LCC Institute for Sustainable Practices

Take pictures of our friendly bees and possibly win things! Pictures are worth thousands of words, and spreading awareness of the plight of the bees is crucial work. 🧡
Plus photography is fun! 🐝🌻

Beyond Toxics 8th Annual Beauty of the Bee Photo Contest 8th Annual Beauty of the Bee Photo Contest Photo by Steve Kuzma OUR 2020 PHOTO CONTEST IS NOW OPEN! Read the rules | ENTER THE CONTEST | See winners from 2019 Join our Facebook photo contest group so you can vote for your favorite photos as they are posted by Beyond Toxics. If you’ve been followin...

Dogs are great companion animals, AND they're cute!

Dogs Can Smell COVID-19 In a Finnish study, dogs learned to recognize the distinctive odor of a coronavirus infection. In the future, dogs might be able to detect infected people in nursing homes or at airports.

With crazy times ahead, it's crucial we look for resilient systems we can adapt into our communities to help us transition into a world with a changing climate.

It’s official: The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is going to be bad NOAA’s annual Atlantic hurricane report hints it’s time to batten down the hatches.

Who new veggies could look so good!

This Sour Dough Scallion Pancake balances both crunchy and chewy textures in one bite. Best of all, it's incredibly easy to make with what you have at home. Who else loves a good scallion pancake recipe? 🖐 Recipe & photo by:

http://ow.ly/sS6n50zKNqP

More good news for the week!

40 Million Health Workers Endorse Green Recovery More than 40 million doctors and nurses are prescribing a green recovery from the economic devastation caused by the new coronavirus. More than 350 health organizations representing some 40 million medical professionals, and more than 4,500 individual health workers from 90 countries, signed a lette...

Britain's 'transport revolution' could see 14 million people start cycling "Our country is undoubtedly at a crossroads, and we now face a stark choice between the old routine of cars, congestion and pollution or a new future of healthy streets, happy people and cleaner air."

More good news for today. Stay positive friends, we get more wins every day!

New York Rejects Williams Pipeline Over Water, Climate Concerns New York state has rejected the controversial Williams pipeline that would have carried fracked natural gas from Pennsylvania through New Jersey, running beneath New York Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean before connecting to an existing pipeline system off Long Island.

Florida is on the front lines of climate change, this is a huge step!

On June 1, the eight brave young Floridians of Reynolds v. Florida will have their day in court! To learn more about their constitutional climate change case, join them and their attorneys on 5/27 at 12:00pm EDT. Register today at https://bit.ly/2WJm2vC!

Did you know that LCC's Learning Garden makes weekly donations to Food for Lane County? We have been harvesting and delivering over 30 lbs of produce per week, and expect to donate much more as the season ramps up! 🍅🥕