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OAEC WATER Institute co-director Brock Dolman will be one of the keynote speakers at the 2024 Zero Waste Symposium on Thursday, May 2nd! In the context of Zero Waste, Brock will discuss OAEC's programmatic work with Slash Ain’t Trash It’s a Beneficial Biomass as related to our Fuels to Flows via Fewer Trees & More Forest work at the nexus of fire, water, carbon, biodiversity, and just transition jobs with justice.The 2024 Zero Waste Symposium will be held Thursday, May 2nd, 8 am-5 pm at SOMO Village in Rohnert Park, with a happy hour to follow. Learn about reuse, recycling, redesigning, and rethinking our waste systems locally and cutting-edge information in this space. Save your seat at: www.zerowastenorthbay.org.
We're happy to share this op-ed we penned for the Capitol Weekly about the importance of beaver in our ecosystems. We also make the case that beaver should be prioritized in the state's goal to protect 30% of lands and coastal waters by 2030 (called 30x30). Give it a read!
Beavers are our partners in protecting and restoring California - Capitol Weekly
OPINION – If you’re like us, you’re inspired by the natural world and eager to see California’s beautiful mountains, forests, and lakes protected for future generations. You also might be surp...
Thanks to Assemblymember Damon Connolly, a “beaver bill” is pending in the California Legislature. We’re big fans of this effort to ensure California’s beaver fever continues. Learn more here: oaec.org/ca-beaver-bill-introduced/ #bringbackthebeaver #beaverbeliever #beaverback
We're only two short weeks away from the beginning of the 2024 OAEC Mother Garden Nursery Season! Our doors open to YOU every Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM until 5 PM, starting April 6th and 7th and continuing through the end of October. 🌱This winter’s generous rains have invigorated the earth and our gardens, promising an explosive spring of extravagant growth and abundance. It’s time to tend and plant perennials, so you must rush over and behold our packed tables of over 300 unique, rare, and unusual species of perennial food crops, culinary and medicinal herbs, habitat and pollinator plants, and our ever-growing collection of Sages or Salvias.
The Occidental Arts & Ecology Center WATER Institute is humbled and excited to announce that we have been awarded a $2 million block grant to develop a program to build California’s capacity for successful beaver coexistence implementation. We look forward to working with our trusted partners, Beaver Institute, Inc., to bring this program to life. Read more: oaec.org/cdfw-awards-oaec-grant-to-create-beaver-coexistence-program/#beaverbeliever #bringbackthebeaver