Advocate Weeks [The Ecology Center]

Today, we kick off our advocate weeks! The Ecology Center came and delivered their organic installment full of seedlings, heirlooms, and terrariums and every profit from these products will be 100% donated to The Ecology Center as well as $10 for every pair of Patagonia footwear purchased during the next two weeks! Come by SEED to help support and bring awareness to The Ecology Center!

For more information on The Ecology Center, visit http://theecologycenter.org/ !

Earth Day [& The Ecology Center Collaboration]

We're teaming up with Patagonia Footwear's Advocate program once again to promote and fundraise for The Ecology Center! Located in San Juan Capistrano, California, The Ecology Center provides the community with solution-based education to inspire ecologically sound solutions at the household and community level. 

Join them for Earth Day, April 16th for a full day of eco-education fun! For some, Earth Day is about doing less, but for The Ecology Center it's about doing more. The day will include a very special veggie seedling sale of organic heirloom varieties, FREE DIY garden workshops, DIY kits, an assortment of food trucks and more.

Following Earth Day, join SEED for our Advocate Weeks and Patagonia will donate $10 to The Ecology Center for every pair of Patagonia Footwear you purchase! 

Stay tuned for more information on the closing party you won't want to miss!

The Ecology Center

[Built in 1878, their house is the oldest wooden structure in San Juan Capistrano]

 The Ecology Center, in San Juan Capistrano, is an exciting new educational center, whose purpose is to engage the entire family in fun, hands-on activities that teach practical, environmental solutions at the household and community level. If you've been in the store recently, you might have noticed their pop-up store displaying a number of goodies including their apprentice pack and their book Backyard Skills. We were lucky enough to take a little visit this week and man we were blown away. Though the pictures do no justice, we did our best to capture it's aura of beauty to share with our readers. Enjoy!

A secret bit of exclusively info for our blog readers.. we'll be doing a collaboration with The Ecology Center in April! Stay tuned for more details!

[The center is surrounded by many acres of an organic farm]

[One of their many greenhouses]

[A uniquely shaped greenhouse]

[Inside, they grow greens and leafy vegetables that we got to taste!]

[Survival skills]

[A small selection of the delicious veggies they grow]

[Founder Evan Marks, made a pit stop to water a growing plant]

[The chickens happily nibbled on some leafy greens as we toured]

[Think this is a lot of plastic jugs? Think again. These 360 x 5 gallon jugs represent your daily water footprint.]

Choose Your Cause

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The Ecology Center

The Ecology Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing the tools for creating a sustainable household and community. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of these products support programming at The Ecology Center.  Apprentice packs, t-shirts, skateboards, and canteens, you're purchase helps!

Ecojot

Ecojot® was founded on a simple premise: with the sale of each 5x7", Jumbo journal and all eco sketchbooks, they will donate a school workbook or pencil to a child in need. BUY 1, GIVE 1.  Ecojot was able to donate 7000 notebooks to children in Kenya and will continue to do so.. hurry and help the cause!

Kauzbots

These robots have a heart, and you should too! 10% of the sale price from all Kauzbots are used to benefit the work of a non-profit focused on the Kauze closest to the robot's heart.

Nika Water

Nika donates 100% of it's profits to organizations that help bring clean, safe, drinking water to developing countries. Drink good water and save lives at the same time!

Dura Doggie

More than just a toy, these eco-friendly puppie products donate 20% of each purchase to a cause of your choice. Each brightly colored toy represents one of four selected causes. Have a happy doggie and brighten up someone's day!