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Why Cathy Stiefel and Keith Behner Decided To Fuel A Movement

Cathy and Keith are on a mission to make a difference. For more than five years, Cathy Stiefel and Keith Behner have partnered with San Diego Coastkeeper to massively expand the reach of our education …

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Here’s How We Spent Our Summer Vacation

In our mission to build a generation of future leaders that love and respect water as much as we do, we don’t take a break for summer vacation. In fact, often the best time to reach kids is when they don’t think they’re learning. That’s why we partner with after school programs and summer camps for some sneak-attack water education.

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How We Help Teachers Grow Future Leaders

Teachers know that in order to make sure our region has responsible leaders and residents in the future, we must raise a generation of science-minded students with an awareness of our regional water issues and …

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People We Can’t Live Without: Getting to know David and Ann Welborn

OK, maybe it’s a bit extreme to say that we can’t live without them, but it’s not an overstatement to say that our work would not be possible without the support of our donors and …

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When a Safe Harbor Isn’t Safe

Polluted runoff is San Diego County’s number one water quality problem.  It’s what causes the Department of Environmental Health to issue 72-hour polluted beach advisories when it rains and what causes our local streams and …

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What is A Waterkeeper?

As San Diego Coastkeeper’s Waterkeeper, Legal & Policy Director, and attorney, it is my job to ensure that those businesses, governments, and individuals who pollute San Diego’s waters are held accountable and that our waters …

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The polls are in! Kids want to protect our waters

  How San Diego Coastkeeper took water education to the next level in 2015-2016 Project SWELL (Stewardship: Water Education for Lifelong Leadership) is a completely free, standard-aligned K-6 science curriculum about the importance of San …

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What Can Insects Teach Us About Our Water?

San Diego County has at least 360 known pollutant impairments in 166 bodies of water. How do we know? One of the methods that San Diego Coastkeeper uses to identify polluted water is to take …

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How Less Water Can Make Your Garden More Beautiful

We’re so used to planting green lawns in our yards that it may seem like “going brown” is the only way to turn off the garden hose and save water. But you don’t need to …

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Victory! San Diego City Council Passes Bag Ban

San Diego Coastkeeper would like to commend the San Diego City Council for its vote on the City of San Diego Single-Use Carryout Bag Reduction Ordinance, a city-wide ban on disposable, single-use plastic bags. We …

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Why Cathy Stiefel and Keith Behner Decided To Fuel A Movement

Cathy and Keith are on a mission to make a difference. For more than five years, Cathy Stiefel and Keith Behner have partnered with San Diego Coastkeeper to massively expand the reach of our education …

Read More

Here’s How We Spent Our Summer Vacation

In our mission to build a generation of future leaders that love and respect water as much as we do, we don’t take a break for summer vacation. In fact, often the best time to reach kids is when they don’t think they’re learning. That’s why we partner with after school programs and summer camps for some sneak-attack water education.

Read More

How We Help Teachers Grow Future Leaders

Teachers know that in order to make sure our region has responsible leaders and residents in the future, we must raise a generation of science-minded students with an awareness of our regional water issues and …

Read More

People We Can’t Live Without: Getting to know David and Ann Welborn

OK, maybe it’s a bit extreme to say that we can’t live without them, but it’s not an overstatement to say that our work would not be possible without the support of our donors and …

Read More

When a Safe Harbor Isn’t Safe

Polluted runoff is San Diego County’s number one water quality problem.  It’s what causes the Department of Environmental Health to issue 72-hour polluted beach advisories when it rains and what causes our local streams and …

Read More

What is A Waterkeeper?

As San Diego Coastkeeper’s Waterkeeper, Legal & Policy Director, and attorney, it is my job to ensure that those businesses, governments, and individuals who pollute San Diego’s waters are held accountable and that our waters …

Read More

The polls are in! Kids want to protect our waters

  How San Diego Coastkeeper took water education to the next level in 2015-2016 Project SWELL (Stewardship: Water Education for Lifelong Leadership) is a completely free, standard-aligned K-6 science curriculum about the importance of San …

Read More

What Can Insects Teach Us About Our Water?

San Diego County has at least 360 known pollutant impairments in 166 bodies of water. How do we know? One of the methods that San Diego Coastkeeper uses to identify polluted water is to take …

Read More

How Less Water Can Make Your Garden More Beautiful

We’re so used to planting green lawns in our yards that it may seem like “going brown” is the only way to turn off the garden hose and save water. But you don’t need to …

Read More

Victory! San Diego City Council Passes Bag Ban

San Diego Coastkeeper would like to commend the San Diego City Council for its vote on the City of San Diego Single-Use Carryout Bag Reduction Ordinance, a city-wide ban on disposable, single-use plastic bags. We …

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