Climate Actionyears, the SDG&E EnvironmentalChampions grant-funded PlantIt Forward program has made avisible improvement to the park’stree canopy, creating shade forpicnics, habitat for animals andsequestering carbon.Living Coast CreatesClimate Championsin South CountyPlant It Forward EnhancesBalboa Park’s Tree CanopyAs one of San Diego’s most iconicdestinations, Balboa Park is a hubof activity year-round. SDG&E’spartnership with Forever BalboaLiving Coast Discovery Centeris developing a new generationof climate champions throughits Coastal Climate Championsprogram for South County middleschool students. Youth learn aboutclimate science through a fourpart environmental educationprogram that includes in-classroominstruction and a field trip to LivingCoast in Chula Vista. Students areSDG&E EmployeesVolunteer withProduceGoodProduceGood finds sustainablesolutions to reclaim andrepurpose food waste toalleviate hunger and promotehealth. Its First Pick programhelps divert excess producefrom landfills while alsocreating access to fresh fruitfor those facing food insecurity.Employees have volunteeredwith ProduceGood since 2020,participating in more than 20First Pick events and harvestingover 100,000 servings of freshfruit. SDG&E was recognizedin 2023 with ProduceGood’sCommunity Roots Partnershipaward which celebrates community“The San Diego River Park Foundation feels very fortunateto have someone as talented as Mike Schneider, an employeeof SDG&E, on our Board of Directors for nearly a decade. We lookforward to celebrating the opening of our San Diego River Center atGrant Park alongside Mike and other SDG&E employee volunteers whohave helped bring that project to fruition.”- Rob Hutsel, President & CEO, San Diego River Park FoundationPark seeks to improve this regionalresource by planting dozens oftrees in the park each year whileengaging local youth in servicelearning projects. Over the last five5GIVING IMPACT S N A PS H OTable to access data from SDG&E’sweather station at Living Coast toidentify climate trends as well asparticipate in habitat restorationand aquatic research.| 2023partners who go above andbeyond through theirvolunteerism and engagement.
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