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…
On a spring evening in early May, Eastern Sierra friends, community members, high school teachers, and local students gathered at Mammoth Mountain’s Parallax Restaurant to celebrate passionate engagement in community and the land, and this year’s Andrea Lawrence Award recipient,…
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…
Andrea Lawrence Award Dinner, May 1, 2026: Tickets now on sale We hope you’ll join us for our annual celebration of fellow community members who embody the Andrea Lawrence Award spirit of passionate engagement in community and the land. Andrea…
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…
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…
On the evening May 8, one hundred Eastern Sierra friends, community members, advocates, and partners gathered, perched cozily in Parallax Restaurant on the side of Mammoth Mountain, to celebrate passionate engagement with community and the land, and this year’s Andrea…
A few weeks ago, Lee Vining students participating in the Experience Ambientalia program celebrated World Planting Day. In partnership with the Mono Lake Committee, local high school teachers, and the sustainable landscape design firm Watershed Progressive, the students planted native…
