Group and Corporate Activities
with Explore Ecology
How Will You Make a Difference?
Team Building and Community Engagement
Explore Ecology offers a wide variety of corporate opportunities for team building and community engagement. Please email Jill (at) ExploreEcology.org for more information and pricing.
Channel Champions Beach Cleanups: Group and corporate cleanups keep our beaches clean, boost team spirit, and inspire further action.
Community Cleanups: Show the community that you care! Clean up neighborhoods around your office with an Explore Ecology Educator.
Art From Scrap Workshop: Visit Art From Scrap for a creative reuse store tour and workshop or have us come to you with supplies and a guest art teacher.
Art Bar: Feature our colorful Art Bar at your next event or meeting. Filled with materials to inspire your employees to connect and create!
Book a Speaker: Request an Environmental or Garden Educator to visit your business or group to speak about topics ranging from Organic Gardening to Waste Reduction.
Learn at Lunch: Enjoy a class or workshop during your lunch hour.
Worms Rule! Vermicomposting Workshop: Don’t throw your food scraps away. Compost them! Red wiggler worms are ready and willing to turn your trash into vermicompost; a rich, nutrient-dense soil amendment. Worm compost bins can be kept indoors or outdoors and are perfect for cutting down food waste at work and at home. In the workshop you’ll learn how to create and take care of your own worm bin, harvest compost, and make and use compost tea.
Garden Guardians: Meet at a local school garden for a fun, active, and outdoor volunteer opportunity! Projects include mulching, composting, planting, and building.
Clean Ups with Explore Ecology
Channel Champions Beach and Community Cleanups
“We had a remarkable time at the beach with Explore Ecology! Our team members enjoyed the cleanup, the presentation, and especially being outside together, making a difference!”
Meaningful time in nature builds company morale, increases connections between team members, and leads to happier, healthier, and more engaged employees.
Our Beach and Neighborhood Cleanups offer rewarding hands on opportunities. Each cleanup include a short presentation from an Explore Ecology educator about ocean and watershed preservation and protection, ample time on the beach for the cleanup, and a tallying up of trash found, so employees can feel proud about the impact that they made!
Cleanups are available year round.
Worms Rule! Vermicomposting Workshop
Schedule a Vermicomposting Workshop for your employees. Learn how to collect food scraps at work or home, divert them from the landfill, and turn them into vermicompost a nutrient rich soil amendment.
Worm composting is easy, doesn’t require a lot of space, tools, or materials and is a lot of fun.
Learn how to compost using worms by scheduling a Composting Workshop with an Explore Ecology Garden Educator. You will learn how to create and take care of a worm bin, harvest vermicompost, and make and use compost tea.
Workshops: Cost: $25 per person with a minimum of 10 people.
Red wiggler worms will be available at the workshop for $25.00/gallon.
Art
Get creative with Explore Ecology! We offer Art Workshops, a mobile Art Bar, and tours of Art From Scrap, our Creative Reuse Store.
Art From Scrap Experience
Visit Art From Scrap for a creative reuse store tour, waste reduction mini lesson, and workshop!
Art Bar
Feature our colorful Art Bar at your next event or meeting. An artistic buffet filled with materials sure to invoke creativity. The Art From Scrap Art Bar will inspire your employees to connect and create!
Art Workshops
Taught by our staff and local guest artists, we offer a wide array of workshops, from natural dyeing to collage. Book an in person or virtual workshop today to spark your team’s creativity!
Garden Guardians
Garden GuardiansMeet at a local school garden for a fun, active, and outdoor volunteer opportunity! Learn from our Garden Educator as you mulch, compost, plant, and build.
Speakers
Book an Explore Ecology Educator to speak about all things environmental! We can visit your office, meeting, or gathering and present on a wide variety of topics.
Learn at Lunch
Book a mini presentation from an Explore Ecology Garden or Environmental Educator. These short, informative talks educate and inspire your employees.
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.
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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.