Over the last three months, students, teachers, and organizers of the Experience Ambientalia program have been busy learning more about Mono Lake, being good stewards of the Eastern Sierra, and expanding the program to more saline, Great Basin lakes. Monthly…
Experience Ambientalia has had a great start to its third year, with students on both sides of the hemisphere—at Mono Lake and Laguna Mar Chiquita, Argentina—participating in coordinated monthly environmental education and stewardship activities and the program’s leadership gathering in…
On Sunday, February 1, Eastern Sierra students from two counties participated in the Experience Ambientalia program for World Wetlands Day. In partnership with the Mono Lake Committee, local high school teachers, and our colleagues at Laguna Mar Chiquita in northern Argentina, these students…
On Tuesday, November 11, Eastern Sierra students from two counties participated in the Experience Ambientalia program for World Fisheries Day. In partnership with the Mono Lake Committee, local high school teachers, Beaver’s Sporting Goods, the California Department of Fish and…
Thanks to a partnership between the Mono Lake Committee, our colleagues at Laguna Mar Chiquita in northern Argentina, and Eastern Sierra high school educators, local high school students and teachers are participating in the third edition of Experience Ambientalia. In…
The phalaropes are at it again—this time beguiling Los Angeles Times writer Ian James to feature this “aerial school of fish,” the threatened saline lakes they depend on, and the people they’ve inspired to play a leading role in their…
The Mono Lake Committee’s Outdoor Education Center Program Manager Santiago M. Escruceria was honored at East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice’s (EYCEJ) Fighting for Life event celebrating partners who have helped bring healthier, more breathable, livable communities for frontline residents.…
This summer Los Angeles Times writer Ian James joined a South Tufa tour for the public led by Mono Lake Committee Education Director Ryan Garrett. He wrote a poignant piece about the experience of both the curious landscape and the…
Over the last eleven months, Experience Ambientalia students on both sides of the hemisphere have been doing concurrent environmental stewardship and educational activities at Mono Lake and Laguna Mar Chiquita in northern Argentina. By celebrating World Coastal Clean-Up Day, World…
Los Angeles and Mono Lake lost a fierce advocate, role model, partner, and friend with the recent passing of Juana Beatriz Gutierrez. As remembrances of Juana’s life pour in, we share in celebration of her life, and the legacy of…
