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A new program is buying produce from local farmers to feed nutrition insecure San Diegans.

In honor of Homelessness Awareness Month, we're excited to bring our community together for a meaningful cause. This event unites the building industry, social service providers, and our wider community. All proceeds from the walk will directly benefit HomeAid San Diego's vital projects, community outreach, and advocacy efforts, offering resources and support to those impacted by homelessness. Blanket Drive: We're also thrilled to announce a new blanket drive for People Assisting The Homeless (PATH). Please feel free to bring blankets to the walk and drop them off; PATH will be there with a collection bin. Our goal is to collect 250 donated blankets before Christmas to make a difference in the lives of those experiencing homelessness. Use code: homeaidpartner10 - for a special offer when you register on our website. Your participation means the world to us, and together, we can make a big impact in the fight against homelessness. Let's come together for this important cause! For more information visit: active.com

Are you curious about the City of San Diego's new Organic Waste Recycling program, or have questions about its purpose? Do you want to learn what happens to your food scraps and yard trimmings once they're picked up from your curb? Join Solana Center for a one-hour webinar, sponsored by the City of San Diego, that dives into the answers to these questions, discussing the history of this program, how it works, and, as a great bonus, how to pick up compost and mulch made from the very materials you put in your green bin! For more information visit: solanacenter.org Stay Connected on Facebook

Plastic is everywhere, but we ditched it for a week. Here are some tips from our experiment that you can use to cut back your own plastic use.

PIFA is the the biggest Pacific Islander festival in USA! Saturday Sept. 23 & Sunday, Sept 24, 2023 Free admission Bring your friends and family to feel the mana at PIFA! come support your favourite performers! Theres so much food and entertainment for the whole family. DIRECTIONS TO EVENT (we strongly recommend using the shuttle) From SOUTH or EAST San Diego - Take Interstate 8 to the Sports Arena exit. Make a right onto West Mission Bay Dr and continue to Ingraham St. Proceed to one of the parking locations. From NORTH San Diego - Take interstate 5 to the Sea World exit. Make a right onto Sea World Dr and continue straight to Ingraham St. Proceed to one of the parking locations. VERY limited paid parking just west of Ski Beach near the Paradise Point Resort. The cost for parking in this lot is $20 per vehicle. No in / out privileges will be allowed. Additional Information Please bring a non-perishable food item as we will have food bins upon entering. We are Family-Friendly and offer cultural workshops all day in our Cultural Village. The 2023 PIFA T-shirts with our new logo will be sold at our Information Booth at the festival. The Information Booth will be located just north of the festival stage. Price is $20, $25 for 2xlarge and higher. For further information please visit our website at www.pifasandiego.com (PIFA) Pacific Islander Festival on Facebook / Instagram

A pioneering program in Ethiopia teaches all students about this "taboo" topic. A new UNICEF report, released on “World Menstrual Hygiene Day," assesses how countries respond to menstrual issues.

Banksy's artwork, which was unveiled Monday, provides a burst of green foliage to a denuded, severely pruned tree in Islington North. By Wednesday, the mural was partly covered in white paint.

Become a Master Composter! Join us at the beautiful Deer Park Monastery, tucked away in the hills of Escondido, to gain composting knowledge you can pass along to others. • Minimize your carbon footprint. Keeping food and yard waste out of the landfill reduces harmful methane gas emissions. • Use food and yard “waste” to create amendments for your soil. Compost use reduces the need for synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. • Reduce water use and increase water retention at your garden, ranch, or farm. Compost increases your soil’s water-holding capacity and improves water retention. The Master Composter course provides training in the art and science of composting through lectures, demonstrations, and a field trip. The course covers the following topics: • Traditional composting & vermicomposting • Compost bin building and troubleshooting (in teams!) • Microbiology of composting • Bokashi fermentation • Macrodecomposers in your compost pile • A tour of Deer Park Monastery’s composting system • Environmental impacts Master Composter certification requires attendance at all 5 classes, as well as 30 volunteer hours of related community service. Meet new people in this fun, hands-on course and develop your composting knowledge, all while serving your community! Class size is limited. Residents of unincorporated County of San Diego will receive preferential registration. All others will be placed on a waitlist and apprised of space available 1-2 weeks before the start of the course. Before registering, please enter your address here to check your residency. You can select the County of San Diego Residents ticket option ONLY if your jurisdiction boundary result is “S.D. COUNTY.” All others must select the waitlist option. If this course fee presents a financial hardship, it may be waived upon request. Please contact Erin Stone at erin@solanacenter.org before registering to inquire. This course has been made possible through generous funding from the County of San Diego and County of San Diego Recycling. Thanks to our site host, Deer Park Monastery. Saturdays, February 24 through March 23 from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Home Start, a local nonprofit committed to helping San Diego’s most underserved and vulnerable, is bringing cheer to local families in need during the holiday season by partnering with One Paseo for its annual holiday toy drive. The toy drive runs from now until December 13 at One Paseo (3725 Paseo Place, Carmel Valley, 92130). Members of the community can get into the holiday spirit by dropping off new, unwrapped toys for children of all ages. Wrapping supplies are also being accepted as a great addition to donations. The donation bin will be placed next to One Paseo’s red vintage Winter Studebaker Truck, next to the firepit. Donations can be made from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Once the toy drive wraps up, One Paseo’s trolley will transform into a gifting sleigh. Decked out with festive decor and filled with gifts collected from the community, Santa and team will drive the trolley down to Home Start’s Mission Valley headquarters parking lot. The toys will go to local families Home Start has worked with throughout the year to provide life-changing services including housing, parenting education, and therapy. Home Start serves children from infants to age 18, and One Paseo’s goal is to provide the Home Start team with hundreds of new, unwrapped gifts. “We are most grateful for One Paseo’s generous support and continued partnership,” Laura Tancredi-Baese, Home Start CEO, shares. “Together, One Paseo, its patrons, and team Home Start will help bring smiles to hundreds of deserving local children and parents this holiday season.” For more information about the Toy Drive, please visit https://www.onepaseo.com/events/home-start-toy-drive/. To learn more about Home Start, visit https://home-start.org/. ABOUT HOME START Founded in 1972, Home Start, Inc. is a 501 (C) (3) non-profit agency that provides services tailored to prevent child abuse and neglect and to strengthen families. Home Start’s mission is to assure the safety and resiliency of children by strengthening families and their communities. Last year, Home Start served more than 22,000 San Diegans in need of services. For more information, please visit www.home-start.org. Home Start, Inc. on Facebook ABOUT ONE PASEO One Paseo is a deeper notion of mixed use, bringing luxury living, modern office spaces, and a vibrant shopping and dining experience all into one community. Located in San Diego, California’s Carmel Valley neighborhood, the coast-meets-country, multi-concept development joins 96,000 square feet of shops and restaurants, 608 residential units, and 286,000 square feet of Class-A commercial real estate. A highly curated roster of popular local and national retailers opened their doors in 2019, including Marrow Fine, Whiskey x Leather, North Italia and Nick’s, among many others. Additionally, guests have access to dozens of signature events throughout the center including One Paseo’s Summer Moonlight Cinema, Holiday Tree Lighting and December Nights. The residential component opened in late 2019, and the office spaces were completed in 2020.

Recreational fishermen and conservation groups worry overfishing for menhaden threatens the Chesapeake Bay. Industry says current data doesn't support shutting down the more than century-old fishery.