Tending the Garden
Neither need you tell me,” said Candide, “that we must take care of our garden.” “You are in the right,” said Pangloss; “for when man was put into the garden of Eden, it was with an intent to dress...
Mountain Mermaid Butterfly Day
On Sunday, August 28th is the 3rd Annual Butterfly Day at Mountain Mermaid co-hosted by Alisa Land, MD & Co-Chairperson of the Science Committee at Topanga Elementary Charter School. Poison Free Topanga with Saori Wall and Poison Free Malibu...
Green Fingers: Master Gardener Wendi Werner Dunn Plants for the Future
Wendi Dunn grows gardens, and it’s not just her job but her passion. It is also part of a vision for a world where everyone has an opportunity to grow food. Wendi has always been an environmental activist. She...
Malibu Poison Ban
It’s taken years of activism, advocacy, protests, marches, letter writing campaigns, meetings, and a full environmental impact report, but the city of Malibu is finally going poison free. On May 14, Malibu joined Topanga and the rest of the...
Envisioning a Poison Free Life
Anticoagulant rodenticide has been described as the new DDT, indiscriminately killing animals throughout the food chain in an unsuccessful effort to control rodents, in the same way that DDT poisoned the environment with little effect ultimately on the target...
Two New Books Celebrate the Life of Mountain Lion P-22
Mountain lion P-22 was catapulted to fame in 2012, when Griffith Park ecologist Miguel Ordenana first captured the big cat on film with a remote camera. Genetic testing revealed that P-22 was born in the Santa Monica Mountains, and...
Rodenticide Bill Update!
California’s wildlife—including the imperiled mountain lions of the Santa Monica Mountains—won a major victory on September 29, when California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the California Ecosystems Protection Act—AB 1788. The new law makes California the first state in the...
A Community of Eco-Heroes and Environmentalists
Living in a WUI (Wildland Urban Interface) appears to accelerate a heightened consciousness and connection to the planet; or is it that the consequences of man’s imprint on the land is just in your face more? This may explain...
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