How to Create A Pollinator Friendly Garden
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, [...]
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Posted Announcing Our Environmental Stewardship Award Winners!
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 [...]
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Posted Clean the Beach – You May Win Tickets to Jack Johnson’s Sold Out Show
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 [...]
5 Tips For A Sustainable Thanksgiving
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 [...]
Sustainable Table: Farm to Table Benefit for Explore Ecology
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 [...]
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Give The Gift of School Gardens
Imagine being able to give 10,000 elementary school students the gift of being outside, planting seeds, and harvesting their own food. On Giving Tuesday, invest in nature and children by donating [...]
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Garden Educators Receive AINA In Schools Curriculum Training
Explore Ecology Garden Educators were treated to a wonderful curriculum training in October. Summer Maunakea and Kelly Perry from the Kokua Hawaii Foundation led our staff in a hands on, [...]
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Posted Trash Into Treasure Eco Art and Reuse Market
On Sunday, October 2 , from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm join us at Art From Scrap for the first ever Trash Into Treasure: Eco-Art and Reuse Market. To embrace the spirit of reuse, this event will [...]
In Beach Clean-up, Environmental Education, Explore Ecology, Family Activities in Santa Barbara, Watershed Resource Center
Posted The Beach Needs You On Coastal Cleanup Day
Join us this Saturday, September 17, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm for Coastal Cleanup Day. Volunteers of all ages are needed to ensure that Santa Barbara County beaches and creeks stay [...]
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Enjoy Ice Cream & Support School Gardens
McConnell’s Ice Cream is holding a Back To School Promotion starting September 1st. All proceeds from the sales of their delicious Peanut Butter & Jam flavor will be donated to Explore [...]