Explore Ecology

The 34th Annual Coastal Cleanup Day on September 15, 2018 was a huge success. This year over 1,149 volunteers at 27 sites from Rincon Beach Park to Guadalupe Dunes came together to clean up Santa [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

Isn’t it time to ditch plastic bags? In California, approximately 13.8 billion plastic bags are used per year.  Less than 5 percent of these bags are recycled. Many of these plastic bags [...]