Participants will take a fun educational walk through Otay Watershed
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 14, 2011 – Urban runoff, the single biggest threat to San Diego water, continues to impact the region’s water quality of inland and coastal waters. On Dec. 6, San Diego Coastkeeper invites residents to its Signs of the Tide: Put a LID on Pollution event to find out how they can stop the urban runoff and save the region’s waters from pollution.
Moderated by Robert Santos, a weathercaster and reporter at ABC10 News, the attendees will learn from the various experts about low impact development (LID) and options San Diego has to implement this urban runoff prevention tool.
The speakers include:
• Edward Beldenwill, a US Green Council Boardmember and principal at SCALEgreen LLC, will discuss the major LID features in Southern California. He will address LID costs and benefits, including reducing polluted runoff, improved water supply and flood control.
• Bill Harris, supervising public information officer for the City of San Diego, will answer the questions like why San Diego needs the LID and the outcomes of using LID in our community.
• Leslie Ryan, landscape architecture department chair at the NewSchool of Architecture and Design, will explore a real-world low impact development designs to address current problems with stormwater and flooding in the Ocean Beach community.
To highlight the real-world application of LID in San Diego, Coastkeeper partnered with landscape architecture students from the NewSchool of Architecture and Design and Ocean Beach Mainstreet Association to work on creating innovative urban designs to reduce water pollution in Ocean Beach. The students worked on low impact development design solutions that focus on keeping stormwater on site, infiltrating or capturing it, primarily by harnessing the power of plants. The students will present these low impact design projects at the event.
The Signs of the Tide is on Dec. 6, 2011, from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at Electric Ladyland Art and Music Center at 4944 Newport Ave., San Diego, CA 92107. Coastkeeper will provide light food and refreshments. The coordinators advise the attendees to park along Newport Ave. The participants can also park at The Apple Tree Market, municipal parking at the end of Newport Ave. or a parking lot behind OB Surf and Skate.
Ocean Beach Mainstreet Association, NewSchool of Architecture and Design and Think Blue San Diego proudly sponsor Signs of the Tide: Put a Lid on Pollution event.
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Founded in 1995, San Diego Coastkeeper protects the region’s bays, beaches, watersheds and ocean for the people and wildlife that depend on them. We balance community outreach, education, and advocacy to promote stewardship of clean water and a healthy coastal ecosystem. For more information, visit San Diego Coastkeeper online at https://www.sdcoastkeeper.org.
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 17, 2012 – On March 31 from 8:30 a.m. – noon, San Diego Coastkeeper combines education and fun, while hosting its 5th Annual Walk the Watershed event at Otay Valley Regional Park. The free event will engage participants and students with fun activities to restore our watersheds and understand how inland pollution affects our ocean.
Walk the Watershed will bring school students of all ages and community members to take a walk through several educational stations consisting of watershed models, introduction to native and invasive plants and wildlife, historical land use, urban runoff and restoration. Participants will also volunteer on restoration projects such as invasive plant removal to restore Otay Watershed.
Event organizers expect about 300 students and community members to participate in the event, which concludes with closing ceremonies, food and entertainment. This event is free and open to the public, but participants must RSVP to [email protected]. Coastkeeper invites everyone to come to Otay Valley Regional Park at Finney Elementary, 3950 Byrd Street, San Diego, CA 92154.
Port of San Diego, WiLDCOAST, Elementary Institute of Science, Allied Waste, City of Chula Vista, Otay Valley Regional Park, County of San Diego Parks and Recreation and I Love A Clean San Diego partnered with Coastkeeper to make this event a success.
For more information about Walk the Watershed, visit Coastkeeper’s website at localhost/sdcoastkeeper.
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San Diego Coastkeeper
Founded in 1995, San Diego Coastkeeper protects the region’s bays, beaches, watersheds and ocean for the people and wildlife that depend on them. We balance community outreach, education, and advocacy to promote stewardship of clean water and a healthy coastal ecosystem.
