Balboa Park Sustainability Program

10/30/2019

Let's be social! Keep up with all the sustainability updates in Balboa Park! Follow our channels!
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06/29/2019

We're moving! The Balboa Park Sustainability Program's social media is merging with the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership, which houses our program.

To continue learning more about sustainability in Balboa Park, be sure to follow their page!

The Balboa Park Cultural Partnership serves the Balboa Park Experience: creating a unique home for all to explore the past, celebrate the present, and inspire our future by bringing together nature, arts, culture, and science in one fascinating place.

06/26/2019

To reduce how much waste they send to the landfill, staff from the Japanese Friendship Garden are continuing to build on their composting program.

With this program, their staff aims to divert all of their yard waste! If you'd like to be a Compost Volunteer visit: http://www.niwa.org/volunteer

06/25/2019

Join us for this event with San Diego Green Building Council!

Summer Social is THIS THURSDAY! Kick off the season with food, drinks, live music, and great raffle prizes courtesy of Protector Brewery, Boochcraft, & Jimbo's Naturally Horton Plaza 🎉 https://bit.ly/2MNRtlE

06/22/2019

Solar film on windows at the San Diego Museum of Art helps keep out heat and light, lowering their energy use.

Cooling (and heating) makes up about 40% of the energy used in commercial buildings. Ensure your system is running at its optimal performance with a few quick tips. Learn more about this and other energy savings tips at sdge.com/summer

06/19/2019

The Balboa Park Conservancy is working to reduce how much waste is created at their Food Truck Fridays in Balboa Park.

Here, AmeriCorps Volunteer Coordinator Audrey Tamayo is gathering data with their Food Truck Friday interns to create strategies to divert waste from the landfill!

06/14/2019

Trees in Balboa Park can reduce the amount of energy needed for air conditioning for nearby buildings by providing shade.

According to OpenTreeMap, an Indian Laurel Fig near the San Diego Automotive Museum saves approximately 183.3 kilowatt hours of energy a year!

06/11/2019

These ducklings in Balboa Park are picking at polystyrene foam, also known as Styrofoam. These plastics and other industrial materials can be extremely harmful to the wildlife in our City parks!

Don't forget, City of San Diego's ban on polystyrene foam was made effective May 24th, making all polystyrene items banned from City parks (including Balboa Park). Learn more here:

https://www.sandiego.gov/environmental-services/recycling/pf-ban

06/07/2019

to 2014, to our first ever Balboa Park Sustainability Awards! During this ceremony, we highlighted Balboa Park Cultural Partnership members for their outstanding work in the field of sustainability, including: Friends of Balboa Park, the Museum of Photographic Arts and the Fleet Science Center.

06/04/2019

Check out this opportunity from San Diego Green Building Council! Applicants will have the chance to showcase how their organization is making a positive impact on current environmental issues.

Call for Proposals are open! 🗣 Learn more about this year's conference and how you can get involved: https://www.sd-gbc.org/sdgbce19

06/01/2019

Two years ago today, the Federal Government announced its intention to leave the Paris Agreement. As a result, the campaign was launched!

Since then, several Balboa Park organizations have signed, including: the Fleet Science Center , the San Diego Museum of Man , and the Balboa Park Sustainability Program.

05/28/2019

- Interested in decreasing how much waste your office throws away? Complete a waste audit to see what items you are throwing away, and then create new goals for waste diversion!

Many Balboa Park organizations, like The Old Globe, have completed a waste audit.