05/25/2022
Highly recommended viewing esp. on a day we can all use something truly uplifting. It's streaming online TODAY (see time and link below).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_f0J4P_87A
On Wednesday, May 25, at 5:00 pm (PDT) / 8:00 pm (EDT), we are honored to announce the 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize winners—environmental heroes from around the world. These defenders of the Earth demonstrate that we can restore, regenerate, and reshape the future of the planet.
The 2022 Prize ceremony is hosted by actor and lifelong activist Jane Fonda, narrated by Sigourney Weaver, and features renowned conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall and performances by five-time Grammy award winning artist Angélique Kidjo and America’s Got Talent finalist the Detroit Youth Choir.
2022 Goldman Environmental Prize Virtual Award Ceremony
On Wednesday, May 25, at 5:00 pm (PDT) / 8:00 pm (EDT), we are honored to announce the 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize winners—environmental heroes from aro...
04/22/2021
Happy Earth Day!! ❤️🌎
Earth Day 2021 Doodle
This year’s annual Earth Day Doodle highlights how everyone can plant the seed to a brighter future—one sapling at a time.Happy Earth Day 2021!Learn more: ht...
04/22/2020
Happy 50th Anniversary of Earth Day.
“On this 50th anniversary of Earth Day, our planet is facing one of the greatest challenges to the health and well-being of its people. And yet, in the midst of this struggle, we are reminded of the value of compassion and mutual support. The current global pandemic threatens us all, without distinctions of race, culture or gender, and our response must be as one humanity, providing for the most essential needs of all.
Whether we like it or not, we have been born on this earth as part of one great family. Rich or poor, educated or uneducated, belonging to one nation or another, ultimately each of us is just a human being like everyone else. Furthermore, we all have the same right to pursue happiness and avoid suffering. When we recognize that all beings are equal in this respect, we automatically feel empathy and closeness towards others. Out of this comes a genuine sense of universal responsibility: the wish to actively help others overcome their problems.
Our mother earth is teaching us a lesson in universal responsibility. This blue planet is a delightful habitat. Its life is our life; its future, our future. Indeed, the earth acts like a mother to us all; as her children, we are dependent on her. In the face of the global problems we are going through it is important that we must all work together.”
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Message for Earth Day | The 14th Dalai Lama
The Official Website of The Office of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
01/24/2019
Way to go ARC--more filtered water bottle refill stations for students, staff & faculty!
Our American River College Associated Student Body Student Senate just unanimously voted to approve $25,000 for maintenance, installation and filters for expanding our Elkay USA !! Thank you so very much for this investment into our students, staff & faculty!!
Below is a screenshot from Elkay's website highlighting not only the savings of money but also the pounds of plastic based on 637,634 bottles--26,568 pounds of plastic that we don't have to handle in our waste stream!!!
The social justice side of this is something not to be overlooked here. This student investment means everyone at American River College has access to clean drinking water, no matter whether you have a $1.75 in your pocket or not.
Thank you for your investment into clean water for all, our students rock!
06/18/2018
Congratulations to Sustainability at ARC for this award for their efforts, way to go!!
California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA) | Ending Waste
CRRA has been on the forefront of advocacy and supporting legislation that promote increased diversion and a sustainable future for California.Learn More >
06/18/2018