May 19 2025

El Cajon Community Climate Conversation

May 19 from 12:45pm - 2:30pm at El Cajon Library 

Location: El Cajon Library

Address: 201 E Douglas Ave, El Cajon, CA 92020

Tentative Agenda:

  • 12:45pm - 1pm Doors open
  • 1pm - 1:15pm Event opening and community artist performance
  • 1:15pm - 2:10pm Breakout sessions focused on different projects and ideas 
  • 2:10pm - 2:30pm Closing and opportunity drawing
June 05 2025

Oceanside Community Climate Conversation

June 5 from 5pm - 7:30pm at Oceanside Library Community Room

Location: Oceanside Library Community Room

Address: 330 N Coast Hwy, Oceanside, CA 92054

Tentative Agenda:

  • 5pm - 5:30pm Doors open
  • 5:30pm - 6pm Event opening and community artist performance
  • 6pm - 7:10pm Breakout sessions focused on different projects and ideas 
  • 7:10pm - 7:30pm Closing and opportunity drawing
June 10 2025

Linda Vista Community Climate Conversation

Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Time: 9:00am – 11:30am

Duration:  2.5 hours

Location: Garden space behind Advancing Students Forward that Bayside Community Center manages (Linda Vista)

Address: 6917 Tait St, San Diego, CA 92111

Event Description:

The Community Climate Conversation is an event celebrating how to turn private property into a tree planting location. This free, family-friendly, and fun event will feature education on the Regional Decarbonization Framework (RDF), the importance of trees, and how community members can be stewards of trees. The event will feature three hands-on activities that the community will be invited to participate in: planting a tree in the ground, planting a tree in a barrel or container, and gardening / harvesting in the on-site production garden. Food, activities, and resources will be on site and available for all. Join us to learn more about Community Climate Conversations and the importance of tree planting as a tool in supporting the Regional Decarbonization Framework. The event will be led by Bayside Community Center in partnership with Urban Collaborative Project, Advancing Students Forward (host site), the County of San Diego, and various community-based organizations and community members. 

Tentative Agenda:

  • 9:00 am – Welcoming, Gathering, Food

  • 9:30 am – Formal Welcome

  • 10:00 am – Tree and Garden Activities

    • (1) In-ground tree

    • (2) In-barrel / container tree

    • (3) Garden activities, maintenance, and seed dispersal

  • 11:00 am – Clean-up Activities

  • 11:15 am – Next Steps, Opportunity Drawings

    • Plant giveaways

  • 11:30 am – Closing

June 12 2025

South Bay Community Climate Conversation

June 12 from 5pm - 7:30pm at South Bay Community Farm in Tijuana River Valley

Location: Outside, South Bay Community Farm

Address: 227 Hollister St, San Diego, CA (use GPS coordinates below)

Directions: GPS neighboring address – 2550 Sunset Avenue, SD 92154 Follow the SBCF Green Yard signs to the farm

Tentative Agenda:

  • 5pm - 5:30pm Doors open
  • 5:30pm - 6pm Event opening and community artist performance
  • 6pm - 7:10pm Breakout sessions focused on different projects and ideas 
  • 7:10pm - 7:30pm Closing and opportunity drawing
June 14 2025

Southeastern Community Climate Conversation

Come check out our Southeastern San Diego Urban Greening Open House to learn about ways to make our community greener and more sustainable!

Date: Saturday, June 14th, 2025

Time: 10am - 2 pm

Location: Outside, EarthLab Climate Action Park

Address: 1110 Carolina Lane, San Diego

Join us at the MTM Earth Lab for a day filled with fun activities, educational workshops, and community engagement. Learn and help form a community led maintenance plan, identify green and tree spaces, indigenous knowledge on land stewardship, sustainable gardening practices, and much more. Explore Groundwork's beautiful green space and discover how you can make a positive impact on the environment right in your own neighborhood.

Participants have an opportunity to win a bike as part of an opportunity drawing, courtesy of the SD Bike Collective

The Community Planning Collaborative for a Green SESD is supported by the California Strategic Growth Council’s Transformative Climate Communities Program in partnership with the California Department of Conservation.

AGENDA:

  • 10:00 am - 10:20 pm - Welcoming and Checkin

  • 10:20 am - 10:40 am -  Land and Labor Acknowledgement and Introductions

  • 10:45 am - 11:45 am - Activities and workshops throughout the garden!

  • 12:00 - 1:00 PM - Free Lunch

  • 1:00 - 1:45 PM - Activities and workshops throughout the garden!

  • 1:45 Pm - 2:00 PM Opportunity Drawings

Frequently asked questions:

  1. What is the best way to arrive at an open house?
    • UCP aims to host sustainable events. We recommend alternative transportation options such as walking, biking, carpooling, or taking public transit. The Trolley System Orange line has two stops near the location: 47th street and Euclid Avenue. Bus lines, 3, 4, 5, 13, 60, 916, 917, and 955.

  2. What is the parking situation?
    • The Earthlab is located next to Millennial Tech Middle School and Gompers Park. There is plenty of street parking adjacent to the park off Hilltop Dr and Carolina Ln. 
June 23 2025

Pacific Beach Community Climate Conversation

June 23 from 5pm - 7:30pm at Pacific Beach Library

Location: Pacific Beach Library

Address: 4275 Cass St.San Diego, CA 92109

Highlighted Projects:

Tentative Agenda:

  • 5pm - 5:30pm Doors open
  • 5:30pm - 6pm Event opening and community artist performance
  • 6pm - 7:10pm Breakout sessions focused on different projects and ideas 
  • 7:10pm - 7:30pm Closing and opportunity drawing