Camarillo Acorn October 26, 2024 If you have not yet bought a costume for Halloween, you still have time and options. A fast solution is to order a cheap, plastic costume online or pick one up at a big box store. Beware, though: Many of these single-use, disposable costumes may look adequate on the packaging…
VC Star October 12, 2024 David Goldstein Special to Ventura County Star California’s 2023-24 legislative session wrapped up last month with some new laws to reduce waste. The governor also vetoed related bills but provided explanations sure to give lawmakers reason to adjust proposals and try again next year. Assembly member Jacqui Irwin, D-Thousand Oaks,…
Moorpark Acorn September 20, 2024 California celebrates its 40th annual Coastal Cleanup Day on Sat., Sept. 21, and one local city got a head start by cleaning one of its own streams leading to the ocean. The City of Agoura Hills hosted its annual Lindero Creek cleanup on Sept. 14 and, judging by the photos…
VC Star September 15th, 2024 David Goldstein Special to Ventura County Star When Coastal Cleanup Day volunteers mass along beaches from 9 a.m. to noon on Sept. 21, they could find less litter than they did in the previous 39 years of the event. Mechanical devices treating captured water prevent trash from washing down storm…
VC Star August 17th, 2024 National Honeybee Day on Saturday has a lesson for Monday’s upcoming National Aviation Day. Considering the way certain types of bee populations have recovered while others are in decline may provide insight into solutions for environmental issues such as the problem of greenhouse gas pollution from air travel. The flight…
VC Star August 10th, 2024 It is hard to muster sympathy for seagulls. If you leave food unattended on your beach towel while taking a dip in the ocean, by the time you’re waist deep in water these rats of the sky will likely have ripped apart your wrappers and flown off with your feast.…
VC Star August 3, 2024 Professional environmentalists in local government used to complain, “I’m sick of writing plans and reports that just sit on shelves and gather dust.” Not only has the dust collection analogy become outdated with the advent of electronic reporting and document storage, but so has the concept of planning and reporting…
VC Star July 27, 2024 Would you be more likely to avoid contaminating your curbside recycling cart with unrecyclable items if you knew contamination could result in your cart being left at the curb, uncollected? Would you regard a lid-flip inspection of your cart to be such an intrusion into your private life that you…
VC Star July 20, 2024 I love my landscape, but it seems important to prepare for drought and fire danger. That is why I use mulch to maintain soil moisture and prevent weeds, and I keep the mulch at least 5 feet away from the walls of my house. About six months ago, I also…
July 10, 2024 Promoting “Plastic Free July,” the website of the Plastic Free Foundation (www.plasticfreejuly.org) issues challenges, requests pledges of action, claims to have “inspired” over 100 million people and promises that “you making a small change will collectively make a massive difference in our communities.” In a countervailing trend, “the global plastics market size…