SUSTAINABLE TABLE FUNDRAISER
A Celebration of Local Food from the Mountains to the Sea
Explore Ecology is excited to invite you to an evening of delectable flavors, local food, and inspiring conversation at our Sustainable Table event.
The festivities include farm to bar cocktails, live music, and a hyper local feast.
Celebrate the bounty of Fall, savor the season’s harvest, and support Explore Ecology at Sustainable Table, a farm to table feast and benefit at the Cabrillo Pavilion.
NEW! SUPPORT OUR MAKERSPACE TRANSFORMATION
Explore Ecology is excited to be embarking on a revisioning of our Art From Scrap workshop. Building upon 30 years of creative reuse programming, the new EE Makerspace will elevate our potential for transformational artmaking. Community members of all abilities and backgrounds will utilize the redesigned Makerspace to explore, rethink, and reuse.
Now more than ever we need your support to ensure that the EE Makerspace becomes an awesome community resource.
Empowering Our Community to Protect and Preserve the Environment
Explore Ecology is an environmental education and arts nonprofit located in Santa Barbara, California. We work with over 30,000 children a year, inspiring them to engage with the natural world, think critically, and experience the value of environmental stewardship. Explore Ecology programs include the Art From Scrap Creative ReUse Store and Gallery, Environmental Education, Watershed Resource Center, and School Gardens.
Art From Scrap Creative Reuse Store
Store Hours:
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday
11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Hello, Art From Scrappers! Art From Scrap, the Central Coast’s only creative reuse store, is open to the public. Store Hours are Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm and Saturday from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. See you in the store!
ENGAGE
OUR PROGRAMS
ART FROM
SCRAP
Visit our Creative ReUse Store, Art Workshop, and Gallery
WATERSHED
RESOURCE CENTER
Beach Cleanups, Watershed Education,
and Community Events
Environmental Education
Schedule Your Field Trip or In Class Lesson Today
SCHOOL
GARDENS
Growing Healthy Minds, Bodies,
and Little Green Thumbs
SUMMER CAMPS
Join us for our fun Summer Camp!
Eva grew up in Berkeley, CA and is a recent graduate of UCSB, where she studied Aquatic Biology and German Language. During her undergrad, Eva worked as an aquarist at UCSB’s Research Experience and Education Facility (the REEF), where she managed the aquarium facility and found a love for science communication and conservation.
Rachel Palmer
Nicole is a mixed media artist and vintage goods specialist who has been managing Art from Scrap since 2020.
Veronica grew up in San Diego and spent four years in San Luis Obispo studying Animal Science at Cal Poly. As an undergrad she learned lots about livestock, agriculture, and wildlife.
Lydia
Lindsay Johnson
MELISSA BROOKS
Jenny joined Explore Ecology first as an Environmental Educator, then as a Program Coordinator, and most recently moved into the newly created Programs, People & Culture position. Prior to Explore Ecology Jenny worked in science research and consulting, however her passion has always been science education and outreach. Jenny loves all things related to the ocean, especially free diving, and enjoying the beauty and wonder that is the underwater world. Her greatest life passion is traveling, which she hopes to do more of again soon.
Lu’s love of all things Earth began at James Madison University in Virginia, where they got their Bachelor’s degree in Biology. Lu has a Master’s degree in Spatial Ecology- the study of how creatures interact across landscapes- from East Carolina University, where they studied rock pools along a river and the critters that dwell in them.