Celebrate The Season at the Explore Ecology Holiday Party
What happens when 300 schoolchildren get together with an environmental education nonprofit and a mixed media artist? Pure Magic… and an 18 foot long Mural! Come and see for yourself at Explore Ecology/Art From Scrap’s Holiday Party.
Join us for food, drinks and art at the beautiful Watershed Resource Center (WRC) at Arroyo Burro Beach (Hendry’s Beach.) Meet our staff of environmental educators and artists. Make a holiday ornament at an Art From Scrap ornament- making table staffed by mermaids from Save The Mermaids, an environmental group that educates about single use plastics.
Part of the evening’s festivities include a Dedication and Kelp “Ribbon” Cutting Ceremony to celebrate the permanent installation of the Flows to the Ocean Mural at the Watershed Resource Center. Panels from the mural, which was a collaboration between Explore Ecology and artist Laura Denny, will be on display at the WRC so the public can enjoy this gorgeous one -of-a-kind mural inspired by Explore Ecology’s Flows to the Ocean classes.
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.