2acH07Gv30LMqSrWygSEUuYmHUY51FNjHMcLk4V5R-A5cy-Cef48dTuNu6pOk24TTLy1lCsJSKjN23ewK0/s1600/EcoLink_Neport_July18_10+(9).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495773857627058562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAz_9cvaG07xrXzSa_ugNrRfSUuc88esHe8wrt2I2f2q_jyxObuoyljcuRT2acH07Gv30LMqSrWygSEUuYmHUY51FNjHMcLk4V5R-A5cy-Cef48dTuNu6pOk24TTLy1lCsJSKjN23ewK0/s320/EcoLink_Neport_July18_10+(9).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwSBtbPMUrsbj5-vY4n34We0v1H-R_Y7uGgvrzjMPRMjyqpXqieEncAVC_NVqKmy7ioEK0NBeR-y5pSQAE-iqCE5b9TXMu5YiL7nmg6N7pRY6ixtnfFCnBnlqq2sMI-PLy1FfAKBRxyg/s1600/EcoLink_Neport_July18_10+(5).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495773715075858034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwSBtbPMUrsbj5-vY4n34We0v1H-R_Y7uGgvrzjMPRMjyqpXqieEncAVC_NVqKmy7ioEK0NBeR-y5pSQAE-iqCE5b9TXMu5YiL7nmg6N7pRY6ixtnfFCnBnlqq2sMI-PLy1FfAKBRxyg/s320/EcoLink_Neport_July18_10+(5).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538339618010584789.post-34263308185192551022010-07-11T23:00:00.000-07:002010-07-11T23:05:50.856-07:00Next EcoLink Field Trip: Muth Center at Upper Newport BayThis coming Sunday July 18th is our next field trip. We will be exploring the Peter and Mary Muth Center at Newport Bay - <a href="http://www.newportbay.org/muthover.htm">http://www.newportbay.org/muthover.htm</a><br /><br />This will be a great, simple little field trip exploring the nature center, the marsh and the small native gardens. Meet the EcoLink crew at 2pm in the parking lot of the Ralphs in Marina Pacifica in Long Beach and we will carpool on down there. Contact Chris Ward for more info: <a href="mailto:crward947@hotmail.com">crward947@hotmail.com</a>FOCL Ed Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716350318136593705noreply@blogger.com0