Experience Ambientalia was started around Laguna Mar Chiquita in Argentina as a way to educate the youth there about the issues that face their beautiful lake and to give them the knowledge and skills they need to create real solutions…
When the program began, Experience Ambientalia was to get the local youth involved with environmental issues and raise awareness of the importance of Mono Lake to migratory birds. Now it has allowed students to connect more deeply with Mono Lake…
After a successful exchange in the Mono Basin between youth from Laguna Mar Chiquita and Mono Lake, the Experience Ambientalia international exchange continued as the students from Mono Lake traveled to Laguna Mar Chiquita to reconnect with their peers in…
Thirty years ago Madres del Este de Los Angeles Santa Isabel (MELASI), an environmental and social justice group participating in a city-sponsored ultra-low-flush toilet distribution program, made the 350-mile journey north to join the Mono Lake Committee in seeing the…
After a year of planning, organizing, and fundraising, youth from Laguna Mar Chiquita and Mono Lake finally met each other and spent a week together at the Mono Basin Outdoor Education Center as part of the Experience Ambientalia program. Experience…
Over the last two months, Lee Vining students who are part of the Experience Ambientalia program participated in the Intermountain West Shorebird Survey and celebrated World Migratory Bird Day. In partnership with the Mono Lake Committee, local high school teachers,…
Today is our annual one-day fundraiser to raise $5,000 for the Mono Basin Outdoor Education Center (OEC). Can you help us reach our goal with your gift of $25, $50, $100 or more today? This fundraiser commemorates the birthday of…
Mono Lake Committee staff had the privilege to attend the International Phalarope Working Group meeting, February 26–29 at Laguna Mar Chiquita in Cordoba, Argentina. I was invited to speak at the conference alongside Experience Ambientalia Executive Director Marina Castellino to…
Earlier this month Lee Vining students participating in the Experience Ambientalia program celebrated 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 took…
This winter season started with the driest autumn since 2013, with no measurable snow in Lee Vining as of the New Year. Then it snowed a little in January, but as of the end of January Lee Vining still only…
