On the Ormond Beach in Oxnard, California sits the Halaco Company's toxic waste pile which is 4 stories high. It is filled with heavy metals and radioactive materials and many poisonous pollutants. This is what is left over from their metal recycling plant which they begun in the '50's. They were closed down because of their far too frequent safety violations. They have since moved their operation to Tennessee under the name of MagPro, but have left their mess here in Oxnard for the community...

Click to Play Walter just got his naturalization papers. His co-workers introduce him to "american" foods and deserts, but he seems a little skeptical....

Click to Play The Los Padres Chapter of the Sierra Club displayed their "Green Block" as part of the Ventura Street Fair in Ventura on the 4th of July. The 30th annual street fair is mainly a shopping extraveganza, but the "Green Block" was selling ideas: how to Save the World for Kids, and how to Green the Home. The Ventura City Environmental Department showed kids how to recycle which items and how to win prizes with the correct answers to their quiz. Air Pollution Control District of...

Click to Play This short clip gives another reason to get out and vote -- the larger the turnout the more difficult to disguise and perpetrate election fraud. This clip will be part of the re-release of Penny Little's Film Electile Dysfunction 2008, and part of the Unconventional Tour 2008, which includes music, film, audience participation. You can see the entire clip from Mark Crispin Miller on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvOjjvtMHGc

Click to Play The Pacific Surfliner runs from Central California to points South. I took it from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles, with my bike, then took the subway with my bike, then a city bus with my bike, went to visit my friend, and returned home. It sure as heck beats driving, and I got some exercise!

Click to Play Dream Act legislation for Callifornia was discussed in Santa Barbara at an event on the library grounds, downtown. A cheerful group of would be college students and supporters talked about the need for the legislation and what it means to all Californians. This law, if passed, would allow undocumented students who have attended schools here for 3 years or more, to apply for loans and scholarships when they go  on to college.

Click to Play Santa Barbara High School has a new bike club for low rider bikes. See what the boys have created for STYLE..........and they are rideable! time is 8:47

During Bike Week in Santa Barbara, one of the events is to ride from BiCi Centro, the community bike shop to the Mercury Lounge way out in Goleta, to watch....bike movies! We just can't get enough of it.

Click to Play PUEBLO (People United for Economic justice Building Leadership through Organizing) recently retreated for the weekend in San Ynez to extablish their plans for the year. With new leadership from its Director, Belen Serea, the organization laid out it's plans for the year. It was an arduous  process and came out with great results - our 4 most important things to accomplish this year!

Click to Play Albert Ellis, Ph.D. Died July 24, 2007, New York City Dr. Ellis, who was 93 years old, died of natural causes. At the time of his death, he was President Emeritus of the Albert Ellis Institute in New York City. As a practicing psychoanalyst from 1947 to 1953, Dr. Ellis grew increasingly doubtful about the efficacy of that form of psychotherapy, concerned that no amount of talk would help his clients if they failed to take action against their habitual thoughts, feelings, and...

Click to Play The Community Environmental Council of Santa Barbara, California, has a plan to stop using fossil fuels by the year 2033. Think it can't be done? Find out how they are using available technologies and fuels and practices to stop using pollution causing fossil fuels! Get out the popcorn - this version is a half hour long.

Watch the videoHow does a growing community organization continue to be successful? They educate themselves continuously, giving trainings to new volunteers with seasoned volunteers. In this case, PUEBLO (People United for Economic justice, Building Leadership through Organizing) in Santa Barbara and Santa Maria, California, recently winning several election campaigns, continues to struggle for advances for working families. http://www.sbpueblo.org/ is their website to learn more about them....

Watch the videoThe Central Coast Clean Cities Campaign sponsored a Clean Fuels exhibit at the Farmer's Market in San Luis Obispo August of 2006. See some of the new technologies as well as the old. Some are inexpensive, some are small, some are pricey. They all reduce the use of fossil fuels. Check it out!

Watch the videoSanta Barbara City College students and staff have their own ideas about transportation which uses less fossil fuels than the norm. Check out their ideas on how to get to and from school.

Watch the videoEmma has found a way to reduce her use of fossil fuels and save money as well. Here's what she and her husband do.