FINAL 2024 Giving Impact Snapshot - Flipbook - Page 6
Climate Action
years, the SDG&E Environmental
Champions grant-funded Plant
It Forward program has made a
visible improvement to the park’s
tree canopy, creating shade for
picnics, habitat for animals and
sequestering carbon.
Living Coast Creates
Climate Champions
in South County
Plant It Forward Enhances
Balboa Park’s Tree Canopy
As one of San Diego’s most iconic
destinations, Balboa Park is a hub
of activity year-round. SDG&E’s
partnership with Forever Balboa
Living Coast Discovery Center
is developing a new generation
of climate champions through
its Coastal Climate Champions
program for South County middle
school students. Youth learn about
climate science through a fourpart environmental education
program that includes in-classroom
instruction and a field trip to Living
Coast in Chula Vista. Students are
SDG&E Employees
Volunteer with
ProduceGood
ProduceGood finds sustainable
solutions to reclaim and
repurpose food waste to
alleviate hunger and promote
health. Its First Pick program
helps divert excess produce
from landfills while also
creating access to fresh fruit
for those facing food insecurity.
Employees have volunteered
with ProduceGood since 2020,
participating in more than 20
First Pick events and harvesting
over 100,000 servings of fresh
fruit. SDG&E was recognized
in 2023 with ProduceGood’s
Community Roots Partnership
award which celebrates community
“The San Diego River Park Foundation feels very fortunate
to have someone as talented as Mike Schneider, an employee
of SDG&E, on our Board of Directors for nearly a decade. We look
forward to celebrating the opening of our San Diego River Center at
Grant Park alongside Mike and other SDG&E employee volunteers who
have helped bring that project to fruition.”
- Rob Hutsel, President & CEO, San Diego River Park Foundation
Park seeks to improve this regional
resource by planting dozens of
trees in the park each year while
engaging local youth in servicelearning projects. Over the last five
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able to access data from SDG&E’s
weather station at Living Coast to
identify climate trends as well as
participate in habitat restoration
and aquatic research.
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partners who go above and
beyond through their
volunteerism and engagement.
