Earth Day is an annual event that is celebrated worldwide on April 22nd to demonstrate support for environmental protection. The day was first celebrated in 1970, and it now includes events coordinated by the Earth Day Network in more than 193 countries. To read more about Earth Day and its history, visit EarthDay.org.
Start off the week with our esteemed CCRCD leader, Chris Lim, Executive Director, and watch and listen as he explains in more detail about what we're offering, the webinars to look out for, and his thoughts on Earth Week and how it effects everyone!
Contra Costa Resource Conservation District and Alameda County Resource Conservation District are excited to announce this upcoming webinar on actions residents can take in and around their homes to protect against the threat of wildfires. This 1-hour webinar will cover topics of home hardening, defensible space creation, defensible space and chipping programs in our counties, and actions our own RCD members have taken to fire-scape their homes. Presenters include:
Douglas Kent:
Principal, Douglas Kent & Associates
Adjunct Professor, John Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies at CalPoly Pomona
Author, Firescaping: Protecting your home with a fire-resistant landscape
Cheryl Miller:
Executive Director, Diablo Fire Safe Council
Igor Skaredoff:
President, Contra Costa Resource Conservation District Board of Directors
Lisa Anich:
Watershed Conservation Manager, Contra Costa Resource Conservation District
This webinar is in support of Wildfire Community Preparedness Day on May 1st, a national campaign that "encourages people and organizations everywhere to come together on a single day to take action to raise awareness and reduce wildfire risks". To read more about Wildfire Community Preparedness Day, please visit the National Fire Protection Association's website: https://www.nfpa.org/.../National-Wildfire-Community
This webinar will focus on the agricultural and rangeland programs at the CCRCD. Daniel Correa and Evan Levy, CCRCD Ecosteward Conservation Technicians, will be giving a presentation of their work around Contra Costa County in a short segment titled, "Meet the EcoStewards".
Derek Emmons, Agriculture Conservation Coordinator, will tour some of Contra Costa County's urban farms, and discuss some of their beneficial management practices like hedgerows and cover cropping.
Ben Weise, will showcase the CCRCD's work on the Voluntary Local Program, and how it helps threatened and endangered California tiger salamander and California red-legged frog.
Join Chris Lim in the 'studio', and Heidi Petty out in the field, assisted by Chris Bryant, videographer, and Eric Akeson, CCRCD Digital Communications Manager, as we explore how one town, Rodeo, tackles a city-wide cleanup project, what their plan is, and their personal thoughts regarding Earth Day.
Come meet the CCRCD staff as they recap their Earth Day experiences of past and present, and discuss ways to get involved in the future of the conservation of our natural environment.
We will be accepting videos all year long to share throughout the year on our social media. Prizes will be given out quarterly with a final Showcase of our winners on Earth Day 2022.
Earth Day is an annual event that is celebrated worldwide on April 22nd to demonstrate support for environmental protection. The day was first celebrated in 1970, and it now includes events coordinated by the Earth Day Network in more than 193 countries. To read more about Earth Day and its history, visit EarthDay.org.
During a time when we are unable to gather as we usually do on Earth Day, the CCRCD wants to give the community a way to get involved, learn more about the environment, and enjoy nature! We will be bringing you a full week of virtual programming starting on April 19th, 2021 and ending on April 23rd with a Showcase Program of our Hike with Us Video Contest. To enter your video in the Hike with Us Contest, please see the guidelines below.
Make a video and send it to us for a chance to win a prize!
Hike with Us Video Contest Guidelines
Quality and formatting:
Video Options and ideas:
The following options are not mandatory and will not be judged on if included or not.
Categories (submitters my choose 1 or 2 categories):
Prizes (Winners will receive all listed):
One winner will be selected from each of the 5 categories.
Three to five “Honorable Mentions” will be selected from each of the 5 categories.
The video submissions will be judged by a diverse, impartial group of CCRCD staff members.
Please submit by going to the CCRCD “Hike with Us Video Contest” Facebook event (or use the SUBMIT YOUR VIDEO button at bottom) and upload your video for approval.
*Please note that it may take a few minutes for the POST button to show up for larger videos. You Facebook post may be used on social media prior to the end of the contest.
Submitting Videos
Submitting videos is a simple 2-step process:
1) Fill out and submit the form below.
2) Submit/Upload your video to our Facebook Event page linked below. Any/all video (in whole or in parts) may be used on social media for promotion purposes.
After submitting the above form, click the SUBMIT YOUR VIDEO button below. Then on the Facebook Event page, click "Add a Post", Use the phrase "Hike with Us video contest" along with your name, and video title, then 'Add to your post' by clicking the image icon to upload your video. For large video, it may take a few moments for the "Post" button to turn from grey to active blue. Once posted, your video will not be automatically shown.
SUBMIT YOUR VIDEO