Seasonal happenings, zero-waste school lunches, and more!
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Dear neighbors,
If you were one of the many people who made a last-minute rain barrel purchase, I’m sure your barrels filled during the recent storms! 🌧
Store Notes: Solana Center's store will be closed tomorrow, September 2nd for the Labor Day weekend. Our batteries and lightbulb recycling program is closed until further noticedue to difficulty with the City of Encinitas’ hauler agreement. Our electronic-waste recycling program is still open after September 2nd.
Community Giving:San Diego Gives, a county-wide campaign to catalyze San Diegans to learn about and support local nonprofits, kicked off last month and will culminate in a coordinated giving day onSeptember 7th. Please visit our SD Gives page to learn about our new, impactful programs, including the region’s only Climate Solutions Resource Center.
This fall, migratory birds will begin to arrive in San Diego, including the white-crowned sparrow, cedar waxwing, and surf scoter. Orb weaver spiders grow their largest in the fall, spinning feet-long webs that can reach across an entire driveway! 🕷🕸 Bats will also arrive in coastal San Diego County, spending their time in rocky areas such as Mission Trails and Los Peñasquitos Canyon Reserve. Learn more about San Diego's autumnal occurrences here or watch a video with more details here.
Check Out Our Updated Tool Lending Library!
Need tools for your outdoor or garden projects? Consider borrowing a tool from us through our Tool Lending Library for a $5 - $25 refundable deposit!
At Solana Center, we believe that composting is a journey on which you never stop learning. Whether you're a seasoned composter or starting your very first pile, there is always room for growth!
Solana Center offers FREE 30-minute consultations to any resident of unincorporated San Diego County to answer composting questions. These consultations can assist in anything including: common issues, starting a new compost pile, properly incorporating compost into your soil, composting manure, using the bokashi method, and more. Whether you are a beginner or have been composting for decades, our educators are here to help you on your composting journey!
Joanna is going into her second year at U.C. Berkeley and Arianna is entering her senior year of high school. Both are passionate about the environment and dedicated many hours of their summer breaks to volunteer at Solana Center, helping with activities from working the store to worm wrangling.
Thank you, Joanna and Arianna! Your help has been such a gift throughout this busy summer. ☀️
San Diego Residents: Positive Impacts of Organic Waste Recycling are Immediate
Attention San Diego residents! Did you know that organic waste – food scraps, food-soiled paper products, wood, and yard trimmings – accounts for about 40% of the waste in our landfills? Once left to decompose in a landfill, organic waste produces methane, a pollutant that traps the sun’s heat, warms the atmosphere, and accelerates climate change.
While recycling organic waste is new for many of us, it is an important and immediate solution to reduce the impacts of climate change and ensure a more sustainable future that benefits all of us. By simply putting the right materials in the correct containers, we can all have a direct impact on the outcome of what that waste produces, reducing damage to our environment.
Adding compost to soil helps increase our resilience against the effects of climate change and drought by increasing the soil's ability to retain moisture and helping us conserve water. One of the other processes used to recycle organic waste can create natural gas, which is trapped and cleaned to power vehicle fleets and generate energy.
Solana Center is a member of the international 1% for the Planet network. As a nonprofit partner, we are eligible to receive donations from 1% for the Planet businesses and individuals, on behalf of members’ annual 1% commitment.
Looking for other ways to give back? It is easy to include us in your will (contact treasurer@solanacenter.org for more details) or make a recurring gift that keeps on giving to your community.
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