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The city wants to spend $1.5 mil for desal propaganda

The city wants to spend $1.5 mil
for desal propaganda

The city wants to spend $1.5
mil for desal propaganda

The City of Corpus Christi wants to spend $1.5 million on a public relations campaign to convince the public that desalination is the best solution to combat the water shortage they created by overselling residents’ drinking water to heavy industry. According to a Request for Proposal (RFP) shared with Texas Campaign for the Environment, the city is interviewing firms this week to choose who will lead the publicly-funded campaign.

The city is losing the public relations battle on desalination. Opposition to bringing the first large-scale seawater desalination plant in Texas to Corpus Christi has been building since 2016.

Join us for a virtual press conference on Thursday, May 30, 2024, to hear from advocates for other solutions to the city’s water crisis.

WHO: For the Greater Good, Ingleside on the Bay Coastal Watch Association, Ties to la Tierra, Texas Campaign for the Environment

Community Science Spotlight: Corpus Christi –
Reclaiming Soil, Reclaiming Community

Community Science Spotlight:
Corpus Christi –
Reclaiming Soil, Reclaiming
Community

Community Science Spotlight:
Corpus Christi –
Reclaiming Soil, Reclaiming
Community

In partnership with the Indigenous Peoples of the Coastal Bend, AGU presents a documentary about a Thriving Earth Exchange project in Corpus Christi, Texas. The region has long dealt with increased industrialization that has impacted the environment and worried the community about air and soil quality and its impacts on their health. In the midst of a growing community agriculture movement, members of Indigenous communities in the area collaborated with other community and activist organizations, including the Hillcrest Residents Association, For the Greater Good, and Keepers of the Garden as well as Anthropocene Alliance to take action using science. Community members worked with volunteer soil scientists Matthew G. Siebecker and Bob Schindelbeck to test their lands and empower people living in Corpus Christi with data.

Inaugural Turtle Bay Powwow held at Texas
A&M University-Corpus Christi Saturday

Inaugural Turtle Bay Powwow
held at Texas
A&M University-Corpus Christi
Saturday

Inaugural Turtle Bay Powwow
held at Texas
A&M University-
Corpus Christi Saturday

Guests and members of the Indigenous Peoples of the Coastal Bend pray before a gourd dance at the inaugural Turtle Bay Powwow at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023.

Corpus Christi residents speak on Inner
Harbor Desalination Plant plans

Corpus Christi residents
speak on Inner
Harbor Desalination Plant
plans

Corpus Christi residents
speak on Inner
Harbor Desalination Plant
plans

Dorothy Peña gives public comment against the Inner Harbor Desalination Plant plans during a city council meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Peña asked the council to make plant permits available in Spanish for community accessibility.

Happy Indigenous People's Day!

Indigenous Peoples' Day is celebrated in place of Columbus Day as a means of raising awareness of the cultures and struggles of America's indigenous peoples.

Corpus Christi Indigenous group
Kalpulli Ehekatl Papalotzin praises
culture, tradition

Corpus Christi Indigenous group
Kalpulli Ehekatl Papalotzin
praises culture, tradition

Corpus Christi Indigenous group
Kalpulli Ehekatl Papalotzin
praises culture, tradition

While family members aren't forced to join the danza group, they are encouraged to participate.

Patrick Cober, 11, has been part of the group since he was 1 year old, when his mother, Meagan Alvarado, saw the group perform and wanted to learn more.

"When you hear the drum, it resonates in your heart, mind, body and soul. I heard it and saw it and I knew I needed to do this," Alvarado said.