Hi Everyone!
I am so excited to be a part of Pro Peninsula, and I'm looking forward to doing whatever I can to help this amazing nonprofit organization!
My first priority is to help Pro Peninsula be voted into the top 30 nonprofit groups participating in the Humanity Calls Fundraising Tournament hosted by eBay. The best part is that ANYONE can VOTE, and it's one of the EASIEST ways you can help make a difference and support Pro Peninsula's environmental conservation work! Pro Peninsula is currently in 13th place, and if we remain in the top 30 until the end of the tournament Pro Peninsula will receive a portion of $50,000+! You can earn more votes and even make donations directly to Pro Peninsula or the tournament itself through the link posted on our Homepage at www.propeninsula.org. Just a reminder, ANYONE can VOTE, and EVERY VOTE COUNTS!
Visit www.humanitycalls.org and vote for The Pro Peninsula Fund, The Ocean Foundation, TODAY!
Thanks for all your support!
-Amy
Monday, May 24, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Hi From Amy!
My name is Amy Wann and I am the new intern here at Pro Peninsula! I am 24, and my hometown is Yucaipa, Ca. I enjoy nature and love animals, and I am also a huge nerd which is why I recently graduated with my degree in Biology. Frances and I were roommates in college and I began doing volunteer work with her for Pro Peninsula, I really admired how much passion she has for her job and was excited to have a chance to do an internship where I can get firsthand experience in the environmental conservation world. I am looking forward to working with the Pro Peninsula crew and hope to be able to help however I can! I really enjoy being outdoors and taking in all the natural beauty we have right here in San Diego, I am so lucky I get the chance to work with a group like Pro Peninsula which is dedicated to educating our community on how we can help conserve what’s in our own backyard!
See you soon!
-Amy
See you soon!
-Amy
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
"See You Soon!"
For once, it feels great to have been such a big part of establishing this year's Wild & Scenic Film Festival. It has been amazing to put my energy towards coordinating the volunteers for the festival and working towards a common goal.
However, it is also good to know that I can now channel all my energy into school, married life, and friends again.
Either way, I am sad to leave since I will miss the staff (Gigi, Frances and Kama). I have much admiration for their efforts towards making the world a better place by conserving species that are threatened by extinction and fighting for the environment.
I can promise you guys and Pro Peninsula that I will not disappear but stay involved and plugged in instead. So this is Not a goodbye - A See You Soon Instead! - Rowena Serafez
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
What a Triumph !!!!
The festival was an overall triumph: new members, exciting prizes, enlightening conversations, inspiring films and happy event guests, all coming together to support Pro Peninsula’s conservation work.
Pro Peninsula also debuted its organizational video on the big screen, by Skye Walker. You can view our video at this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhzWPYZZ0IM
Besides the films, this fun filled event included a raffle, silent auction, and a community fair. The fair contained great informational booths from Allied Climbers San Diego, SD Coastkeepers, Think Blue, Outdoor Outreach and over seven local event sponsors and supporters of conservation. Pro Peninsula hosted a bar at the festival getting the guests hooked at the great taste of Sierra Nevada Beer as well Jersey’s delicious juice.
From all the staff at Pro Peninsula, we would like to thank everyone who attended, supported, and volunteers to make this event a success. Thank you to this years event assistant coordinator, Rowena Serafez and to our new members, WELCOME. We wish Pro Peninsula to become a new source of information and friendship, sharing common ideas toward furthering our mission to strengthen individual efforts and community efforts to protect the environment.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Wild and Scenic next week!!!! Buy your ticket today!
Wild and Scenic next week!!!! Buy your ticket today!
SYCRL’s Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival is back in town!
Join Pro Peninsula, as they host this magnificent festival once more, showcasing jaw dropping inspirational films about our wondrous natural surroundings. The event will be parted into a two nights of amazing film viewing, together with a wine inclusive pre-social, raffle, silent auction and Environmental Fair.
Among our film selection are the prize winning movies Big River, Tapped, and a Sheltered Sea. Check out the trailers at: http://www.propeninsula.org/window/1/56.html
The film viewing will be taking place on Tuesday, March 23rd and Thursday, March 25th. The doors will open at 6:00pm, and the film will start at 7:00pm. The general admission tickets are $15 for one day festival ticket, $25 for two day festival ticket. The VIP tickets are $30 for a one day festival ticket and $50 for a two day festival ticket. For event information and tickets, please visit www.propeninsula.org/wildscenic,
SYCRL’s Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival is back in town!
Join Pro Peninsula, as they host this magnificent festival once more, showcasing jaw dropping inspirational films about our wondrous natural surroundings. The event will be parted into a two nights of amazing film viewing, together with a wine inclusive pre-social, raffle, silent auction and Environmental Fair.
Among our film selection are the prize winning movies Big River, Tapped, and a Sheltered Sea. Check out the trailers at: http://www.propeninsula.org/window/1/56.html
The film viewing will be taking place on Tuesday, March 23rd and Thursday, March 25th. The doors will open at 6:00pm, and the film will start at 7:00pm. The general admission tickets are $15 for one day festival ticket, $25 for two day festival ticket. The VIP tickets are $30 for a one day festival ticket and $50 for a two day festival ticket. For event information and tickets, please visit www.propeninsula.org/wildscenic,
Friday, March 12, 2010
Film Program for Wild and Scenic....Check it out
2010
Wild and Scenic On Tour
*Big River – 27 min.
Curt Ellis, Aaron Woolf
The filmmakers of KING CORN are back! Curt and Ian have returned to Iowa with a new mission: to investigate the environmental impact their acre of corn has had on the people and places downstream. In a journey that extends from the American heartland to the Gulf of Mexico, the guys trade their combine for a canoe and set out to see the big world their little acre of corn has touched. www.bigriverfilm.com http://www.bigriverfilm.com/#/Trailer,
Brower Youth Awards: Forces of Nature – Six, individual 5 min. profiles
Earth Island Institute
Earth Island Institute established the Brower Youth Awards to honor legendary environmental activist, David R. Brower and to call forth a new generation of leaders. The awards honor six young people for their activism and achievements in the fields of environmental and social justice advocacy. www.broweryouthawards.org
Alec Loorz, 15, of California, the youngest presenter of Al Gore’s “The Climate Project” and the founder of SLAP, Sea Level Awareness Program, to educate coastal Californians about sea level rise and global warming. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx7kJf4Uo1U,
The Fun Theory: Piano Staircase – 2 min.
Martin Larsson, Daniel Alinder
The Fun Theory is an award that recognizes those thoughts, ideas and inventions that prove the fun theory…the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behavior for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only thing that matters is that it’s change for the better. ” Take the stairs instead of the escalator or elevator and feel better” is something we often hear or read in the Sunday papers. Few people actually follow that advice. Can we get more people to take the stairs over the escalator by making it fun to do? See the results here. www.thefuntheory.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw,
*Garbage Angels – 6 min.
Pierre Trudeau
What happens when trash meets trash? Could there be life in a dump? Best Canadian Short, Planet in Focus. www.pierretrudeau.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCZS7tjKcRw
Greenhorns – 20 min.
Severine von Tscharner Fleming
This spring found young farmers as unlikely poster children of a new zeitgeist. In many communities these bright 20- and 30-somethings are contributing and leading the way into a new world of agriculture, sustainability and economics. www.thegreenhorns.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH7o3fxw6oE,
Samsara – 19 min.
Renan Ozturk
The sacred peak of Meru, in the Vindhya Mountains of India is said in mythology to be the center of the universe, but can you climb to the center of the universe? Climbing team Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk set out to attempt a first ascent of this 6,500 foot rock route. Telluride Mountain Film - Charlie Fowler Award. www.rockmonkeyart.com http://www.rockmonkeyart.com/Creative_SHorts.html,
Tapped – 76 min. (available for additional $75)
Stephanie Soechtig, Sarah Olson
Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold? Take a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of the bottled water industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought to never become a commodity: our water. Best Documentary - Eugene Int’l Film Festival. www.tappedthemovie.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72MCumz5lq4,
A Sheltered Sea: The Journey of the California Marine Life Protection Act – 23 min.
William Bayne, April Bucksbaum
There is a pioneering conservation action taking place along the coast of California. The Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) brings together diverse stakeholders—fishermen, conservationists, scientists, government, divers, and ocean-loving citizens—in a process to set aside marine refuges akin to our country’s National Parks. Best Ocean Conservation Film, Blue Ocean Film Festival. www.caloceans.org, www.thebaumfoundation.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gdvb4ORkec&feature=player_embedded,
*Sea Turtles in Bahia Magdalena
David McGuire
Local Fishermen turned conservationists join ecotourists to help protect endangered Sea Turtles throughout the Baja California Peninsula.
Wild and Scenic On Tour
*Big River – 27 min.
Curt Ellis, Aaron Woolf
The filmmakers of KING CORN are back! Curt and Ian have returned to Iowa with a new mission: to investigate the environmental impact their acre of corn has had on the people and places downstream. In a journey that extends from the American heartland to the Gulf of Mexico, the guys trade their combine for a canoe and set out to see the big world their little acre of corn has touched. www.bigriverfilm.com http://www.bigriverfilm.com/#/Trailer,
Brower Youth Awards: Forces of Nature – Six, individual 5 min. profiles
Earth Island Institute
Earth Island Institute established the Brower Youth Awards to honor legendary environmental activist, David R. Brower and to call forth a new generation of leaders. The awards honor six young people for their activism and achievements in the fields of environmental and social justice advocacy. www.broweryouthawards.org
Alec Loorz, 15, of California, the youngest presenter of Al Gore’s “The Climate Project” and the founder of SLAP, Sea Level Awareness Program, to educate coastal Californians about sea level rise and global warming. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx7kJf4Uo1U,
The Fun Theory: Piano Staircase – 2 min.
Martin Larsson, Daniel Alinder
The Fun Theory is an award that recognizes those thoughts, ideas and inventions that prove the fun theory…the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behavior for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only thing that matters is that it’s change for the better. ” Take the stairs instead of the escalator or elevator and feel better” is something we often hear or read in the Sunday papers. Few people actually follow that advice. Can we get more people to take the stairs over the escalator by making it fun to do? See the results here. www.thefuntheory.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw,
*Garbage Angels – 6 min.
Pierre Trudeau
What happens when trash meets trash? Could there be life in a dump? Best Canadian Short, Planet in Focus. www.pierretrudeau.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCZS7tjKcRw
Greenhorns – 20 min.
Severine von Tscharner Fleming
This spring found young farmers as unlikely poster children of a new zeitgeist. In many communities these bright 20- and 30-somethings are contributing and leading the way into a new world of agriculture, sustainability and economics. www.thegreenhorns.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH7o3fxw6oE,
Samsara – 19 min.
Renan Ozturk
The sacred peak of Meru, in the Vindhya Mountains of India is said in mythology to be the center of the universe, but can you climb to the center of the universe? Climbing team Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk set out to attempt a first ascent of this 6,500 foot rock route. Telluride Mountain Film - Charlie Fowler Award. www.rockmonkeyart.com http://www.rockmonkeyart.com/Creative_SHorts.html,
Tapped – 76 min. (available for additional $75)
Stephanie Soechtig, Sarah Olson
Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold? Take a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of the bottled water industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought to never become a commodity: our water. Best Documentary - Eugene Int’l Film Festival. www.tappedthemovie.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72MCumz5lq4,
A Sheltered Sea: The Journey of the California Marine Life Protection Act – 23 min.
William Bayne, April Bucksbaum
There is a pioneering conservation action taking place along the coast of California. The Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) brings together diverse stakeholders—fishermen, conservationists, scientists, government, divers, and ocean-loving citizens—in a process to set aside marine refuges akin to our country’s National Parks. Best Ocean Conservation Film, Blue Ocean Film Festival. www.caloceans.org, www.thebaumfoundation.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gdvb4ORkec&feature=player_embedded,
*Sea Turtles in Bahia Magdalena
David McGuire
Local Fishermen turned conservationists join ecotourists to help protect endangered Sea Turtles throughout the Baja California Peninsula.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Pro Peninsula on the Radio!!!!!!!!! omg
http://treehuggersintl.com/2010/pro-peninsula-wild-and-scenic-2010/
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