Curious how EVs work? Talk to EV owners and check out a variety of models during the annual MotorCars on MainStreet.

DO YOU HAVE AN EV?

Emerald Keepers is looking for a few more people to display their EV at the EV exhibit located on Flora Avenue next to Star Park. You can park your car at the event for attendees to view, or you can stay with your car to talk to attendees about your EV experience. Emerald Keepers will provide coffee, snacks, and lunch for particpants.

Unlike the classic cars, there is no cost for an EV to participate in Motor Cars on Main Street. If you are interested in bringing your EV, please use the following link to register as a participant and input coupon code “EMERALDEV” at check out. Once the coupon code is accepted, the cost updates to $0.

Emerald Keepers interns are hosting two day camps at the CHS garden. Designed for 1st-5th graders who love nature, gardening, the outdoors, or want to learn more about the planet. Kids will learn how to compost, garden, and why they should be sustainable with earth-themed crafts and games. Grades 1-3: 9-11am only; Grades 4-5: 1-3pm only. $25 per child. Click here for information and registration.

The City of Coronado and EDCO are sponsoring this event at the City Hall north parking lot, 1825 Strand Way. Items, such as old bank statements or other personal records, are limited to two bankers boxes or containers measuring no greater than 10 inches by 12 inches by 15 inches per household. Residents also may drop off unwanted electronics, including TVs, computer monitors, printers, fax machines, VCRs, DVD players and answering machines.

Awards for posters and digital posters for Grades 3-8. Winn Room.

Celebrate Earth Day with a screening of We Are All Plastic People Now, suitable for ages 13 and up. The evening will include the High School Art & Media Competition Awards and a post-screening discussion by the Emerald Keepers interns. Winn Room. Doors open at 5pm.

Posters are due at the Public Library desk by 5pm. Videos need to be uploaded to info@emeraldkeepers.org. Click here for more information.

Meet at the beach by Il Fornaio at the Ferry Landing to clean up the shoreline along the bay. Please bring a water bottle, a picker and a bucket, if you have one. Wear sunscreen, a hat and gloves.

Emerald Keepers, the City of Coronado, and the Coronado Public Library are hosting a Fix It Clinic on March 9. Keep items out of the landfill by repairing them. RSVP is required for item repair with the Fixit Clinic coaches.

Learn how to:

• Fix broken appliances and gadgets 

• Repair road and mountain bikes

• Mend your favorite outfit

Coronado Beach Bay

Feb. 9, 2024 - high tide time / height: 8:14 AM /  7.12 ft. Arrive by 8:05am

TO PARTICIPATE:

1) Know your King Tide time and date and arrive early as exact times are estimates. 2) Visit the shoreline on the coast, bay, or Delta, and notice your surroundings to ensure you are safe and are not disturbing any animals. 3) Make sure your phone's location services are turned on for your camera and then take your photo. The best photos show the water level next to landmarks such as cliffs, roads, buildings, bridge supports, sea walls, staircases, and piers. 4) Upload your photo! Our photo upload form includes instructions in both English and Spanish.

To upload photos via a web browser:

Be sure to have location services ON for your camera when you take your photo! This is the default setting, but you can check on an iPhone by going to Settings > Privacy > Location Services > Camera. For Android, go to Settings > Location. If using a camera without location services, carefully make a note of where you took your photos so you can mark that location on a map when you upload them.

Either at your photo location or later, go to the King Tides Photo Upload form and select "Open in browser".

Upload your King Tides photo and complete the form. Repeat for additional photos. Your phone's Location Services will allow us to confirm the location of your photo, but you will also be able to mark the location of your photo on a map.

ALSO EMAIL PHOTOS TO info@emeraldkeepers.org

We will post photos from various Coronado locations!

Calling all Emerald Keepers! Following the torrential rains, we have a 911 emergency on Delta Beach! Please help us clean up the mess on Saturday, February 3, from 10am to noon in partnership with the U.S. Navy. Let’s protect our waters.

It’s time for the fall Delta Beach cleanup with the Navy. Meet in Fiddler’s Cove / Navy Yacht Club outer parking lot OR at the gate just south of the Amphibious Base on the Strand. There will be an Emerald Keepers sign on the fence beside a large dumpster just south of the Amphibious Base. You may park inside the gate. Please bring a water bottle, a picker and bucket if you have one Wear sunscreen, a hat and gloves. Let’s clean one of Coronado’s dirtiest beaches along the bay. See you there!

Use the button to sign up below. Please note, Delta Beach is the last cleanup listed. You are welcome to volunteer for other cleanups if you have a military ID.

Join us for four Beach CleanUps at the Ferry Landing at the end of the parking lot at D avenue and First Street. Look for Team Leader Stef. CleanUp begins at 8:00am and ends at 8:45am. Come help us keep the Ferry Landing Beaches clean.

Seaside Victorian Carnival

Oct 15, 11am-3pm

Let’s toast to 135 years of The Del, and 135 years to come! Join us for a free and family-friendly Coronado community event that commemorates the rich history of The Del and its epic past with a seaside Victorian-inspired carnival,Then & Now.  

The iconic Hotel Del Coronado has created a full day of events intended for locals, members, and hotel guests to celebrate the magic and nostalgia of the property’s storied past with this free event. The festive afternoon will be filled with complimentary entertainment including:

• Vintage strolling performers

• Aerialists

• Tight-rope walkers

• Bubble artistry

• Sandcastle exhibits

• And more...

Emerald Keepers is a beneficiary of this event! We look forward to seeing you there!

Sean Bignami, associate professor of biology and marine lab director, at Concordia University Irvine is conducting an early morning survey of Pismo clams at Silver Strand State Beach on Aug. 31 and is looking for 10 volunteers to help with transect surveys during the low tide period from 1:30am until 5:30am. 

Three transects will be run from the upper beach to the water. Sand will be excavated using shovels, and placed into garden carts lined with ¼-inch wire mesh, then pulled to the water and sieved using buckets of water. All Pismo clams are identified, measured, and recorded. 

The project has been supported by Emerald Keepers for the past two years. For more information, contact Sean Bignami at sean.bignami@cui.edu

Come help our students gardens be ready for the first day of school! See details above. Bring gloves along with your water bottle, hat, and sunscreen! See you there!

Middle school and high school student, are invited to grow food and compost organics at your school garden. Harvested food is donated to the IB Food Pantry in partnership with the Coronado Rotary Club. Environmental Librarian and Emerald Keepers Board Member, Tara Davies, is a master composter and the garden leader. If you are looking for a fun and rewarding activity, stop by and give it a try! FREE.

July 5 is known as the dirtiest beach day of the year following the Fourth. Come out with Emerald Keepers to clean the beach at the Landing.

Where: Meet in the Landings parking lot at the end of D Avenue and First Street.

When: July 5 at 8:00am

What: Beach Cleanup

Bring: Gloves, pickers, buckets if you have them.

Treats provided.

Coronado MainStreet's 32nd annual car show, MotorCars on MainStreet, features over 400 pre-73 restored classic, rod and custom cars and trucks. Emerald Keepers is pleased to partner with MainStreet to introduce electric vehicles (EVs). Look for us on Flora Avenue close to Star Park.. There will be live music and drawings throughout the day. Viewing is FREE!

The days of consuming overflowing non-compostable plates of pasta and donuts are over. Let’s dig in and explore through taste how good the earth can be.  In celebration of Earth Day, children (ages 5-12) with a parent, grandparent, or other adult will mince, measure, mix and make mindful earth-friendly vegetarian dishes from “Round” the World in this afternoon cooking workshop presented by the Coronado Recreation and Golf Services Department.  Celebrate Mother Earth’s bounty from 1:00-4:00pm at the Coronado Community Center.  To register call 619-522-7342 or go online at coronado.ca.us/register.

The EARTH DAY CHALKWALK is back! Emerald Keepers and the Coronado Public Library are pleased to host this year’s Chalkwalk on Friday, April 21, from 9am to 3pm on the Library walkways. The theme is Keep Our Sea Plastic-Free. Come see the beautiful chalks by Coronado High School student artists, visit eco-booths, and watch a short film about plastics in the Winn Room. The event is free and open to the public. At 3:45, Emerald Keepers will present awards for this year’s Earth Day Poster Competition on the lawn. KEEP OUR SEA PLASTIC-FREE!