This past Friday, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger jumped into the budgetary breach with a plan to miraculously rescue 100 state parks from closing . . . . The story is that the governor brought out his budget crunchers and told them to go forth and find enough savings elsewhere to be able to keep the parks open [...]

See more about National Parks, the PBS documentary America’s Best Idea, and Transit to Trails.

See more about National Parks, the PBS documentary America’s Best Idea, and Transit to Trails.

Prof. Peter Dreier writes: * * * I just posted this piece, “First They Came for ACORN,” about the need for progressives, and our Democratic Party politicians, to stand up for ACORN, or else the Right will pick off each progressive and liberal  group one-by-one.   It is linked here – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/first-they-came-for-acorn_b_300941.html This is based on the famous poem by Pastor Martin Niemoller, written about the passivity [...]

Mainstream environmentalists are working on a November 2010 ballot measure that would require a $15 fee per vehicle to generate $400 million dedicated to state parks. That could work. But we should not trust the department with that kind of money, unless it first has a strategic plan to improve parks and recreation for all. [...]

Los Angeles State Historic Park El California Green Stimulus Coalition presenta las siguientes recomendaciones sobre los espacios verdes y la justicia equitativa. 1.  Deben recibir prioridad los proyectos de parques en comunidades de bajos recursos que padecen de una falta de parques. 2.  Beneficios múltiples—proyectos de parques que tratan la salud física, psicológicas y social [...]

The Carrizo Plain is the largest remaining tract of the San Joaquin Valley biogeographic province with only limited evidence of human alteration. Lying adjacent to the southwest edge of the San Joaquin Valley in eastern San Luis Obispo County, the 250,000 acre area is a diverse complex of habitats similar to those in the San [...]

Celebrate the September 23 birthday of John Coltrane and Ray Charles! Learn more about Monuments, Diversity and Democracy. Visit the Heritage Parkscape online and on flickr.

Green for All has prepared a pamphlet about the U.S. Department of Labor’s Competitive Grants for Green Jobs Training, which are new under the Recovery Act. The pamphlet is meant as a resource for policy advocates, policy makers, employers, individuals, and applicants that includes key information about each grant program, recommendations for how grantees can [...]

El Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico Learn more about Monuments, Diversity and Democracy. Visit the Heritage Parkscape online and on flickr.