An Earth Day Celebration was held on Saturday, April 23, 2011 at Southside Park in Sacramento. The nonprofit Environmental Council of Sacramento (ECOS) organized their 6th annual Earth Day celebration. The day was full of activities for learning and fun with many local food vendors on hand. Live bands and other performing acts participated throughout the day. The Fenix Drum and Dance Company an Afro-Caribbean dance troupe opened the musical entertainment. They took the right side of the amphitheatre stage by the grass to play their beautiful rhythmic beats and show off their dance talents. Beautiful Afro-Caribbean costumes adorned the dancers as they danced and encouraged audience membe

Local environmental and conservation organizations are bringing the Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival On Tour to Sacramento for the first time Thursday. Save Our Sandhill Cranes and the Environmental Council of Sacramento have chosen 11 films for the three-hour festival being held at the Crest Theatre — a sampling of the annual film fest held last month in Nevada City. Moviegoers will watch adventure films about a team kayaking in Papua New Guinea, Oregon tree climbers in search of the biggest Sitka spruces and surfing in Wyoming. Other films document life in the Anza Borrego desert, the rising acidity of the ocean and Kenya's environmental and social justice movement. With more

Built Environment/Green Space Presentation November 10, 2009 5:30pm-7:30pm Sacramento Food Bank 3333 3rd Avenue, Sacramento, CA AGENDA Moderator: Charles L. Mason, Jr., Ubuntu Green Confirmed Panelists: Anya Lawler, Consultant, California State Assembly Committee on Housing Graham Brownstein, ECOS Davida Douglas, Alchemist CDC Brandon Kitagawa, Regional Asthma Management and Prevention, Statewide Coordinator of Community Action to Fight Asthma (CAFA) Constance Slider, Coalition on Regional Equity Invited Panelists: Paul Zykofsky, Director of Land Use and Transportation, Local Government Commission Randy Rosalex, Green Sacramento Builders Darnell Robinson, Clearinghouse CDFI

As everyone who reads the news or watches TV knows, California’s budget process has been a disaster. This is not too surprising considering the state of the economy, the fact that it takes a two-thirds majority to pass the budget, and the inability of the Democrats and Republicans to work together on anything. But what was surprising was that a recent transportation lawsuit won by Sacramento neighborhood and environmental groups was unexpectedly caught up in the middle of it. In June of 2007, Neighbors Advocating Sustainable Transportation (a coalition of Sacramento neighborhood and community groups, and the Environmental Council of Sacramento (ECOS)) filed a lawsuit over Caltrans’ inadeq

Every year for 36 years, ECOS has presented the “Environmentalists of the Year Awards.” This year is the first year that they have turned the awards ceremony into a full-blown celebration with the introduction of their 1st Annual Fall Festival on Saturday, October 25. By creating a celebratory atmosphere, ECOS was hoping to bring more people out to the event as well as encourage people to bring their kids. Family-oriented activities included a crafts table and endangered species face painting. The festival featured two local bands: Schwamigos and Hard Clumpin’ Litter. The music set the tone for a relaxed and joyous occasion. I would characterize both bands as being a bit rock and roll, wi

This past weekend at The Crest theater, the Environmental Council of Sacramento, or ECOS, hosted a special screening of an incredible film called FLOW: For Love of Water. The film was directed by Irena Salina and has won a slew of awards including Best Documentary at the United Nations Association Film Festival and was an official selection at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. One of the executive producers for the film is Stephen Nemeth, who also produced Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Why Do Fools Fall in Love and Dogtown and Z-boys among others. The film discusses the current worldwide water crisis as well as the issue of water privatization. The engaging narrative, which characterizes