Tuesday, September 7, 2010

New Tshirts!

EcoLink has tshirts! For Sale! For Fundraising! And they're cheap! $13!

Email Taylor for a tshirt! ~ Taylor@tidalinfluence.com

August Minutes

Minutes
August 26th, 2010

The meeting was called to order by Taylor Parker at 7:15 p.m.
In attendance –
Chris Ward, Kerry Martin, Taylor Parker, Joe Weinstein, Patricia Sidoti, Mary Parcell, Heather Altman,

Introduction
El Dorado Nature Center – Kerry Martin
Discussion of the Nature Center and their upcoming activities.
longbeach.gov/naturecenter/

Shipley Nature Center – Kerry Martin
Discussion of the Nature Center and their upcoming activities.

Egrets Not Regrets – Heather Altman
Discussion of the Greener is Greater event on September 18th.
egretsnotregrets.com

El Dorado Audubon-Mary Parcell
Discussion of El Dorado Audubon. September 16th hummingbird talk.

Port of Long Beach – Patricia Sidoti
Discussion of the Green Port.

Los Cerritos Wetlands Stewardship Program – Taylor Parker
Discussion of community-based restoration.
lcwetlands.org

Friends of Colorado Lagoon-Taylor Parker
Discussion of restoration and closing of FOCL’s education program.
coloradolagoon.org

EcoLink-- Taylor Parker
Discussion of 350.org’s ‘Get to Work Day’ on 10-10-10.
ecolinklongbeach.blogspot.com

Next Meeting: September 30th , 2010

Friday, August 6, 2010

Free Movie Showing on Friday August 13th

ECOLink and {Open} are partnering up to have a Free Movie Showing of HOME!!!

On Friday August 13th at 8pm, we are showing HOME for free at {Open} on 4th st.

We'll have EcoLink Tshirts for you to purchase and awesome music too! See you there!


Sunday, August 1, 2010

July Minutes

Minutes
July 27th, 2010

The meeting was called to order by Chris Ward at 7:15 p.m.
In attendance –
Bruce Monroe, Chris Ward, Kerry Martin, Taylor Parker, Michael Milroy, Dorothy Kemmeny

Introduction

El Dorado Nature Center – Kerry Martin
Discussion of the Nature Center and their upcoming activities.
longbeach.gov/naturecenter/

Sierra Club – Bruce Monroe
Discussion of Surfrider initiative, beyond plastic, National Ocean Council and the Marine Debris Campaign.
sierraclub.org

NWEI – Christopher Ward
Discussion of new reading circle called Sustainable Systems.
nwei.org

LB Green Party – Dorothy Kemmeny
Discussion of the LB Greens. Peace and anti war vigil on August 15th.
cagreens.org/longbeach

Los Cerritos Wetlands Stewardship Program – Taylor Parker
Discussion of community-based restoration that has begun.
lcwetlands.org

Friends of Colorado Lagoon-Taylor Parker
Discussion of restoration and closing of FOCL’s education program.
coloradolagoon.org

EcoLink-- Taylor Parker
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.
ecolinklongbeach.blogspot.com

Action Items:
-Taylor: Organize field trip for August to Aquarium of the Pacific.
-Taylor: Create Graphic and make new tshirts for HOME Showing.

Next Meeting: August 26th , 2010

Monday, July 19, 2010

Photos from Newport Bay Field Trip

Check out the photos from the latest field trip! We had a wonderful time exploring Upper Newport Bay and the Peter and Mary Muth Center.











Sunday, July 11, 2010

Next EcoLink Field Trip: Muth Center at Upper Newport Bay

This coming Sunday July 18th is our next field trip. We will be exploring the Peter and Mary Muth Center at Newport Bay - http://www.newportbay.org/muthover.htm

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: crward947@hotmail.com

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Help Keep Austin Weird

Just back from Tejas. A few days in San Antonio, bookended by 2 days in Austin.
For openers, The Alamo is much improved, no longer overwhelmed by postmodern junk, restored to some simulacrum of integrity. Good curation-signage teaches history w/o pain.
Re-enactors in authentic looking Mexican Army duds with all due accoutrements; silliest hats you ever saw. "Evolution of the Bowie knife" and so on. Good stuff. Bit heavy on the shrine aspect, but how could it possibly be Texas otherwise?
Revelation awaited us at the Austin Museum of Art; shocking visualizations of American Consumption of tobacco, of plastic bottles, of prison uniforms and mens' lives, of mammary implants and womens' lives.
Amazing, mind-blowing art by Chris Jordan. Art simultaneously beautiful and horrific.
Google him. Buy the book. Fly to Austin just to visit the Art Museum, carbon footprint be damned.