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Join Solana Center for this 2-hour workshop where you will learn the basics of traditional backyard composting. Using trial-tested advice and demonstrations experienced educators will teach you all you need to know to get started with a bin that fits your needs and lifestyle. Attendees will receive a sample bag of compost from Miramar Greenery. Pre-registration is required to reserve a spot for this webinar and learn all you need to know to get started with a bin that fits your needs and lifestyle. Sponsored by the City of San Diego Environmental Services. Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

According to the findings, $13.6 billion of direct visitor spending was generated last year by 28.8 million visitors to San Diego.

City Ballet of San Diego’s Summer Intensive program culminates in a free public performance for all participants in the program. Following this performance, the City Ballet Artistic Director selects members for the upcoming season’s City Ballet Studio company and City Ballet apprentices. ADMISSION | Free and open to the public. RSVP required. Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

"Love in Exile" is a new project offered by Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily based on their recently released recording by the same name. This project creates lush, haunting collaborative soundscapes of meditation and yearning, described by Aftab as “about self-exile, and the search for freedom and identity, and finding it through love and music.” Aftab is a semi-classical, minimalist composer, songwriter, and singer. She was recently awarded the Grammy for Best Global Music Performance and is the first ever Pakistani artist to receive a Grammy Award. Iyer is one of the leading music-makers of his generation. His honors include a MacArthur Fellowship, a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a United States Artist Fellowship, a Grammy nomination, and the Alpert Award in the Arts. Ismaily is a multi-instrumentalist and composer. He has recorded and performed with an incredibly diverse assemblage of musicians, including Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed, Tom Waits, and Jolie Holland to name a few. Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook & Instagram

San Diego-based cannabis dispensary, March and Ash, is partnering with local pet rescue organizations to help furry friends in need, by hosting a summer pet food and supplies drive. Customers are invited to bring in much-needed dog and cat food, along with new pet supplies and new toys, beginning Thursday, June 15th through Friday, June 30th. At the end of the month, all food and supplies will be donated to The Animal Pad and San Diego Humane Society. Those who donate new, unopened, and non-expired items can enjoy 15% off at March and Ash, available for in-store purchases only; not delivery. Donation bins will be located inside the lobby in March and Ash’s Mission Valley, Vista, Imperial Valley and Imperial Beach locations. Just let the receptionist know that you are donating pet food or supplies. About The Animal Pad The Animal Pad is a non-profit, all-breed dog rescue that focuses on saving dogs from high-kill shelters and the streets of Mexico. The Animal Pad provides the dogs' vet care, places them in foster homes, and then finds them loving forever families. A few years ago, The Animal Pad turned their attention to the street dogs of Mexico as there is very little help for them. Since then, they have developed a large rescue network in Baja California, and have a sister shelter in Ensenada that they focus on taking dogs from whenever funds allow. About San Diego Humane Society San Diego Humane Society is an open-admission shelter, creating a more humane world by inspiring compassion and advancing the welfare of animals and people. Their lifesaving safety net and helped San Diego become the largest city in the U.S. to keep healthy and treatable shelter animals from being euthanized. With campuses in El Cajon, Escondido, Oceanside, Ramona, and San Diego, they provide animal services for 14 cities within San Diego County. The Community Pet Pantry is a safety-net program of the San Diego Humane Society that helps keep pets with their families by providing essential food and supplies to thousands of struggling pet owners each month. For more information visit: marchandash.com Stay Connected on Social Media March and Ash Instagram The Animal Pad Instagram / Facebook San Diego Humane Society Instagram / Facebook

Michigan was the last state to criminally ban using a paid surrogate to have a child. Now that will change under a law signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday.

Vice President Harris will travel to United Arab Emirates this week for the annual international climate meeting, the White House has announced.

Al-Zawahiri was deeply involved in the planning of 9/11, and led the organization after bin Laden was killed in 2011. He died in a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan on Sunday.

Our Food Cycle program allows community members who can't compost at home to still divert their food waste. We have a triple bin aerated static pile system that is on a precise timeline to get food scraps cooking and turned into finished compost to be sent back out into the community as fast as possible. Our team of volunteers is instrumental in this process! Every month we need help harvesting finished compost from one of our bins to make way for the next round of pile building. Join in and learn about composting and the amazing bokashi method! In this event you will assist with: ‣ Shoveling finished compost ‣ Sifting compost using our awesome trommel ‣ Moving compost to curing station

All About Vermicomposting 2-Part Workshop Series Saturday, October 29 & November 5 8, 2022 10 - 11 a.m. Join Solana Center for this workshop series to discover why red wiggler worms are composting superstars! Vermicomposting has a benefit for everyone, whether you want to divert kitchen scraps from the landfill, compost in small spaces, or create a natural fertilizer for your plants. These workshops will teach you all about how to get started and maintain a happy home for red wiggler worms. Each class will include visual, hands-on demonstrations of vermicomposting systems. Unique content will be covered each week, so we recommend attending both! Week 1 (10/29) will cover: The many benefits of vermicomposting for reducing waste and creating healthy garde Basic requirements for a worm bin and where to site your bin Determine if a store bought or DIY bin is best for your home Examples of various bins and how to make your own stacking or in-ground bins The anatomy of our special red wiggler worms / cocoons Other compost critters found in a healthy worm bin Week 2 (11/5) will cover: Brief review of Week 1 Ingredients needed for worms to reproduce and thrive What worms can eat and methods for feeding food scraps What to expect after starting your compost system: maintenance, care, and long-term feeding strategies Troubleshooting tips When and how to harvest castings from your worm bin Using the soil amendment created from your food waste Hold your spot in advance here. Made possible through generous funding by the County of San Diego Socials: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter