Emerald Keepers High School interns are offering a fun-filled camp at Coronado High School's community garden for elementary school aged children to learn about the importance of protecting our environment. Campers will enjoy exciting outdoor activities, arts and crafts, and interactive lessons on sustainability as they learn about native seeds and pollinators, paint flower pots and plant their very own plant. This session is for elementary school kids only.

Click here to register.

Middle schoolers, grades 6-8, can join Emerald Keepers High School interns for a fun-filled morning at Coronado High School's community garden to learn about the importance of protecting our environment. Campers will enjoy exciting outdoor activities, arts and crafts, and interactive lessons on sustainability as they learn about native seeds and pollinators, paint flower pots and plant their very own plant. The morning session is for middle-school children only.

Click here to register.

We have been all too accustomed to the throwaway lifestyle. If something doesn’t work, throw it out and buy a new one. Because of this behavior, our landfills are filling rapidly, and electronic waste has become one of the largest pollution generators. So why not learn how to fix it?

Bring your broken, non-functioning things: electronics, appliances, computers, toys, bicycles, clothes, etc., for assessment, disassembly, and possible repair. We’ll provide workspace, specialty tools, and guidance to help you disassemble and troubleshoot your item. Whether we fix it or not, you’ll learn more about how it was manufactured and how it worked. This is a free, family-friendly event: children are heartily invited!

Slots to fix items fill up early, so RSVP today.

This event is sponsored by Emerald Keepers, the City of Coronado, and the Coronado Public Library.

We’re meeting at the Il Fornaio parking lot to clean up a stretch of the bay. Look for the Emerald Keepers flag. Bring your buckets and pickers, if you have them. Emerald Keepers will have extras on hand. See you there!

Emerald Keepers is supporting the Navy’s Delta Beach cleanup. Come help clear trash on this stretch of beach along the bay. This area is usually closed. because it is a critical habitat for the western snowy plover and the California least tern under the Endangered Species Act. 

Experience this part of the Silver Strand not normally open to Navy personnel or the public and help out our feathered friends in the process.. 

We will have pickers and buckets on hand. Meet at the south entrance in the Fiddler’s Cove parking lot, which is open to the public. Look for the Emerald Keepers flag.

We’re meeting at the Il Fornaio parking lot to clean up a stretch of the bay. Look for the Emerald Keepers flag. Bring your buckets and pickers, if you have them. Emerald Keepers will have extras on hand. See you there!

Emerald Keepers is proud to partner with the US Navy on this important cleanup of Delta Beach. Look for the Emerald Keeper’s feather flag at Fiddler’s Cove in the parking lot outside the Navy Yacht Club. We are meeting at 10am. Bring your bucket and pickup sticks. Wear closed toe shoes, hat and sunscreen and bring a water bottle. Every year we clean both ends of the beach but never clean the center section of the beach as well as we would like. This year, we are targeting the center of the beach and working back toward the parking lot. See you there!

Join the San Diego Bird Alliance (formerly the San Diego Audubon Society) for a fall community planting at Grand Caribe Shoreline Park in the Cays from 9:30am to 1pm Saturday, October 19 to remove invasive weeds and plant natives.

All supplies will be provided including tools, gloves, water and snacks. Bring a hat and a reusable water bottle and wear closed-toe shoes. Register with the San Diego Bird Alliance here.

Emerald Keepers is partnering with local environmental groups to raise awareness about the cross-border sewage crisis. Come down to Pier Plaza in Imperial Beach between noon and 4pm for this free opportunity to promote solitary in advocating for a solution to this the ongoing disaster.

Part of the Tijuana River Action Month, Unite to Heal Our Coast is hosted by the the San Diego Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation in partnership with Un Mar de Colores, San Diego Coastkeeper, Friends of Friendship Park, Sierra Club San Diego, Emerald Keepers, San Diego Bird Alliance, Spirit Runners and the Transboundary Pollution Coalition for Advocacy and Healing.

The afternoon will include speakers, live music, dance, and informative displays. Bring your signs for a short march during the event, and be sure to look for the Emerald Keepers table.

More than 20 nonprofit organizations, including Emerald Keepers, will be on hand to connect residents with volunteer opportunities. Stop by between 4:30 and 6:30pm, Thursday, October 10 at the John D. Spreckels Center, 1019 7th Street. 

Our Emerald Keepers interns will be at the STEM fair, which will be held in conjunction with the City of Coronado's Public Safely Open House on Oct. 6. The fair will be held 11am to 2pm in front of the Coronado High School Performing Arts Center, 650 D Ave.

The event, which is organized by high school students and geared toward elementary and middle school students, will include information on STEM-related careers, educational displays, and interactive activities.

The Border Pollution Coalition is offering free Public Health Forums Saturday, October 5. Pick one or go to all three. Click here to RSVP. 

Emerald Keepers is joining San Diego Working Waterfront’s 34th annual Operation Clean Sweep from 8am to 10am, Saturday, Aug. 24, to help clean up San Diego Bay. 

We will be cleaning the Ferry Landing area. Meet at the parking lot behind Ilfornaio, and look for the Emerald Keepers feather flag. 

Participants will receive an Operation Clean Sweep T-shirt, which will be the ticket for entry to the after party at Cesar Chavez Park, 1449 Cesar E Chavez Parkway, San Diego.

Join the Coronado Fourth of July Committee and Emerald Keepers bright and early on July 5 to help remove fireworks debris from the golf course. Meet at 6:00 am sharp at the intersection of Glorietta Boulevard and Vista Place. With a big group of volunteers, we should be finished by 8 a.m.

Please bring your buckets and pickers. Emerald Keepers will also have supplies on hand (as well as treats for volunteers). If you are a paddler, consider going out early to look for floating debris around Sting Ray Point and toward the bridge. We will have a very high tide (7.03’) during the fireworks with a low tide at 4:17am (-1.41’) on the 5th.

Emerald Keepers, Coronado Public Library, and the Coronado Cultural Arts Commission are proud to present the 2024 Coronado High School Chalk Walk: Creation Environmental Change Through the Power of Art. Don’t miss this fan-favorite event with gorgeous chalks by Coronado High School student artists on the walkways at the Coronado Public Library. Stop by the tents to learn more about environmental issues in Coronado and sustainable practices. Led by CHS art teacher, Laura Hill, the teams of artists will enlarge their designs in vivid colors. This year will be the largest chalk event since before the pandemic. We look forward to seeing you there! FREE.

Curious how EVs work? Talk to EV owners and check out a variety of models during the annual MotorCars on MainStreet.

DO YOU HAVE AN EV?

Emerald Keepers is looking for a few more people to display their EV at the EV exhibit located on Flora Avenue next to Star Park. You can park your car at the event for attendees to view, or you can stay with your car to talk to attendees about your EV experience. Emerald Keepers will provide coffee, snacks, and lunch for particpants.

Unlike the classic cars, there is no cost for an EV to participate in Motor Cars on Main Street. If you are interested in bringing your EV, please use the following link to register as a participant and input coupon code “EMERALDEV” at check out. Once the coupon code is accepted, the cost updates to $0.

Emerald Keepers interns are hosting two day camps at the CHS garden. Designed for 1st-5th graders who love nature, gardening, the outdoors, or want to learn more about the planet. Kids will learn how to compost, garden, and why they should be sustainable with earth-themed crafts and games. Grades 1-3: 9-11am only; Grades 4-5: 1-3pm only. $25 per child. Click here for information and registration.

The City of Coronado and EDCO are sponsoring this event at the City Hall north parking lot, 1825 Strand Way. Items, such as old bank statements or other personal records, are limited to two bankers boxes or containers measuring no greater than 10 inches by 12 inches by 15 inches per household. Residents also may drop off unwanted electronics, including TVs, computer monitors, printers, fax machines, VCRs, DVD players and answering machines.

Awards for posters and digital posters for Grades 3-8. Winn Room.

Celebrate Earth Day with a screening of We Are All Plastic People Now, suitable for ages 13 and up. The evening will include the High School Art & Media Competition Awards and a post-screening discussion by the Emerald Keepers interns. Winn Room. Doors open at 5pm.

Posters are due at the Public Library desk by 5pm. Videos need to be uploaded to info@emeraldkeepers.org. Click here for more information.

Meet at the beach by Il Fornaio at the Ferry Landing to clean up the shoreline along the bay. Please bring a water bottle, a picker and a bucket, if you have one. Wear sunscreen, a hat and gloves.

Emerald Keepers, the City of Coronado, and the Coronado Public Library are hosting a Fix It Clinic on March 9. Keep items out of the landfill by repairing them. RSVP is required for item repair with the Fixit Clinic coaches.

Learn how to:

• Fix broken appliances and gadgets 

• Repair road and mountain bikes

• Mend your favorite outfit