Encanto Park Beautification and Community Mural

Join ILACSD and Think Blue San Diego on Saturday, October 26 from 10am – 1pm to revitalize Encanto Park! Through beautification projects, litter removal, and grassroots empowerment, we aim to transform this vital shared space to foster community pride and create a cleaner environment.

This event is free and family friendly, with plenty of service projects and art-centric activities for all to join, including:

  • Litter abatement
  • Community mural painting (Please wear clothes you are comfortable getting paint on)
  • Storm drain clearing and stenciling
  • Native seed planting
  • Brush removal
  • Paint-a-long class and arts & crafts DIYS with Art Power Equity

Together, we can create lasting change and make Encanto Park a place we all take pride in. Let’s restore, engage, and empower!

 

Sunset Sweep: Radio Canyon – Emerald Hills Park

Join I Love A Clean San Diego and the City of San Diego for a litter cleanup! We will divert litter from our watersheds and keep it from traveling to the Pacific Ocean.
Our staff will have check-in ready for you on-site. Be sure to wear comfortable clothes, closed-toed shoes, some form of sun protection (sunscreen or a hat), and bring a water bottle or two! Staff will be providing everything else you will need!
Please click the registration button below for more information on this specific cleanup location.

Sunset Sweep: Kensington – Kensington Canyon

Join I Love A Clean San Diego and the City of San Diego for a litter cleanup! We will divert litter from our watersheds and keep it from traveling to the Pacific Ocean.

Our staff will have check-in ready for you on-site. Be sure to wear comfortable clothes, closed-toed shoes, some form of sun protection (sunscreen or a hat), and bring a water bottle or two! Staff will be providing everything else you will need!

Please click the registration button below for more information on this specific cleanup location.

Coffee Date Cleanup: Encanto – Southcrest Park

Join I Love A Clean San Diego and Think Blue San Diego for a Valentine’s Day weekend litter cleanup! Meet like-minded people while showing love to our local watersheds.

Our staff will have check-in ready for you on site. Be sure to wear comfortable clothes, closed-toed shoes, some form of sun protection (sunscreen or a hat) and bring a water bottle or two! Staff will be providing everything else you will need!

Please click the registration button below for more information on this specific cleanup location.

RiverBlue Film Screening

Join I Love A Clean San Diego for a journey around the world’s most polluted rivers, as we take a deep dive into the global fashion industry, in our screening of the documentary film RiverBlue on Thursday, January 25 from 7:15 – 9:30 PM.

The film screening will be hosted in the Warren Auditorium at the University of San Diego, and a Q&A session with a panel of local sustainability experts will follow the conclusion of the film.

The film screening begins our two-part ‘World without Water: Solution to Pollution’ event series. Check out our landing page for more details!

Register to receive your free ticket and event details! Thank you to Think Blue San Diego for sponsoring this event.

Oktoberfest Cleanup 2023

Join I Love A Clean San Diego and Think Blue San Diego for a litter cleanup in Loma Portal! We will divert litter from the San Diego River Watershed and keep it from traveling to the Pacific Ocean.

Our staff will be set-up with a check-in table at Bay City Brewing Company. Join us for a talk about our watersheds and recycling right, then grab supplies and help us clean up the community!

Sunset Sweep: Navajo Canyon Cleanup

Join I Love A Clean San DiegoFriends of Navajo Canyon, and Think Blue San Diego for a litter cleanup in Navajo Canyon! We will divert litter from the San Diego River Watershed and keep it from traveling to the Pacific Ocean.

Our staff will be set-up with a check-in table at The Navajo Canyon Trailhead. Join us at 3pm to learn about the canyon and recycling right, then grab supplies and help us clean up! This cleanup is in partnership with Clean CA.

Storm Drain Stenciling Day

The time has come – Join I Love A Clean San Diego and Think Blue San Diego for our twice-annual Storm Drain Stenciling Day at Moutain View Park! We will walk around the neighborhood with cleanup supplies picking up litter and stencil storm drains with a conservation message.

You may be wondering, “What is storm drain stenciling?” Our cities have storm drains those big gaps in the curb you see around our homes and businesses. These gaps are meant to move water out of the neighborhood very quickly so when it rains our streets do not get flooded. This is an important safety feature that keeps us from walking in foot-deep water during the winter.

Because our storm drains are designed to move water quickly through our region out to the coast, they do not have filters that would impede water, which means unintended things like litter can flow with water into the drains and into the ocean!

Therefore, it is important to not only preserve our storm drains, but also remove litter from around them.

By picking up litter with us on Saturday and stenciling drains, you can help protect the neighborhood and all the places downstream, including the Pacific Ocean! You can also earn community service credit for your time.

What do you need for this event? Just a ready-to-help attitude!

  • We provide cleanup supplies and the stenciling kits with maps to help you find drains.
  • Our goal is to have 5 drains stenciled per group.
  • We encourage you to wear clothes you do not mind getting paint on, and closed-toed shoes.
  • KITS ARE FIRST COME FIRST SERVE!!! Arrive on time to secure a kit for your group.

This event requires a signed release-of-liability waiver for all volunteers, and anyone under 18 needs a waiver signed by a guardian. Please download and print the waiver below, sign, and bring with you to this cleanup. No printer? No problem! We will have waivers at the check-in table for volunteers. If you are under 18 please have your guardian check-in with us at the cleanup to sign-off on your participation.

One more thing: if you want to bring your kits home with you to stencil around your neighborhood, please do! Be sure to check in with staff at the table to receive your instructions for totals sheets and reporting the number of drains you complete before you leave with your kits. Thank you for spreading this conservation message!

Saturday, March 25, 2023 9am-11am

Mountain View Park, San Diego, CA 92119

Sunset Sweep: Swan Canyon Cleanup

Join I Love A Clean San Diego, San Diego Canyonlands, and Think Blue San Diego for a litter cleanup in Swan Canyon! We will divert litter from the San Diego Bay Watershed and keep it from traveling to the Pacific Ocean.

Our staff will be set-up with a check-in table at the Menlo Mini Park. Join us at 3pm to learn about the canyon and recycling right, then grab supplies and help us clean up!

We will sort and dispose of litter and after the cleanup you can request community service verification in your Community Hub dashboard.

This event requires a signed release-of-liability waiver for all volunteers, and anyone under 18 needs a waiver signed by a guardian. Please download and print the waiver below, sign, and bring with you to this cleanup.

Sunset Sweep: Kensington Canyon Cleanup


Join I Love A Clean San Diego, San Diego Canyonlands, and Think Blue San Diego for a litter cleanup around the Kensington Canyon neighborhood!

Our staff will be set-up with a check-in table in front of Hoover High School. Join us at 3pm to learn about the area 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.