by Satchel Pondolfino | Jul 13, 2022 | Arts, Events, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
It’s salmon season in Alaska and that means people all over the State are putting on their waders or grundens, pulling out their nets and poles, and heading out to our salmon waters at all hours of the day and night. In our watershed, Dena’ina, Alutiiq and...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jun 6, 2022 | Arts, Civics, Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Events, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies
Over the three-day Nughelnik: Alaska Just Transition Summit in Anchorage May 20-22, Inletkeeper staff joined 500 other attendees from around the State of Alaska. Organized by The Alaska Just Transition Collective – a coalition of Alaska partners building a...
by Cook Inletkeeper | May 18, 2022 | Civics, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Events, Local Economies, Uncategorized
Working together, Alaskans are a powerful force for positive change in our communities. Let’s roll up our sleeves and put local solutions into action! We’ve all seen what happens when outsiders come in and do things without meaningful input from locals: We get...
by David Knight | Apr 20, 2022 | Clean Water, Events, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
I stood at the finish line of the Mouth to Mouth Wild Run & Ride at the end of Cannery Road in Kenai, on an extremely cold February afternoon (the race is still over three months away). There was a mean wind that bit at any exposed skin, making my eyes water. I...
by Satchel Pondolfino | Dec 24, 2021 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Events, Healthy Habitat
How does a community organizer cultivate and captivate a room full of energy without sharing physical space? What draws people in when gathering and sharing a meal just isn’t possible? If there is one thing organizing during a pandemic has taught me it is that...
by Satchel Pondolfino | Dec 14, 2020 | Civics, Clean Water, Climate Change, Events, Healthy Habitat, Salmon
How do we value the land? This is the conversation the Homer Drawdown community has begun to explore. The most emphasized valuation of land is based on its market value. Of course, the worth of land cannot wholly be captured by monetary figures. The way the land feeds...
