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Earth Day Festival
April 28, 2019
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Free
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Join Explore Ecology at the Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival at Alameda Park on Saturday and Sunday, April 27 and 28. Look for our booth #202 in the Kids Corner section of Alameda Park near the corner of Anacapa and East Sola Streets.
Visit our Sensory Garden to discover the green aromatic world of plants.
Name A Worm! Get to know Explore Ecology’s red wriggler worms. Name your favorite and learn how to start your own worm bin. These super hero decomposers will transform your food scraps into compost, a valuable soil amendment.
Learn about the impact that marine debris has on ocean life in our Marine Debris Corner. Put your hand in our Beach Box to see if you can you feel the difference between litter and natural materials.
Red Wiggler ReUse Worms! Stop by Art From Scrap to create a worm, then give your worm a happy place to live on our giant Nature Mural.
We’ll be at the Festival from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm both days, so stop by and say hi!
Josh was born and raised in Santa Barbara, where his passion and curiosity for the environment began and has continued to grow. During his undergraduate studies, Josh pursued this interest at the University of California at Santa Cruz, receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies.
Melissa Dodos developed her passion for creative reuse as a mother of four and elementary educator over the past 25 years. She loves to inspire creativity by connecting people with resources and ideas.
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.
Stephanie began her journey as an educator over twenty years ago working as a preschool teacher in Washington state for a cooperative preschool program affiliated with Whatcom Community College. She loved observing the wonder and curiosity of the children and bringing them out into nature to explore the natural world. She continued her love for learning and got her teaching license and then her Montessori certification and worked as an elementary teacher in Tribal, Public, and Montessori schools. She collaborated to create a school garden and her students loved it so much that it became a special place where they could garden, read, explore, play, and it provided a safe sanctuary for students to calm down and reset when they were having difficult moments.
Morgan’s mermaid soul is always seeking adventure—swimming a relay across the Santa Barbara Channel and taking the first photo of a newborn orca off Anacapa Island being standout experiences close to home.
Lindsay Johnson
