Green Routines Webinar

If you’re looking to eliminate waste from your daily routine, join I Love A Clean San Diego for our free Green Routines Webinar on Wednesday, November 1 at 5 p.m.

During this one-hour webinar, we’ll cover:

  • Zero waste practices to adopt in the kitchen, bathroom, laundry room and home common areas
  • Sustainable product swaps
  • Recommendations for local zero waste businesses and shops
  • Recipes for DIY zero waste cleaning and personal care products

The founders of Scisters Salon and Apothecary, a local zero waste salon and refill shop, will be joining as our guest speakers to share more about their zero waste journeys in their business and personal lives.

Registration is required. Participants that cannot attend live are encouraged to register to receive the recording and additional resources. Thank you to the County of San Diego for sponsoring this event!

 

Sustainable Saturday at Valley Center Library

Join us for Sustainable Saturday at Valley Center Library – a morning of activities to help us all be more sustainable! Join us at 9 a.m. for a litter cleanup around the Valley Center neighborhood, and/or 10 a.m. for a Swap Party and Fix-It-Clinic in the Library. There will also be resource booths with County information about recycling, composting, and more!

    • 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Watershed Warriors Valley Center Cleanup (Registration Encouraged): We will be set-up with a check-in table and cleanup supplies at the Valley Center Library. Join us at 9 a.m. to grab supplies and help us clean up to protect the San Luis Rey watershed! After the cleanup, you can get service credit in your Community Hub dashboard. Learn more about this cleanup here!
    • 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Clothing Swap: Update your wardrobe before the summer season and help divert textile waste from our local landfills! Bring your gently used clothing items to exchange them for other items at no cost. By participating in the swap you will be 👉 Helping to conserve natural resources 👉 Reducing the environmental footprint of producing new goods 👉 Building community. Learn more about Swap Parties here!
    • 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. SD Fixit Clinic (Registration strongly encouraged): Bring your broken, non-working items—electronics, appliances, computers, toys, bicycles, clothes, and more—for assessment, disassembly, and possible repair. We’ll provide workspace, specialty tools, and guidance to help you take apart and troubleshoot your item. Even if we can’t fix it, you’ll learn more about how it was made and how it works. Learn more and sign-up to bring an item here!
    • 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Seed Bombs Workshop and Seed Library hosted by The Valley Center Library
    • 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Community Resources: Check-out our information tables to learn more about recycling, composting, and wellness resources available to County residents!

A few things to keep in mind:

    • You can attend any or all of these activities – separate or together, whatever you have time and interest for! The cleanup will kick-off at 9 a.m. outside the library, and the Swap Party, Fix-It-Clinic, and resource booths will be kicking off around 10 a.m. inside the library.
    • We ask that you register for the Cleanup and for the SD Fixit Clinic, so we can be prepared with supplies, tools, and volunteer experts to help with breaking down broken appliances. You can register for each event by following the links above, or clicking “Register” below. No registration needed for any of the other activities – but we encourage you to bring some lightly used items for the Swap Party!

Say No To Single-Use Plastic Webinar

Did you know that humans produce almost 400 million tons of plastic each year, across the globe?

Join our free Say No To Single-Use Plastic webinar on Thursday, February 16th from 5 – 6 p.m. to learn how to eliminate single-use plastic waste through zero waste swaps!

During the webinar, we’ll cover:

  • Zero waste product swaps for single-use items
  • How to properly recycle or dispose of the plastic waste you do create
  • What happens to plastic after we use it and throw it in the trash
  • Why it’s so important for our health and the health of the environment to reduce plastic usage

Register to receive a link to the live webinar. Participants that cannot attend are encouraged to register to receive a recording of the webinar and additional resources. Thank you to the County of San Diego for sponsoring this event!

Step Up Your Sustainability Webinar

Whether you’re just starting out on your zero waste journey or you’re looking to level up your sustainable lifestyle, join I Love A Clean San Diego on Wednesday, January 25th from 5pm-6pm for our free Step Up Your Sustainability webinar! You’ll leave with the knowledge you need to know how to create sustainable habits in your current routines, how to repurpose old items with new uses, and how to properly dispose of the waste you do produce! More specifically:

 

  • Eco-friendly product swaps
  • DIY recipes
  • How to compost without an outdoor space
  • Low waste habits for pets, hobbies, and your home

 

Please register to receive the Zoom link. A recording of the webinar and resources will be shared to all registrants after the event, so we encourage you to register even if the event timing doesn’t work for your schedule. We can’t wait to see you virtually on January 25th! Thank you to the County of San Diego for sponsoring this event.

Organics Recycling Webinar – Out of the Black Bin and Into the Green Bin!

Did you know that 40 percent of the food grown, processed and transported in the U.S. currently goes to waste? The County of San Diego’s new curbside organics recycling program seeks to divert this waste from our landfills and turn it into compost and mulch.

 

Join I Love A Clean San Diego, in partnership with the County of San Diego, on Thursday, November 3rd from 5pm-6pm for our free Organics Recycling webinar! Come ready to learn ways to reduce food waste and how to recycle right in the kitchen. We’ll share tips on meal prepping, food storage, low-waste cooking, and how to properly dispose of food waste through the County’s new curbside organics recycling program. Discover what types of waste can be put in organics recycling bins, and why it is so important to keep organic waste from reaching the landfill. You’ll leave with the tools you need to stop wasting food (and money) in your home!

 

Please register to receive the Zoom link. We look forward to seeing you on November 3rd!

Watershed Warriors: Casa De Oro Community Cleanup

Join I Love A Clean San Diego, Casa De Oro Alliance, and the County of San Diego for a litter cleanup in Casa De Oro! We will divert litter from the Sweetwater Watershed and keep it from traveling to the Pacific Ocean.

Our staff will be set-up with a check-in table and supplies at Estrella County Park. Join us at 9am for a talk by our Education Team about our watersheds and recycling right, then grab supplies and help us clean up!

This event requires a signed release-of-liability waiver for all volunteers, and anyone under 18 needs a waiver signed by a guardian. 

Zero Waste Bathroom Webinar

Zero Waste Bathroom Webinar

Interested in reducing your waste, but unsure where to start? Join I Love A Clean San Diego and the County of San Diego on Tuesday, January 19th, from 11am – 12pm for our free Zero Waste Bathroom webinar. We’ll discuss bulk bathroom products, identify specific low-waste swaps, review how to recycle right, and share DIY recipes that can help us reduce what we’re sending to the landfill.  Please register to receive the Zoom link!

Celebrate Sustainably: Gifts and Glitz Webinar

Celebrate Sustainably: Gifts & Glitz Webinar

Learn how to cultivate your very own waste-free winter wonderland this season at home! Join I Love A Clean San Diego on Saturday, December 12th from 10:00-11:00 am for our free Celebrate Sustainably: Gifts and Glitz webinar. We will discuss how to maintain a low-waste lifestyle while navigating the gift giving, wrapping, and décor of the holiday season. Participate in a live furoshiki demonstration (wrapping in fabric), learn how to properly dispose of your Christmas tree, and leave with low- or no-waste gift ideas to waste less throughout this season and beyond! Please register to receive the Zoom link. Thank you to the Unincorporated County of San Diego for sponsoring this event. Can’t wait to see you there!

Celebrate Sustainably: Food & Festivities Webinar

Celebrate Sustainably: Food & Festivities Webinar

Did you know that Americans send, on average, 25 percent more to the landfill between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day than at any other time of the year? Join I Love A Clean San Diego and the County of San Diego on Saturday, November 21st from 10am-11am for our free Celebrate Sustainably Webinar, where we will focus on ways to reduce the amount of waste we produce in our kitchens around big holiday meals. Come hungry for strategies that you can begin practicing in your kitchen right away, and leave feeling satisfied that you can live a zero waste lifestyle at all times of the year! Please register to receive the Zoom link.

Register for our other zero waste webinar focused on gift giving, wrapping, and décor of the holiday season on December 12

Celebrate Sustainably: Gifts & Glitz

Watershed Warriors: La Presa Community Cleanup

Join I Love A Clean San Diego and the County of San Diego for a VIRTUAL litter cleanup in La Presa! We will collect trash from around the community to divert litter from the San Diego Bay watershed!

To stay safe and promote social-distancing, we are focusing this community cleanup inward towards our own neighborhoods! Have you noticed any areas near your home that need a pick-me-up? Please join us to protect the environment as well as ourselves, and “walk-your-block” Saturday morning.

Invite your neighbors and practice social distancing. Bring a bucket or bag from home, grab some kitchen or gardening gloves, and don”t forget your face-covering. You can make this cleanup truly zero-waste by using your own reusable supplies!

Join us for a virtual kick-off intro video, then spend a few hours beautifying your neighborhood! We”ll make it a breeze to sort and dispose litter in your residential bins. After your cleanup you can log your totals in our Volunteer Impact Map and request a Letter of Appreciation for your service.

Register to receive resources and event details!

DISCLAIMER: By participating in a cleanup, you agree I Love A Clean San Diego is NOT responsible for any injury suffered and you waive any claim arising from participation in the event.
I agree to read and follow all of the safety protocols for this event.