Environmental Center of San Diego
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A community working together to protect and enhance the natural environment throughout San Diego through Education, Advocacy and Direct Action
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We Have the Power to Impact Our Future, and We’re Doing Something About It
Our goal is to promote healthy natural systems in San Diego by inspiring a deeper understanding and appreciation of positive environmental change and advocacy while working to improve the quality of life and economic vitality of our community.
Educate
ECO San Diego’s education programs are focused on K-12 children. We help them connect, understand, appreciate, and love our local species.
Collaborate
ECO San Diego is a strong supporter of all the wonderful organizations in our region doing important work to make our community a better, healthy, more just place.
Environmental Leadership Summit
Environmental, community, labor, housing, justice, climate leaders meet to address local challenges, forge solutions, and commit to collaboration.
Volunteer
The most frequent question asked by volunteers is “what can I do?”
On October 2, 2024 the San Diego Marine Protected Area (MPA) Collaborative met to discuss ongoing petitions and updates about the Southern California MPAs.
Our Projects
The opportunity to directly experience our beautiful natural resources is an important part of being a San Diegan and a present or future steward of those resources. That is why the Environmental Center of San Diego is committed to supporting appropriate public environmental programs.
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News
Princess Street Update October 2024
Here is an update for October 2024 on our efforts to open a coastal access trail at Princess St.
30×30 Partnership Summit 2024
The 2024 30×30 Partnership Summit, held in early October at the California Natural Resources Agency headquarters in Sacramento, gathered key stakeholders, including conservation leaders, policymakers, tribal representatives, and advocates, to discuss California’s progress towards conserving 30% of its lands and coastal waters by 2030.
A New Marine Protected Area on America’s West Coast
NOAA proudly welcomes Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary—the third largest of America’s 17 existing national marine sanctuaries.
SD Marine Protected Area Collaborative October meeting
San Diego Marine Protected Area (MPA) Collaborative
Marine Protected Area Collaborative Network
As part of our coastal access trail at Princess St., we also participate with the MPA Collaborative Network.
SDSU Students and The Environmental Center Team Up to Advocate for Coastal Access
We created a booth on the SDSU campus in collaboration with ECOSD to share information about coastal access laws and regulations.
Generations
Projects and Presentations by future generations working towards a sustainable planet.
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Pictures from our local contributors.
Links to Organizations
- Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation, Carlsbad
- Anza-Borrego Foundation and Institute, Borrego Springs
- Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation, Carlsbad
- Buena Vista Audubon, Oceanside
- Cajon Valley Union School District, El Cajon
- California Bluebird Recovery Program, San Diego County
- California Center for Sustainable Energy, San Diego
- California Chaparral Institute
- California Native Plant Society, San Diego Chapter
- Center for Biological Diversity
- Citizens’ Coordinate for Century 3, San Diego
- Climate Action Campaign
- Climate Science Alliance
- Coastwalk California Coastal Trail Association
- Conservation Biology Institute, Encinitas
- ECOLIFE Conservation
- Endangered Habitats League
- San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum
- The Escondido Creek Conservancy (TECC), Escondido
- Escondido Neighbors United
- Friends of Daley Ranch, Escondido
- Friends of Famosa Slough, San Diego
- Friends of Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve, San Diego
- Friends of Rose Canyon, San Diego
- Friends of Rose Creek
- Goodan Ranch and Sycamore Canyon Open Space
- Hammond Climate Solutions
- Hawk Watch, Ramona
- Hellhole Canyon Open Space Preserve
- I Love A Clean San Diego
- Lakeside’s River Park Conservancy, Lakeside
- National Wildlife Federation, San Diego
- Native American Lands Conservancy, La Mesa
- Palomar Audubon, Escondido
- Preserve Calavera
- Preserve Wild Santee, Santee
- San Diego Botanical Gardens
- San Diego Audubon Society
- San Diego Coastkeeper
- San Diego Canyonlands, San Diego County
- San Diego Earthworks, San Diego
- San Diego Habitat Conservancy, La Mesa
- San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego
- San Diego River Park Foundation, San Diego
- San Diego Chapter of the Sierra Club
- San Diego Tracking Team, San Diego
- San Diego Zoo, San Diego
- San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy, Del Mar
- The Nature Collective
- San Pasqual Valley Preservation Alliance
- Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO), San Diego
- Solana Center for Environmental Innovation, Encinitas
- Southwest Wetlands Interpretive Association (SWIA)
- Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project, Southern California Coastal Counties
- The Chaparral Lands Conservancy
- The Nature Conservancy, San Diego
- Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, Imperial Beach
- Torrey Pines Association
- U.S. Green Building Council San Diego Chapter, San Diego
- Utility Consumers’ Action Network, San Diego
- Volcan Mountain Preserve Foundation, Julian
- Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College, El Cajon
- Wildcoast
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