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Oceanside Celebrates Earth Month 2015

Mar 20 2015

What are you doing for Earth Day?  Whatever part of San Diego County you're in -- there's an Earth Day celebration for you!  Oceanside is home to North County's largest Earth Day celebration on April 19, 2015. Bring the whole family to this free event. Can't make it on the 19th? No problem! The City of Oceanside is celebrating environmental awareness...

Barriers to Zero -- How to Reduce Food Waste

Mar 12 2015

   Hello Zero Wasters, We waste an awful lot of food. On average, Americans throw away 20 lbs of food waste per person per month. The impacts of this are many fold. On the "upstream" side, think about the time, energy and water resources that were used to grow, harvest, process, package, transport and store all of our food. On the "downstream" side, our...

Spring into Energy Savings and Safety at Home

Mar 10 2015

   Did you know that one of the easiest ways to start to live sustainably is to look at how you are using energy at home? Solana Center for Environmental Innovation has partnered with SDG&E to provide these tools to understand where you can save time, energy and money. Spring is the perfect time to take a fresh look on how to make changes that will have...

Fire Mountain Residents Continue Zero Wasting

Mar 4 2015

 This February, we partnered with City of Oceanside for an eight week program to empower the Fire Mountain community to go green and reduce unnecessary waste through a series of weekend workshops! This past weekend, we kept it moving by engaging in a hands-on assessment of how to keep items out of the landfill. We dissected and scrutinized brave and...

Dig It! Organic Garden Festival

Feb 26 2015

This looks like the perfect festival for garden lovers! Our friends at Jimbo's Naturally are hosting an Organic Garden Festival at their Escondido location. Check it out for farmer demonstrations, advice, tips and the chance to speak to the growers directly! 

Troubleshooting Your Traditional Compost Bin: Master Composter Training Tips

Feb 25 2015

Compost is a very forgiving process. There are many "roads to Rome," and no two compost piles are alike. But sometimes things don't seem to be going exactly how you want them to. Here are some common compost concerns and how to handle them. Every composter begins with their own unique blend of compostable materials and expectations. Composting is a dynamic...

Why let the Rainwater in Your Compost Pile

Feb 25 2015

Let’s Talk Trash! The 5 R’s to Zero Waste

Feb 22 2015

The City of Oceanside is committed to waste diversion and recycling. Our goal is Zero Waste and we encourage and challenge everyone who lives, works, and visits Oceanside to embrace the Road to Zero Waste. Zero Waste is an achievable goal and to help everyone achieve this goal it is important to remember and follow the 5 R’s of sustainability: Reduce, Reuse...

Successful launch to Love Your Planet program!!

Feb 16 2015

Thanks to all who were able to attend the first team workshop. We appreciated all your questions and contributions. We've got great teams and we're excited for our next workshops (in two weeks). Thanks tons to the wonderful folks who opened their homes and patios for our presentations. And thanks also to our dedicated Master Composter volunteers. They stand...

Conserving energy saves money but when that isn't enough there is CARE!

Feb 16 2015

By simply conserving energy we can all reduce our monthly energy bills but for some families it still isn’t enough. This month we are CARE-ing by sharing the word about SDG&E’s CARE program which offers a minimum 20% discount for qualified families. There are 2 ways to qualify for the CARE discount: Total household income Participation in a qualifying...

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