Santa Barbara nonprofit Community Environmental Council has long been on the forefront of the environmental movement ever since its founding […more…]

Kimberly Ray, the founder and CEO of Marine Conservation Network, remembers what it was like to grow up in and […more…]

Honoring Local Students and Teachers Explore Ecology is proud to announce the recipients of the 2023 Explore Ecology Environmental Stewardship […more…]

The executive staff and board of trustees of Ganna Walska Lotusland held their annual meeting last week for Garden members […more…]

Imagine an artistic hub in downtown Santa Barbara brimming with materials, tools, ideas, and creativity, a curated and dynamic gathering […more…]

Explore Ecology is looking for environmental heroes to honor at this year’s Earth Day Festival. Do you know someone who […more…]

White Buffalo Land Trust has a vital purpose: to restore the ecosystem through agriculture and in the process directly address […more…]

Our climate is in crisis. Record-setting heat waves. Larger and more destructive wildfires. An historic megadrought, hotter and drier than […more…]

It’s a typical school day and time for an Explore Ecology garden class. Children line up to head outside. When […more…]

Nestled on a 37-acre Montecito estate, Lotusland is a Botanical Garden paradise purchased in 1941 by Madame Ganna Walska, a […more…]

This year, with more than 11 billion snow crabs disappearing from the sea floor, the Alaskan snow crab fishing season […more…]