This is the second of two posts on water usage. The first is a reminder of the Marin Municipal Water Department (MMWD) water regulations currently in effect, and a look at the new generation of smart irrigation controllers: How Smart is Smart Phone-Controlled Irrigation? This post points to MMWD tools and tips to help us be water...
Earth Day—April 22—always sneaks up on me; to tell the truth I’ve never been that excited by the day. I think my febrile teenage mind was informed by the 60s and yet by 1970, when Earth Day was first celebrated, the event felt manufactured. For context, my mother was never...
Earth Day is Friday, April 22 this year, but the best observance occurred earlier, on April 18, when the Goldman Foundation recognized its 2016 prize recipients. For the last 27 years, the Goldman Foundation honors six individuals who have triumphed against greed to save their local environment, one from each continent....
As a reminder, the MMWD water restrictions remain in effect through the end of October: limit watering to 3 days per week – any 3 only water after 7 p.m. & before 9 a.m. use a hose with a shut-off nozzle zero overspray & zero water runoff do not run...
400 years ago the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei wrote, “If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon.” Clearly, a man ahead of his time. I was seven when John Glenn first shot...
To encourage composting, the FHA board has agreed to set up a budget of $5 per household—per year—for each dock. We hope this marina-wide program—benefitting all residents—will increase awareness. As more people compost we will divert more waste away from our landfills, and improve the quality of our planet as...
Marin County Community Development Agency planner Bridget Van Belleghem visited the floating home community to learn what unique characteristics of our lifestyle would be affected by dramatic rises in sea level during a period of global warming. She met with Brad and Teddie Hathaway at their home on Kappas’s East...
A while back the Environmental Committee discussed how our community could be better informed about our water usage, and if knowing how much water we use would affect our choices. Could immediately available feedback exert a positive effect on our behavior? Individual water metering turned out to be prohibitively...
It’s easy to feel inundated (pun intended) by the recent and seemingly endless posts about king tides and local flooding. Here are two unique opportunities – with the last of this season’s king tides – to wade in (metaphorically speaking) and get up close and personal. | post by Jenny Stein UPDATE:...
No one can say for sure what the effects of the coming El Niño will be, but unusual appearances of sea creatures are occurring off the California coast, as local waters have already begun warming up. The Marine Mammal Center has rescued more northern fur seals in 2015 than any...