Volunteer at Calafia Beach to protect our beautiful ocean. To ensure safety and comfort please bring closed toe shoes, a reusable water bottle, trash picker, sun protection (sunscreen, hat, and sunglasses), and comfortable clothing. Advanced registration is required. Sign up online for the exact address.
Create a healthier habitat for the native plants and wildlife that call Aliso Creek home! Volunteers will assist with various stewardship activities including removing non-native plants, cleaning up the creek or planting native plants. No experience is necessary and all tools will be provided. Please wear long pants, closed-toe shoes and sun protection, and bring water. Advance registration required.
Join the RSM Cares Zero Trash Initiative, led by Brad McGirr, to help clean up our community and protect our waterways on the first Saturday of each month. Meet at 9:45 AM outside Cinépolis in RSM Town Center and the cleanup runs from 10 AM to noon.
Join a public group to kayak through the Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve and learn about what makes this place unique! Tours are guided by certified volunteer naturalists. As you gently paddle along, you will have the opportunity to see wetland wildlife while your naturalist guide stops occasionally to talk about the ecology/natural history of the Bay. Only 20 spots...
Join the Laguna Ocean Foundation along the Cobblestones of Main Beach! This year’s Kelp Fest features live music and many hands-on activities offered by amazing exhibitors. There’s sure to be something for everyone! So come on down for a fun day filled with opportunities to learn, explore, and give back to the community.
Join the Laguna Ocean Foundation along the Cobblestones of Main Beach! This year’s Kelp Fest features live music and many hands-on activities offered by amazing exhibitors. There’s sure to be something for everyone! So come on down for a fun day filled with opportunities to learn, explore, and give back to the community.
Join the Laguna Ocean Foundation along the Cobblestones of Main Beach! This year’s Kelp Fest features live music and many hands-on activities offered by amazing exhibitors. There’s sure to be something for everyone! So come on down for a fun day filled with opportunities to learn, explore, and give back to the community.
Join Stand Up to Trash in Dana Point for a beach cleanup and a free lunch and learn session at Ocean Institute. Stand Up to Trash encourages participants to bring reusable supplies such as bags, gloves, and water bottles to reduce additional waste. This event is open to all ages advanced registration is required.
Want to learn about watersheds, how to collect data for making environmental action decisions, and help cleanup your environment? Hop into a kayak or stand-up paddleboard with Surfrider at their next Huntington Harbor cleanup! There is a 30 person limit and advanced registration is required.
The Bolsa Chica Stewards invite the public to join them on the first Sunday and third Saturday of each month for their habitat restoration efforts. Help them care for the new plants, remove non-native plants, pick up trash, and other maintenance tasks to prevent pollution of local waterways. Pre-registration and event sign up is required.
Gardens should be for all members of the family to enjoy! Learn how to create a welcoming space that's safe for your family and our waterways during this webinar. Topics include what makes a garden kid friendly, managing animal waste, constructing fun and stimulating gardens beyond turf, and more! This class is free but advanced registration is required.
Help Grow Native Plants for Restoration at the Back Bay Science Center. Volunteers assist in seasonal nursery activities such as seed collection and sowing, processing cuttings, composting, and more, no experience needed! Advanced registration is required.