Long Beach go green
Aquarium Takes on Caine’s Cardboard Challenge With Imaginative Exhibit December 8
Nine-year-old Caine Monroy and the Imagination Foundation are joining with the Aquarium of the Pacific to encourage children to use cardboard and their creativity to create solutions that allow people to live in harmony with Southern California’s urban ocean. Inspired by the Caine’s Global Cardboard Challenge, the cardboard exhibit created by Aquarium participants will be on [...]
U.S. EPA Awards High School Students for Efforts to Protect Whales
On April 19 the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a press event at the Aquarium of the Pacific in which representatives of the federal agency presented the President’s Environmental Youth Award to six students from Oak Park High School, which is located about 15 miles inland from Malibu, California. The students were commended [...]
Eco-Friendly Entries in the Trashin Fashion Contest Due March 23
The Aquarium of the Pacific will be hosting its second Trashin Fashion Show and Contest during its annual Urban Ocean Festival on May 5 and 6, 2012. A $500 cash prize will be awarded to the most creative eco-friendly design. The top 10 designs will be modeled and the winner announced on Sunday, May 6. [...]
Aquarium President Slated to Speak at UCSD Greenovation Forum
On February 22 Aquarium of the Pacific President and CEO Jerry Schubel will speak at the University of California, San Diego’s (UCSD) Greenovation Forum. The forum is organized by the university’s Sustainability Solutions Instituteand is open to the public. Schubel will be a panel speaker during the session, Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning: The Ecological, [...]
The U.S. Postal Service Keeps the Holidays Green With Eco-Friendly Shipping
Holly branches and pine boughs aren’t the only green signs of the holiday season – mailers and shippers can also count on the Postal Service to help them go green, save green, and be green this time of year. “The Postal Service is one of the greenest mailing and shipping companies in the world,” said [...]
City of Long Beach Names Aquarium of the Pacific a Certified Green Business
After a thorough application and auditing process, the City of Long Beach Office of Sustainability has named the Aquarium of the Pacific in its Green Business Recognition Program. In its final feedback report to the Aquarium, the Office of Sustainability included recognition for the institution’s most progressive, environmentally conscious practices. These included green building practices, [...]
Free Presentation Explains How to Harvest Rainwater, Reduce Pollution
Residents who want to learn how harvesting rainwater can lower water bills and reduce stormwater pollution are invited to attend a free presentation at the Long Beach Main Library, 101 Pacific Avenue, on Saturday, October 29, from 2 – 4 pm. “Rainwater harvesting is an innovative way to conserve water, irrigate landscaping and reduce the [...]
Aquarium Presents Ocean Conservation Award to Molina Family and Molina Healthcare
The Aquarium of the Pacific honored the Molina Family and Molina Healthcare, Inc. as the recipient of its 2011 Ocean Conservation Award during the Aquarium After Dark event on June 11, 2011. The Ocean Conservation Award is given annually to those who contribute significantly to ocean conservation and environmental education.
SH Company Demonstrates System to Turn Algae into Eco-Friendly Fuel
That pond scum growing in your bird bath could someday be powering your car. Right now, companies like Signal Hill’s Sustainable Now Technologies (SNT) are developing ever-more efficient ways of converting algae into fuels that are cost competitive with gas and oil. Wednesday, October 5, CEO Eric Woolery-Grimm, and other members of the team at [...]
CSULB Recreation Society Sets Up Green Spots on Campus Lots During PARK(ing) Day
The Recreation Society at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) will host its third annual PARK(ing) Day event on Friday, Sept. 16, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Parking Lot 15, which is adjacent to the campus’ College of Business Administration building. Created in 2005, PARK(ing) Day is an annual, worldwide event that invites [...]
