Nature’s Allies: A Queer Habitat Restoration

Nature Collective Hosts Inclusive Habitat Restoration Project, Apr. 19, with The Queer Sol Collective ** All are invited to join and sponsor-a-plant ** In honor of Earth Week (April 16-22), and Earth Day (April 22), Nature Collective will host an all-inclusive habitat restoration event on Saturday, Apr. 19 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Presented by Nature Collective and The Queer Sol Collective, San Diegans are invited to a day of re-establishing our relationship with nature and building community. Participants will work together to plant native plants at San Elijo Lagoon while restoring the symbiotic relationships between the individual and the land. This event will offer a talking circle, a place of safety, discovery, healing, and wellness, and a nature tour celebrating the planet’s inherent queerness as we celebrate Earth Day today and every day. This 2SLGBTQ+-focused event is open to everyone; the queer community is especially encouraged to attend and come together, cultivate, and create a more sustainable, positive, and inclusive environment for all. Suggested donations of $5.00 to support a single seed growing into a thriving plant, $10.00 to help a young plant being cared for in a San Diego Garden where learning unfolds, or $25.00 to support The Queer Sol Collective’s Engaging Communities education program. It is a program designed to ignite the emotional connection between the self and the land, piecing together an understanding of what nature is: everything, including us. To RSVP or to learn more, visit www.naturecollective.org/event. Registration is required; meet-up location is shared before the event but will take place around the San Elijo Lagoon Ecological Reserve in coastal North County. # # # About Nature Collective Founded in 1987, Nature Collective is a conservation and science education nonprofit leader in San Diego County. We work to restore habitats to provide healthier waters and greater wildlife diversity. We educate future generations to become aware of, appreciate, and act to protect the natural environments and watersheds surrounding them. We think inclusively and diversely when serving those growing up devoid of nature, those longing to reconnect, and those who already prioritize their relationship with nature. We want our places and events to offer every human an experience and deep connection with the living world.