The Ultimate E-Waste Project ILoveACleanSD 2025-04-05 | We are on a mission to keep as much Electronic Waste out of our landfills as possible.But this all starts with knowing where to recycle it in the first place. This incredible art piece is a collective statement of the importance of reducing our consumption and recycling properly. We are what we consume, but we are also what we create. Visit wastefreesd.org to find a dropoff site for your different types of waste today! Help us create a cleaner san diego.
I Love A Clean San Diego: What We Do. Who We Are. ILoveACleanSD 2024-10-18 | To learn more about our programs and how you can get involved visit CleanSD.org
Your Recycling Questions Answered! ILoveACleanSD 2023-12-22 | You asked your most pressing recycling questions and here are our answers! If you have any more questions on anything recycling related, check out our free database, Wastefreesd.org, to find drop-off, pick-up, and donating resources available near you.
San Diego County Coastal Cleanup Day 2021 ILoveACleanSD 2021-09-18 | Happy Coastal Cleanup Day! All of us at I Love A Clean San Diego thank you, the thousands of registered volunteers across San Diego County who will be removing litter from our streets and joining in on the 37th Annual Coastal Cleanup Day! Remember to report your litter to include it in the international event. Have a great cleanup event and share your experience by tagging us @iloveacleansd.
6th Annual Zero Waste Fair - June 12th, 2021 ILoveACleanSD 2021-06-14 | I Love A Clean San Diego County and the City of Encinitas invite San Diego County residents to celebrate and learn about all things zero waste! Whether you are curious about what exactly zero waste means, or are actively working towards a low waste lifestyle, this unique event touches on a variety of topics and issues related to sustainability.Although the 2021 fair was presented in a virtual format, special guests joined I Love A Clean San Diego and expanded on helpful information delivered in many of our traditional workshops and webinars. We dug deeper into common topics, explored new themes, and brought in local voices to further develop the discussion. Throughout the event, I Love A Clean San Diego’s Environmental Educators guided attendees through half hour and quarter hour live segments. 0:00 Welcome to the Zero Waste Fair!15:58 Climate Action Planning with the City of Encinitas30:25 Environmental Justice with San Diego Urban Sustainability Coalition1:01:46 Organics Recycling Through Anaerobic Digestion with EDCO1:30:15 Feeding the Soil by Composting with the Solana Center2:00:35 Solutions to Reducing Food Waste with the San Diego Food Systems Alliance2:32:54 Recycling, E-Waste, and Hazardous Waste Guidelines with ILACSD3:01:54 Sustainable Fashion Q&A with Megan McSherry of Acteevism3:27:58 Low Waste Living Q&A with The Zero Waste Family3:52:35 Wrapping Up the Zero Waste Fair
19th Annual Creek to Bay Cleanup: Report Your Litter Totals ILoveACleanSD 2021-04-16 | Register today for the Countywide Creek to Bay Cleanup and have fun reporting your litter totals! Check out the Volunteer Impact Map throughout the day on April 24th and visit CreektoBay.org to see the growing tally from reporting like yours.
Bucket Drive: Cleanup Kit Pickup for Creek to Bay 2021 ILoveACleanSD 2021-04-07 | I Love A Clean San Diego is hosting a Bucket Drive Saturday, April 10th from 9 AM - 1 PM at our office in Kearny Mesa. Swap out those disposable cleanup supplies for a zero waste, upcycled, cleanup kit! Donate $30 or more to our organization through the Drop in the Bucket program link: https://checkout.square.site/buy/VZWIZF3C74JQDUZTAVI76FI5, then drive up, and pick up your cleanup kit as a thank you gift!
19th Annual Creek to Bay Cleanup: Registration is Now Open ILoveACleanSD 2021-04-01 | Register Today for the 19th Annual Creek to Bay Cleanup at CreektoBay.org! Volunteer for the largest environmental action event in San Diego County. Help remove polluting litter in your neighborhood on Saturday, April 24th.
I Love A Clean San Diego Community Cleanup ILoveACleanSD 2021-03-15 | This video breaks down the details of how to participate in your community cleanup. It includes safety requirements, a recycling guide and finally, how to report your litter totals. Thank you for volunteering!
Recycled Crafts: Toilet Paper Tube Binoculars ILoveACleanSD 2021-02-24 | Wondering how to teach your kids about Zero Waste? Recycled crafts are a great place to start! Creating crafts from materials you already have at home is the perfect way to help teach your children about the importance of resource conservation and upcycling.Check out this How To Video for step by step instructions for making some upcycled binoculars! Or visit I Love A Clean San Diego's Blog for more!ilacsd.org/2021/02/24/recycled-crafts-binoculars
Coastal Cleanup Day 2020 Kickoff ILoveACleanSD 2020-09-26 | Welcome to the 36th Annual Coastal Cleanup Day! Thank you for joining this morning’s virtual kickoff, featuring encouragement from Senator Toni G. Atkins and important cleanup tips and safety info. With more than 7,000 registered volunteers countywide, you are part of a global movement to remove pollution from our connected eco-systems. Please remember to #ReportYourData after your cleanup today!If you haven't registered yet, visit CleanupDay.org now to join in.Please share your experience with us today by tagging us and using #CCD2020 on all your social platforms!Thank you to our partners City of San Diego Think Blue San DiegoCounty of San Diego - Government San Diego Gas & ElectricOcean Conservancy @The California Coast Coca-Cola Wells Fargo Qualcomm Cox CBS 8 - San Diego News Bank of America
Coastal Cleanup Day: Reporting Data ILoveACleanSD 2020-09-21 | How does litter data collected make a difference?In this video, Community Partnership Coordinator, Jackie Blumenthal shares why it's so important to #reportyourdata! So, register today, remember to upload your data by the 28th and get automatically entered to win some awesome prizes!Tune in for our Facebook live kick-off @ 9:00AM on the 26th before you get out there and check in the rest of the week to hear from local leaders and our #CommunityChampions!
Coastal Cleanup Day: San Diego Countys Watersheds ILoveACleanSD 2020-09-14 | Learn about the 11 #watersheds in San Diego County that drain directly into the Pacific Ocean and how it impacts the wildlife in our region.In this video, Community Outreach Coordinator, Michelle Kearney shares why it's so important to #cleanup in our neighborhoods to ultimately keep our #oceans clean! So, register today, remember to #reportyourdata on the 26th and be sure to tune in for our Facebook live kick-off @ 9:00AM as well as throughout the month for messages from local leaders and community champions.This week we will be sharing messages from local #wildlife advocacy groups that have participated in #CoastalCleanupDay in the past.
Coastal Cleanup Day: How to Get Involved ILoveACleanSD 2020-09-09 | Want to learn more about how to get involved in Coastal Cleanup Day 2020? Have questions about how to stay safe during YOUR cleanup? In this video, Community Programs Coordinator, Lauren Short shares all the details and explains how this local effort will contribute to environmental efforts across the planet. So, register today, remember to report your data on the 26th and be sure to tune in for our live kick-off @ 9:00AM and throughout the month for messages from local leaders and community champions. This week we will be featuring messages from habitat advocacy groups!
Coastal Cleanup Day: Registration is now OPEN! ILoveACleanSD 2020-09-01 | Register now at Cleanupday.org! Free online registration is now open.I Love A Clean San Diego's Community Programs Manager, Lauren, shares a message from Eben Schwartz of the California Coastal Commission.This year, cleaning the coast will start at our own front doors. Whether you’re coastal or inland, it all makes a huge impact on the health of our waterways and oceans. Sign up to get out and get active in your neighborhood along with thousands of other small cleanup efforts to make a lasting environmental impact. For safety reasons, there are no large, centrally organized cleanup sites this year. Instead, cleanups will be self-guided and close to home with a virtual kickoff event broadcast through Facebook Live @ 9am on I Love A Clean San Diego’s Facebook page.Thank you for staying safe, cleaning your neighborhoods, and protecting the coast!
Kids Ocean Day: Inspiring Youth Take Action to Protect Our Oceans ILoveACleanSD 2019-11-23 | An amazing video of kids taking action to protect our oceans highlighted by breathtaking aerial art made by the children themselves as they gather together on beaches.
Celebrating Our 65th Anniversary! ILoveACleanSD 2019-11-23 | I Love A Clean San Diego celebrated 65 years of environmental education, volunteerism and zero waste living in San Diego County. This fun recap of the November 2019 event shows that we take our mission seriously, but like to have fun doing it.
2018 Creek to Bay Cleanup ILoveACleanSD 2018-04-16 | Sign up today for the 16th annual Creek to Bay! Join I Love A Clean San Diego for one of our largest cleanups of the year on April 21, 2018! We hope to see you there!
Kids Ocean Day is Around the Corner! ILoveACleanSD 2018-04-12 | Join ILACSD for our annual Kids' Ocean Day event on May 24th, 2018 at South Mission Beach! More details at CleanSD.org!
Kids Ocean Day ILoveACleanSD 2017-08-15 | Kids’ Ocean Day inspires students to be a voice for change as part of an international movement. Since 1998, ILACSD has partnered with the California Coastal Commission to unite students from underserved communities in a beach cleanup, which culminates in creating an aerial art image. This living art piece, only visible from the sky, empowers the global community to protect our life-giving oceans. This annual event magnifies the importance of the ocean and underscores the connection between students’ inland actions and the health of our ocean.
Midway Journey II Bottle Caps ILoveACleanSD 2016-08-09 | Bottle caps and plastic may seem harmless, but it's a very different story for the birds of Midway Island. Follow the journey of your bottle caps from San Diego to Midway in this video!
I Love A Clean San Diego from Cox Communications ILoveACleanSD 2016-08-09 | As San Diego’s most influential advocate for sustainability, I Love a Clean San Diego (ILACSD) strives to awakening passion and inspiring action, empowering everyone to improve the health and beauty of our local environment.Thank you, Cox Communications for continuing to support a clean and sustainable San Diego!
Creek to Bay registration is open!- April 23,2016 ILoveACleanSD 2016-08-09 | I Love A Clean San Diego's signature countywide cleanup event is happening at a record amount of cleanup sites! Register to join us!
ILACSD Celebrates 60th Anniversary! ILoveACleanSD 2016-08-09 | I Love A Clean San Diego has been keeping San Diego clean and beautiful for 60 years! Thank you, Cox Communication for your generous support of our work.
Zero Waste Workshops ILoveACleanSD 2016-08-09 | I Love A Clean San Diego partnered with Healthy Day Partners and the City of Encinitas to provide a series of Sustainable Living workshops focused on reducing waste, and making the most of valuable resources. I Love A Clean San Diego hosted four of the workshops, each one centered around zero waste lifestyle practices. Learn more about upcoming workshops at: http://www.cleansd.org!
Whispering Sands Beach Cleanup in La Jolla ILoveACleanSD 2016-08-02 | One of our Community Outreach Interns recently organized a beach cleanup at Whispering Sands Beach in La Jolla as part of her internship project. This provided her with the opportunity to share information with volunteers about proper recycling and waste disposal, as well as more information on ILACSD's Adopt a Beach Program. In the two-hour cleanup volunteers collected approximately 15 lbs. of trash, and over 400 cigarette butts! To conclude her project, she created a short video clip of the beach cleanup. Enjoy!
Recycling at Home in San Diego ILoveACleanSD 2016-05-02 | Have you ever tossed something into the recycling bin and hoped for the best that it is actually recyclable? No need to guess any longer - get caught up to speed about what belongs in your blue bin and what is trash with our latest video.
Chula Vista students love a CLEAN San Diego ILoveACleanSD 2015-05-01 | Chula Vista Living Community Charter loves a CLEAN San Diego! Do you? Our environmental educators kicked off the morning with 150 2nd graders and an ocean conservation assembly. Following the assembly, students put words into action by cleaning up the area surrounding the local marina. Once trash finds its way to the bay and ultimately, the Pacific Ocean, it poses a lot of health risks for marine life and people, too. Learn more about our environmental education programs at www.CleanSD.org!
WastefreeSD Tutorial ILoveACleanSD 2014-10-16 | Video tutorial of how to use I Love a Clean San Diego's recycling database, WasteFreeSD.org
ILACSDs Environmental Education Presentations ILoveACleanSD 2014-08-01 | At I Love A Clean San Diego, we believe that education provides the inspiration and incentive for behavioral change – change that will positively impact our regional environment and minimize our community’s ecological footprint.
I Love A Clean San Diego Celebrates its 60th Anniversary! ILoveACleanSD 2014-06-25 | ILACSD has been a leader in protecting the local environment in San Diego for 60 years! From the War Against Litter Committee to present day, watch as we walk through time to see how ILACSD and local environmental issues have evolved over the years.
How Love Was Found at Cupids Cleanup ILoveACleanSD 2014-01-31 | On February 11, 2007, two people met while cleaning up the beach, and their lives were forever changed. Meet Julie & Ken, who met at I Love A Clean San Diego's Cupid's Cleanup!
San Diego Coastal Cleanup Day 2012 ILoveACleanSD 2012-12-05 | Thank you to all of our Coastal Cleanup Day volunteers, sponsors, and supporters! This year's event had over 7,200 volunteers who removed over 125,000 pounds of trash and debris at 88 cleanup sites throughout San Diego County! The mission of CCD is to engage volunteers of all ages to remove trash and debris from our local community and waterways; to identify the sources of debris; and ultimately change the behaviors that cause pollution.
¿Qué se puede reciclar en San Diego? ILoveACleanSD 2012-11-14 | La coordinadora de educación de I Love A Clean San Diego, Monica, te dice lo que se puede reciclar y no reciclar en tu contenedor azul en la ciudad de San Diego y en el condado. Para más información sobre reciclar y el desecho de residuos peligrosas, favor de llamar nuestra Línea de Ayuda bilingüe al 1-800-237-2583
What Can You Recycle in San Diego? ILoveACleanSD 2012-11-14 | I Love A Clean San Diego's Director of Education, Samantha, gives you the low down on what you can and can't recycle in your home recycling blue bins in both the City of San Diego and the County of San Diego. Visit www.WasteFreeSD.org for more information on recycling and hazardous waste disposal!
Storm Drain Stenciling Instructional Video ILoveACleanSD 2012-10-29 | Interested in how our Storm Drain Stenciling program works? Watch this brief educational video and learn how to stencil a pollution prevention message onto storm drains in San Diego!Want to get involved? Contact Carly Keen at ckeen@cleansd.org for more information!
ILACSD Meets at the Border for Bi-National Press Event ILoveACleanSD 2012-09-10 | Coastal Cleanup Day 2012
I Love A Clean San Diego Donation Drive 2012 ILoveACleanSD 2012-08-07 | Whether you live Santee or Ocean Beach, Oceanside or Chula Vista, you can preserve the San Diego way of life we all know and love just by donating to I Love A Clean San Diego! This week, we are hosting our annual Donation Drive. We've set a goal to raise $4,500 in one week to help us purchase much needed supplies and equipment so that we can continue to reach more people and clean more areas all around San Diego County. Donate today at www.CleanSD.org!
Daisy Scouts lend at hand at Creek to Bay 2012 ILoveACleanSD 2012-05-03 | A local Daisy Scout troop found a large piece plywood at the Creek to Bay Cleanup and worked together as a team to get it into the dumpster.
Why We Love the Creek to Bay Cleanup ILoveACleanSD 2012-04-23 | I Love A Clean San Diego is celebrating 10 years of our signature event, the Creek to Bay Cleanup! Meet the I Love A Clean San Diego team and some of this year's site captains as they tell us why this event is so important to San Diego.
Creek to Bay 2012: Los Coches Creek ILoveACleanSD 2012-04-19 | Annette and Bill, two site captains at the Los Coches Creek cleanup site that runs through Rancho Los Coches RV Park in Lakeside, talk about why they think the Creek to Bay Cleanup is important to our local environment
CalTrans Litter Day 2012, Creek to Bay Partnership ILoveACleanSD 2012-04-19 | ILACSD's Executive Director speaks at CalTrans Litter Day about the new partnership between CalTrans and ILACSD at the 2012 Creek to Bay Cleanup. Together with concerned residents of University Heights, ILACSD will have its first ever cleanup site at the 163 on ramp at the Vermont St. bridge!
Littering Is Wrong Too San Diego Press Conference ILoveACleanSD 2012-02-24 | San Diego Mayor, Jerry Sanders, and Keep California Beautiful Executive Director, Christine Flowers, join I Love A Clean San Diego to kick off the Littering Is Wrong Too campaign. Learn more at www.LitteringIsWrongToo.org!
Clean Beach Coalition on Fox5 News ILoveACleanSD 2011-08-18 | As a member of the San Diego Clean Beach Coalition, ILACSD and other stakeholders are interviewed about plans for keeping local beaches clean over the 4th of July weekend (2011).
