Welcome to Stories from the Garden, our new series of posts highlighting stories from Explore Ecology Garden Educators who work with children in 35 school gardens throughout Santa Barbara County. Every school day, our educators connect children to nature and teach them how to grow organic food [...]
What do bees, butterflies, moths, bats, beetles, birds, flies, and wasps have in common? They are all pollinators. Responsible for pollinating 300,000 plant species and more than 1,200 crops, pollinators work for free around the clock and provide us with an invaluable ecosystem service. [...]
We’re so excited to honor the 2018 Explore Ecology Environmental Stewardship Award Winners! These inspiring environmental stewards were nominated by community members who believe that these unsung heroes of Santa Barbara County should be recognized for their efforts to create a more [...]
If you’ve ever been to the Art From Scrap Creative Reuse Store, you know that it is a dream come true for artists, makers, and other creative folk. Art From Scrap is a creative hub. filled with an eclectic assortment of items donated by community members and businesses. It’s also an [...]
Whole Foods Market Santa Barbara and Explore Ecology are teaming up to clean Arroyo Burro Beach this Sunday, March 11th from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Bring your friends and family for a morning of fun and environmental education. Meet us at the Watershed Resource Center (blue building) at 10:00 [...]
The beach needs our help! Every Sunday in February, Explore Ecology is holding a cleanup at a beach near you. Help us turn the tide on marine debris and pick up trash before it ends up in the ocean. Watershed Resource Center Manager, Caroline Bargo says, “We are hoping to inspire action [...]
Support Explore Ecology this Giving Tuesday and your gift will: Grow more gardens in local schools. Sponsor community beach cleanups. Bring more children to the Watershed Resource Center to learn about healthy watersheds and marine conservation. Help us offer weekly low cost Art Workshops. [...]
Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the holiday season here in the US. Unfortunately, it also marks an increase in food and packaging waste. Between Thanksgiving and the New Year, Americans waste over 5 million tons of food. On Thanksgiving alone, we waste a whopping $293 million worth of food. [...]
Join Explore Ecology on Saturday, November 4th, at 5:00 pm for the First Annual Sustainable Table, a re-imagined farm-to-table dinner and benefit at the beautiful Dos Pueblos Orchid Farm. Sustainable Table’s seven course, zero waste menu, created by Chef Clark Staub of Full of Life [...]
Wrapping presents is one of my favorite holiday traditions, but this year I am challenging myself to only use recycled or reuse items. After five minutes looking around Art From Scrap I had so many ideas, and I wanted to share some of them with you. The easiest way to start is [...]
