A Deeper Focus

Ecologistics is proud to host award-winning social entrepreneur and visionary thinker Nina Simons in person at the Central Coast Bioneers Conference. In 1990, Nina, with her husband, Kenny Ausubel, founded Bioneers and she has helped lead the organization through 23 years of identifying, gathering and disseminating breakthrough innovations to transform people and planet. In 1990,...

Sep

Popular pre-conference field trip will head north this year to Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve

This year’s annual pre-conference field trip on October 24 will take us to the other end of the Salinas River to the Elkhorn Slough in Monterey County. The Elkhorn Slough, seven miles inland from Monterey Bay, is the second largest estuary in California, and is known for its biological diversity: more than 550 species of...

Sep

Bring your broken whatevers to iFixit’s Repair Cafe at the conference

The repair specialists from iFixit will be out in full force to help you fix your stuff at the Central Coast Bioneers Repair Cafe on Friday, October 25 from 1-4 p.m. in the Holiday Inn Express lobby at Monterey and Grand. Bring in something broken, especially old electronics, and they will help you diagnose the...

Sep

Blue C Community Garden now taking reservations for plots

Blue C Community Garden, Ecologistics

Thanks to a grant to Ecologistics Board member, Celia Zaentz, from The Pollination Project, and the hard work of the California Conservation Corps volunteers and Paul O’Donnell of O’Donnell Landscape Co., the Blue C Community Garden in Los Osos now has water and is open for business. Soil will be delivered shortly to the site...

Sep

Women’s leadership track at Central Coast Bioneers Conference

Ecologistics is pleased to offer two workshops at the conference Saturday, October 26 that will be of special interest to women. Asking the question “would you rather thrive financially instead of just survive financially?” Andrea Wasco and Meaghan Gilbert will present a program on the Economic Empowerment of Women. They will discuss the events that...

Aug

Field trip to Ocean Friendly Gardens

Urban runoff from gardens and hard surfaces is the #1 source of ocean pollution. However these features can be made to prevent runoff and flooding and still be beautiful using the principles of conservation, permeability and retention. Come see two amazing examples in Shell Beach where these principles have been put into practice. The field...

Aug

Local author weaves tale of community garden for all ages

Central Coast Bioneers, San Luis Obispo County

Dori Stone, a volunteer with Central Coast Bioneers last year, has published her first novel, Growing Home. The book is a wonderful tale of a young girl, Talia, her emotionally unstable mother, and their search for a permanent home. In the fictional California town of El Chorro, Talia stumbles onto a community garden, where she...

Aug

Rebooting Agriculture: an interview with Bioneer Darren Doherty