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ReWild Updates: Welcome to our Newest Coalition Member!

Support for ReWild continues to grow! This month, the League of Women Voters of San Diego joined the ReWild coalition, bringing the Coalition to a total of 66 member groups. The League of Women Voters have been supporting informed and active participation in governmental affairs and policy change in San Diego since 1936. We’re excited […]

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Campaign Strategy Training

On Tuesday, June 28th, members of the ReWild Coalition will be joining our Audubon Advocates for a training session with Pat Libby, a consultant specializing in helping non-profits and philanthropies carry out advocacy campaigns. Pat Libby has recently authored The Empowered Citizens Guide: 10 Steps to Passing a Law that Matters to You, and assisted San Diego Audubon […]

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ReWild Spotlight

Our partner at the American Academy of Pediatrics (California Chapter 3), Dr. Vi Nguyen, was recently featured on KPBS to talk about an upcoming exhibit at The Studio Door in Hillcrest: #WeBorrowTheEarthFromOurChildren. It’s a youth art exhibit featuring K-12 art on climate change, supplemented by professional work. It has a preview night tomorrow, April 7 […]

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ReWild’s Local Support Continues To Grow

These past two weeks have been a great reminder of how big the momentum to ReWild Mission Bay has grown! Urban Corps and St. Dunstan’s Church just joined our ReWild Coalition, bringing us well beyond 60-member organizations and businesses. A wonderful program at La Jolla High School and Riford Library gave local student Nicole Nunes […]

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Community Environment News

San Diego Must Protect and Restore Vital Mission Bay Wetlands

By Anahí Méndez Earth has experienced numerous changes throughout its planetary history, and variations in our climate are not unusual. But according to NASA and other scientific organizations, the transformation our climate is currently undergoing, borne out by the severity of wildfires which continue to ravage our state, is occurring at an unprecedented rate. It […]

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The Case for a Corner of Mission Bay to Be “Wild”

This piece originally appeared in the O.B. Rag. By John Riedel For centuries, Mission Bay was utilized by the bird populations of Southern California and along the Pacific Flyway as habitat, and by our region’s indigenous Kumeyaay communities for survival. But a great deal has changed in the bay since the arrival of Europeans, particularly in the […]

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ReWild Mission Bay Summer 2020 Update

We hope you’re enjoying your summer and staying safe and healthy. Even as the pandemic persists, we’re meeting virtually with policymakers and candidates, bringing new organizations into the ReWild Coalition, and we can now reveal a new opportunity to ensure consideration of the ReWild Mission Bay “Wildest” proposal by the city. But as always, we need […]

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ReWild Coalition Welcomes Latino Outdoors

The ReWild Coalition has become one of the largest and most diverse coalitions assembled for a San Diego environmental initiative, and since this year’s Latino Conservation Week is set to get underway on Saturday, it’s an excellent time to welcome Latino Outdoors as the newest member of the ReWild Mission Bay coalition. While Latino populations are the fastest-growing […]

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San Diego Democrats for Equality Votes to Join ReWild Coalition

Thank you to the membership of San Diego Democrats for Equality for voting unanimously in favor of joining the ReWild Mission Bay campaign and coalition, following our presentation to the club. A 100 percent approval to do so is an extraordinary result. Since 2014, ReWild Mission Bay has focused on working with the city to ensure the greatest […]

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In the Midst of the Pandemic, Our Effort Continues

As we’ve learned over the last several weeks, the coronavirus pandemic has thoroughly altered our daily lives, and profoundly affected our normal course of business and advocacy. While we navigate this unusual moment in modern history and maintain physical distancing, we’re continuing our work from home as best we can. We’re still reaching out to elected […]