Form vs. Function and PR 2.0

This is a great post from The Verteblog that shows the importance of having a clear communication strategy around your sustainability plan:   Newton Running has recently been featured in dozens of environmental and packaging blogs (yes, blogs about packaging) with a story about their cool, eco-friendly, molded pulp shoeboxes. The story reached a fever…

Senate Passes Huge Public Lands Package

By a vote of 73-21, the US Senate passed a package of public lands bills that will protect two million acres of Wilderness, designate 1000 miles of Wild and Scenic Rivers, and prohibit energy development on 1.2 million acres in Wyoming. The legislation now heads to the House of Representatives where it is expected to…

TAKE ACTION: Senate to Vote on Huge Public Lands Bill

A large package of public lands bills was introduced into the Senate last week that would protect more than two million acres of land and 1000 miles of rivers throughout the US. More than a dozen projects funded by The Conservation Alliance are included in the package. Provisions include: new Wilderness designations in Oregon, California,…

A gift to the Alliance from Team GoLite

  Our friends at GoLite with their Adventure Racing team, Team GoLite, shared some holiday cheer with The Consevation Alliance.  As part of the team's promise, they pledged to give back 10% of 2008 sponsorship money to an organization that truly makes a difference and can continue to help protect the open spaces.   The Conservation Alliance…

12 SIMPLE NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING

  From Local Harvest: Most of us start the New Year with good intentions of sticking to our ‘resolutions', but few of us actually ever do. Typically it seems that New Year's Resolutions center around large nebulous topics such as losing weight, getting healthy or increasing our net worth. This year try making some simple,…

That’s One Way to Halt BLM Gas Leases

From the Salt Lake Tribune: "He didn't pour sugar into a bulldozer's gas tank. He didn't spike a tree or set a billboard on fire. But wielding only a bidder's paddle, a University of Utah student just as surely monkey-wrenched a federal oil- and gas-lease sale Friday, ensuring that thousands of acres near two southern…

Obama Chooses Sen. Salazar as Interior Secretary

President-elect Barack Obama nominated Colorado Senator Ken Salazar to serve as his Interior Secretary. This appointment will have the greatest impact on the land and water conservation efforts over the next four years. The only other position that rivals the Interior Secretary's importance to conservation is Forest Service Chief. The Interior Secretary oversees the National…