Join ILACSD and the County of San Diego for a litter cleanup in De Luz on Saturday, August 11 from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM. Volunteers will meet at the Santa Margarita River Hiking Trail located at 37385 De Luz Road, Fallbrook, CA 92028. Help us collect trash from the watershed and beautify the community for summer hikers! This is a great opportunity for students and families to learn ways to protect our local environment.
We will have cleanup supplies, snacks, and water. We encourage volunteers to bring their own reusable items such as water bottles, work gloves, and buckets to promote zero waste practices and help us in our mission to have a zero waste, litter free and environmentally engaged San Diego region! We also provide community service hours and Letters of Appreciation for volunteers.
All volunteers are required to fill out a waiver form to participate and anyone under the age of 18 needs a waiver signed by their parent or guardian.
Join ILACSD as we partner up with Clint August, 101.5 KGB, and San Diego County Toyota Dealers for a public cleanup in Mission Beach on Saturday, July 14 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am! Volunteers will pick up trash around Mission Beach Park located at 3000 Mission Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92109. We will be picking up litter and other debris to divert waste from the Mission Bay/La Jolla watershed and keep our beaches beautiful for the summer! This is a great opportunity for everyone to learn ways to protect our local environment. Look for the orange ILACSD canopy and Rock 101.5 KBG tent in Mission Beach Park.
We will have cleanup supplies, snacks, and water. We also provide community service hours and Letters of Appreciation for volunteers. This is a great opportunity for students and families to learn ways to protect our local environment!
We encourage volunteers to bring their own reusable items such as water bottles, work gloves, and buckets to promote zero waste practices and help us in our mission to have a zero waste, litter-free, and environmentally engaged San Diego region!
All volunteers are required to fill out a waiver form to participate and anyone under the age of 18 needs a waiver signed by their parent or guardian. Waivers can be signed the day of the cleanup on site. No registration is required beforehand!
The 34th Annual Coastal Cleanup Day is September 15, 2018!
Join us on Saturday, September 15th from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM as we clean up and beautify over 100 sites throughout San Diego County! At last year’s efforts, with a turnout of 6,686 volunteers at 105 coastal and inland cleanup sites, we successfully removed 128,168 pounds of litter from San Diego County. Our volunteers channeled their appreciation for San Diego’s environment into action to protect it. Join us this year and be a part of this international event!
Registration opens mid-August! For more information, head over to CleanupDay.org
Registration is full for this event. Please check out our events calendar to find another upcoming workshop!
Join ILACSD as we team up with the City of Vista to bring you a Zero Waste 101 Workshop focused on organics! On Saturday, August 25, 2018, we will be hosting the Save Your Scraps Workshop from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM at the Alta Vista Botanical Gardens located at 1270 Vale Terrace Drive, Vista, CA 92084. The workshop is complimentary and open to the public!
Come by and learn how to keep organics out of the landfill by shopping smart, storing food properly, and composting your scraps. We will also cover water conservation topics, such as ocean-friendly gardens and laundry-to-landscape systems. Visit educational booths, participate in one of the hands-on activities, and bring in gently used items you were planning to donate and participate in the Swap ‘n’ Shop! Swap ‘n’ Shop participants can exchange or donate those items giving them a second life and keeping them out of the landfill. Activities include a ‘make and take’ food waste project and an eco-friendly kids’ craft.
Registration is full for this event. Please check out our events calendar to find another upcoming workshop!
Interested in making your business a little greener, but not sure where to start? Have a green team, but hitting a roadblock? No matter where you are on your path to going green, I Love A Clean San Diego and Wells Fargo are here to help!
Join us on Tuesday, August 7, 2018, from 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm for our Green Business Solutions Workshop, an informative evening focused on how to make your business a more eco-conscious establishment! The workshop will be held at the San Diego Foundations Building in the Hoffman Room located at 2508 Historic Decatur Road, San Diego, CA 92106.
Whether you work in an office, a restaurant, or in retail, we will have valuable information for all business models! At this event, we will identify the importance of zero waste practices, teach you how to implement sustainable practices in your business, and discuss the environmental and economic benefits of going green! Hear from peers about their successes and struggles in implementing zero waste at their workplace. This event is open to the public! You can register online or walk in the day of the event.
We’ve finished up packing early! Supplies are prepped and ready to go out to our Coastal Cleanup Day site captains. Thanks to all of our volunteers that have helped so far! Please be advised the Thursday and Friday Packing Parties are now cancelled as a result!
The 34th Annual Coastal Cleanup Day is coming up on September 15th!
At last year’s event, 6,686 volunteers removed over 128,168 pounds of litter from 105 sites throughout the county!
With an event of that size, we have to start prepping and packing very early, and we need your help! We are looking for volunteers to assist us in the preparation for the 2018 Coastal Cleanup Day at our Packing Party.At the Packing Party, we will be assembling boxes of supplies for our numerous cleanup sites (counting and bundling supplies, packing boxes, and double checking boxes). Some heavy lifting may be required. With your help, we can make this year’s Coastal Cleanup Day an even bigger success than the last!
Volunteers will report to our office in Liberty Station to help out on the days and times below:
MONDAY 8/20
10AM-4PM
TUESDAY 8/21
10AM-4PM
WEDNESDAY 8/22
10AM-4PM
THURSDAY 8/23
10AM-3PM
FRIDAY 8/24
10AM-4PM
**We will only meet Friday if necessary. We may end early or not meet at all if the packing is completed, so flexibility is appreciated. If you are depending on service hours, please sign up for an earlier day.**
Whether you sign up for a full day or just a few hours, we would love your help! Community service hours and Letters of Appreciation will be provided for any volunteers that need them. If you or anyone you know are interested in lending a hand, please sign up by contacting our Community Programs Coordinator, Carly Keen, by email at ckeen@cleansd.org with time and date preferences!
The 34th Annual Coastal Cleanup Day is coming up on September 15th!
At last year’s event, 6,686 volunteers removed over 128,168 pounds of litter from 105 sites throughout the county!
With an event of that size, we have to start prepping and packing very early, and we need your help! We are looking for volunteers to assist us in the preparation for the 2018 Coastal Cleanup Day at our Packing Party.At the Packing Party, we will be assembling boxes of supplies for our numerous cleanup sites (counting and bundling supplies, packing boxes, and double checking boxes). Some heavy lifting may be required. With your help, we can make this year’s Coastal Cleanup Day an even bigger success than the last!
Volunteers will report to our office in Liberty Station to help out on the days and times below:
MONDAY 8/20
10AM-4PM
TUESDAY 8/21
10AM-4PM
WEDNESDAY 8/22
10AM-4PM
THURSDAY 8/23
10AM-3PM
FRIDAY 8/24
10AM-4PM
**We will only meet Friday if necessary. We may end early or not meet at all if the packing is completed, so flexibility is appreciated. If you are depending on service hours, please sign up for an earlier day.**
Whether you sign up for a full day or just a few hours, we would love your help! Community service hours and Letters of Appreciation will be provided for any volunteers that need them. If you or anyone you know are interested in lending a hand, please sign up by contacting our Community Programs Coordinator, Carly Keen, by email at ckeen@cleansd.org with time and date preferences!
The 34th Annual Coastal Cleanup Day is coming up on September 15th!
At last year’s event, 6,686 volunteers removed over 128,168 pounds of litter from 105 sites throughout the county!
With an event of that size, we have to start prepping and packing very early, and we need your help! We are looking for volunteers to assist us in the preparation for the 2018 Coastal Cleanup Day at our Packing Party.At the Packing Party, we will be assembling boxes of supplies for our numerous cleanup sites (counting and bundling supplies, packing boxes, and double checking boxes). Some heavy lifting may be required. With your help, we can make this year’s Coastal Cleanup Day an even bigger success than the last!
Volunteers will report to our office in Liberty Station to help out on the days and times below:
MONDAY 8/20
10AM-4PM
TUESDAY 8/21
10AM-4PM
WEDNESDAY 8/22
10AM-4PM
THURSDAY 8/23
10AM-3PM
FRIDAY 8/24
10AM-4PM
**We will only meet Friday if necessary. We may end early or not meet at all if the packing is completed, so flexibility is appreciated. If you are depending on service hours, please sign up for an earlier day.**
Whether you sign up for a full day or just a few hours, we would love your help! Community service hours and Letters of Appreciation will be provided for any volunteers that need them. If you or anyone you know are interested in lending a hand, please sign up by contacting our Community Programs Coordinator, Carly Keen, by email at ckeen@cleansd.org with time and date preferences!
The 34th Annual Coastal Cleanup Day is coming up on September 15th!
At last year’s event, 6,686 volunteers removed over 128,168 pounds of litter from 105 sites throughout the county!
With an event of that size, we have to start prepping and packing very early, and we need your help! We are looking for volunteers to assist us in the preparation for the 2018 Coastal Cleanup Day at our Packing Party.At the Packing Party, we will be assembling boxes of supplies for our numerous cleanup sites (counting and bundling supplies, packing boxes, and double checking boxes). Some heavy lifting may be required. With your help, we can make this year’s Coastal Cleanup Day an even bigger success than the last!
Volunteers will report to our office in Liberty Station to help out on the days and times below:
MONDAY 8/20
10AM-4PM
TUESDAY 8/21
10AM-4PM
WEDNESDAY 8/22
10AM-4PM
THURSDAY 8/23
10AM-3PM
FRIDAY 8/24
10AM-4PM
**We will only meet Friday if necessary. We may end early or not meet at all if the packing is completed, so flexibility is appreciated. If you are depending on service hours, please sign up for an earlier day.**
Whether you sign up for a full day or just a few hours, we would love your help! Community service hours and Letters of Appreciation will be provided for any volunteers that need them. If you or anyone you know are interested in lending a hand, please sign up by contacting our Community Programs Coordinator, Carly Keen, by email at ckeen@cleansd.org with time and date preferences!
Today’s blog post was written by High Tech Middle Media Arts 6th grader, Kaiya. Kaiya’s class studied the impact that humans have on our local water resources and their contribution to food waste on a global scale. The students looked into water and food waste issues locally, statewide, nationwide and globally. The class hopes to educate the local community about waste and pollution issues and inspire change.
Have you ever wondered how expiration dates work? Wondered how important they are? Well, I certainly did. So to those who still do, let me explain.
Let’s start with a short history lesson. Expiration dates were introduced in 1950 at a store called Marks & Spencers. It wasn’t until 1970 when “Sell By” and “Best By” tags were added to most supermarkets. Now that our history lesson has concluded, let’s get to the interesting stuff!
Expiration dates aren’t supposed to show a fruit’s edibility, but the fruit’s “peak quality”; not when it’s expired. It’s because of this common misconception that people discard perfectly good food! So actually, expiration dates are optional. They are suggestions meant to assist. It’s more important to know your food and to simply throw it out because of the expiration date.
Americans discontinued making their food, but still wanted to be informed about how it was made. This caused the creation of expiration dates. The facilities did tests on fruit, seeing how long they usually lasted. The most common result would become its “expiration date.”
We are wasting food.
When shopping for fruits, people are usually attracted to the apple that has the least bruises, causing an unnecessary amount of food waste. The food that’s wasted converts to a brown lump and produces a white puss. That’s mold. Mold should be thrown out, but if it’s just brown, it should be fine. Brown spots on fruit are sugar spots, meaning they amplify the flavor. They are perfectly safe to consume, but if it’s a blob of brown, you should throw it away. These spots are discovered on bananas when they continue to ripen, due to ethylene. Supermarkets tend to throw away brown fruit because it doesn’t sell. Food is wasted for no reason.
Brown fruit is oxidized fruit, meaning that air made them turn brown. Brown fruit is still edible! Apples turn brown in recently bitten parts. The brown on parts on apples reduce taste, but it can still be consumed.
Is there anything I shouldn’t eat when expired? Yes. Infant formula loses its nutrients passed its expiration date. Expired deli meats give you food poisoning, as well as eggs. Dairy gets bacteria buildup when it expires, so it also shouldn’t be consumed.
What moldy food can I eat?
Cheese increases in value when moldy. It tastes more flavorful, which makes a higher profit when sold. However, only specific types of cheese are edible with mold. Cheddar, Colby, Parmesan, and Swiss should be fine to consume. Other soft cheeses like cottage cheese, cream cheese, and ricotta cheese with mold should be discarded.
About the Author
Kaiya is a 6th grader at HTMMA. Her blog was democratically selected by her peers to be featured on I Love A Clean San Diego’s website. Her work will be exhibited alongside other students at a community beach cleanup coordinated by the HTMMA students.
