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Free electronic waste collection and recycling event in Orange on 10/22

[ October 22, 2011; 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. ]

Global e-Recyclers is partnering with the 1st Presbyterian Church of Orange to host a FREE electronic waste collection and recycling event! Go green! It’s FREE!  Properly dispose of your electronics and benefit your local community!

Event Date: Saturday, October 22nd, 9 AM – 3 PMLocation: Grand Street Center Parking Lot @ 146 Grand St, Orange, CA [...]

National Public Lands Day at Santiago Park

[ September 24, 2011; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ]

Back to Natives Restoration “National Public Lands Day at Santiago Park”

Come assist Back to Natives in restoring habitat for animals at the Santiago Park Nature Reserve in Santa Ana!

Bring gloves, sunscreen, a re-usable water bottle filled with water, hat, and closed toed shoes.

Who: YOU!

What: Habitat Restoration

When: Saturday, 9/24/11, 9AM – 12PM

Where: Santiago Park Nature Reserve [...]

Inner-Coastal Watershed Clean-up at the Santiago Park Nature Reserve on 9/17

[ September 17, 2011; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ]

The Inner-Coastal Watershed Clean-up is taking place on September 17th between 9am and 12pm.

Watershed Clean-up registration begins at 9am at the Nature Center at: 600 E. Memory Lane, Santa Ana, CA 92706.

Santiago Creek Wildlife and Watershed at Santiago Park Nature Reserve
Volunteer Event: Creek and Park Clean Up
Site Address and Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Santiago [...]

Zumba Summer Night in downtown Santa Ana this Friday night, 8/19

[ August 19, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ]

Join us for a Hot Sizzling Zumba Summer Night, this Friday, August 19, 2011, from 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM, at the Manhattan Plaza in the Santa Ana Artist Village (downtown Santa Ana), located at 200 North Main Street, in downtown Santa Ana.  Only $15.00/person for 90 minutes of exhilarating, calorie burning dance fitness party!

Please support our on-going efforts to help a local organization called [...]

Edible landscaping with Back to Natives on August 13, at Santiago Park

[ August 8, 2011; 11:00 pm; ]

Join Brian Maddock from Back to Natives this Saturday, August 13, from 1-4PM, to learn about creating an edible landscape using Native Plants and other non-invasive foodplants that compliment Natives. Participants will learn about the biological relationship between plants, microorganisms, and soil; and discover how to create a harmonious system that recycles waste and adds nutrients [...]

Composting workshop with Back to Natives at Santiago Park on July 23

[ July 21, 2011; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ]

Composting Workshop with Back to Natives

Saturday, 7/23/11, 1-4PM

Join Brian Maddock from Back to Natives to learn the step by step process of decomposition and the conditions necessary for composting efficiently. Brian will discuss appropriate composting material and the importance of brown to green waste ratio. This class will explore the many techniques used to compost organic [...]

Eat at Pinkberry on July 23 and support Back to Natives Restoration

[ July 23, 2011; August 18, 2011; September 22, 2011; ]

This summer you can support Back to Natives Restoration by eating at your favorite Santa Ana restaurants.

Back to Natives Restoration is dedicated to the restoration and conservation of Orange County and California wildlands, through education and restoration programs featuring native plants as a centralizing theme. BTN promotes native plants, as well as habitat restoration and [...]

Join the Back to Natives “Barnraising” at Santiago Park on Saturday, July 23

[ July 23, 2011; 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. ]

Greenhouse “Barnraising”

Saturday, July 23, Two shifts starting at 8AM!

Join Back to Natives Restoration (BTN) this coming Saturday, July 23, starting at 8 am, to help install the final parts for the shade screen cover and dig the holes for the propagation benches and move in the DG floor for BTN’s new greenhouse at the Back [...]

Mayor Pulido tries to save historical trees at Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido personally intervened to save three jacaranda trees at Santa Ana High School, after he found out that the SAUSD School Board had approved the destruction of those trees and a number of historical deodora pine trees to pave the way for a new drop-off and pick-up area, according to the [...]

Forests, Faeries, and Mudberries: A Santa Ana Reforestation Festival

Forests, Faeries and Mudberries

[ June 18, 2011; 6:30 pm to 11:00 pm. ]

On June 18th, Santa Ana’s very own Joni Renee will host “Forests, Faeries, and Mudberries”, a multi-gallery art charity event sponsored by the Amazon Conservation Association, American Chestnut Foundation, Tree People, American Forests and Forest Trends.

The purpose of this event is to raise awareness and funding for reforestation of our planet. All art is fairy, [...]

Free electronics recycling event at the Mainplace Mall this weekend

Estewards

[ June 11, 2011; 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. June 12, 2011; 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. ]

Do you have old electronics cluttering up your attic or garage?  The OC Chamber of Commerce and the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce have teamed up with All Green to help you get rid of them responsibly–absolutely free of charge!

Bring all of your old electronics to the event, All Green will accept almost anything that [...]

Laid-off Santa Ana schoolteacher reinvents herself and launches day camp

Eco Education

Press Release, For Immediate Release
Contact: Béa Tiritilli, 714-292-2899; info@eco-es.com
Béa Tomaselli Tiritilli left a long commute to her secure job at an inland public high school for a teaching job in Orange—just before the recession hit.
“After ten years at the same school, my career morphed into a series of short- term school contracts punctuated by layoffs [...]

Exchange your gas powered mower for an electric mower, on July 23

Lawn Mower Exchange

[ July 23, 2011; ]

How would you like to get rid of your gasoline powered lawn mower and exchange it for a new electric lawn mower – that won’t pollute our environment?

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) is hosting a lawnmower exchange program on July 23, in Anaheim.

Residents living within the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s 4-county [...]

Orange County’s sustainable communities strategy

Sustainable Community

Dear Orange County Stakeholder:
The Orange County Council of Governments (OCCOG) wants your input on a planning effort that your organization may be interested in relating to transportation, land use planning, and potential health benefits.
In late 2009, Orange County embarked on a first-ever attempt to develop and implement a subregional Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS) as required by [...]

West Floral Park’s Open Garden Day this Saturday, May 14

West Floral Park Open Garden Day

[ May 14, 2011; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. ]

Come visit the West Floral Park Neighborhood Association’s “Open Garden Day,” on Saturday, May 14.

Twelve of their lovely gardens will be open for touring from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A variety of gardens will be showcased including entertainment spaces, park-like settings, vegetable & herb gardens, and intimate relaxation retreats.

New this year–Garden Bazaar offering unique artisan [...]

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