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Heal the Ocean focuses on wastewater infrastructure – sewers and septic systems – as well as ocean dumping practices that have contributed to ocean pollution. They are focused on Santa Barbara County, but their methods are now serving as a model for other coastal communities across the country.

To work within our community to create personal connections between people, animals and their shared environment. By bringing humans and animals together in educational settings, we hope to cultivate a greater appreciation for the animals with which we share this planet. We also seek to help specific animals in need through our rescue, rehabilitation, fostering and adoption activities. Our work is guided by the belief that we are a better species when we connect with other species on a personal level.

Their mission is to inspire creativity, innovative thinking, and collaborative problem-solving while nurturing children, families, communities, and the environment.

The Nature Generation works to inspire and excite the next generation with programs that give students of all ages real-life educational experiences in outdoor environments; we promote environmental stewardship by partnering with schools to help them initiate and implement environmentally friendly and sustainable practices; we foster appreciation of the beauty and diversity of the environment through our Green Earth Book Award, which recognizes literature that promotes environmental stewardship; we donate these winning books to children and young adults in schools, hospitals and military bases across the nation; and we conduct award programs that recognize and reward small deeds and great acts that promote environmental awareness and further sustainable, environmental solutions.

TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY OF ST. LAWRENCE RIVER THROUGH ADVOCACY, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH.