My Nonprofit Reviews

annashummingbird
Review for Earth Discovery Institute, El Cajon, CA, USA
I have been working with EDI since 2019. EDI provides exceptional environmental education opportunities for all ages through outreach events and their 4th/5th grade school-sponsored field trips. These events focus on the importance of native species and the habitats on which they depend. During the field trips, kids get to participate in hands-on habitat restoration by planting native plants. Field trips also focus on how to use binoculars, bird adaptions, watershed ecology, and biodiversity. Currently, EDI is partnering with the San Diego Pollinator Alliance to start a native milkweed seed farm and promote the recovery of the monarch butterfly. Volunteers have helped restore native grassland and scrub habitats, clean milkweed seed, plant the milkweed seed farm, and other projects for local preserve land managers.