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4worldlovers: Volunteers are the heart of Ceres, and currently, we have a shortage of volunteers. Whether you are a teen, adult or business partner, please apply!

It’s a simple fact: we can’t do our work without our generous donors and business partners. There are many ways to support Ceres.

Support our clients and youth with your gift giving this year. Our online store features locally made organic cotton tee-shirts, water bottles, our cookbooks and more!

4worldlovers:
Endangered Species Day and 2023 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In 1973, the bill was passed with almost unanimous bipartisan support to protect species in danger of extinction. Fifty years later, 55 species have recovered—including the bald eagles we regularly see along the Laguna de Santa Rosa! While bald eagles are no longer on the list, 1,678 animal and plant species are listed as threatened or endangered and 23 species have gone extinct. Clearly more work is needed!


Our conservation and restoration work throughout the watershed help in the important work to save rare and endangered species.

Read more about the ESA and how our programs helps ensure the survival of many endangered or threatens species in the May issue of our e-news.

Camp Tule is a nature-based cay camp where children ages 6-12 are given space to nurture their creativity and spend time exploring and playing in nature. We are excited to invite campers back for another summer of outdoor adventures and fun!

We will be taking a short break from our community education events during the month of July! But don't worry, we will be back in August, with a great lineup of community education events that we know you will enjoy. Keep an eye out for our announcements so you don't miss out on any of the fun!

This year’s fundraising event hosted a small group from our philanthropic community to raise critical funds to support our mission-driven programs. This limited-seating event brought together major donors, new and sustaining, to raise vital funds for our restoration and education efforts. We want to extend a big thank you to our sponsors, event partners, attendees, staff, and volunteers who made this event a success!

4worldlovers: LandPaths is an environmental education and conservation leader with the mission is to foster a love of the land in Sonoma County. We believe everyone should have access to the awe and inspiration of nature.

Annually, we engage thousands of participants like you in joyful, caring, and transformative relationship with the land. We do this mainly through creative outings led in both English and Spanish, environmental education, nature camps, and people-powered land stewardship of local open spaces.

LandPaths significantly reduces the barriers and expands opportunities to get outside so that youth can experience wonder, joy, awe, belonging, and a sense of stewardship in nature.

We expand the percentage of people in Sonoma County who benefit from healthy land, understand the value of nature, and cultivate a sense of reciprocity with the environment.

Challenges like catastrophic wildfires have dramatically increased with climate change. In the face of this reality, LandPaths cultivates a connection between people and the land as one of the solutions to the problem. From wildfire fuel reduction volunteer days to conservation workforce training, we offer a range of equitable, creative, impactful land stewardship opportunities to get you in nature for care and community.

Place: Jeff’s Garden at Andy’s Unity Park, 3399 Moorland Ave., Santa Rosa

LandPaths’ garden and community hub in southwest Santa Rosa welcomes you! Our half-acre community teaching garden at Andy’s Unity Park in southwest Santa Rosa, is a place where the neighbors like you grow food, tend the land, practice organic gardening, connect with the natural world, and gather together for positive action and belonging.

You are warmly invited to learn about wildlife camera at Ocean Song-Myers. Since 2014, LandPaths volunteers and staff have participated in a community science Wildlife Camera Program at Bohemia and Riddell Preserves.This project is designed to develop a baseline of fauna present on LandPaths preserves. This project also allows public to feel more connected to our preserves and the wildlife that live on these preserves. This training is intended for all volunteers interested in participating in LandPaths’ Wildlife Camera Program, but is also open to volunteers that wish to learn more about wildlife cameras. Also as part of this training, you will get the opportunity to explore many remote and exciting sections of the OceanSong-Myers Preserve.

At the heart of all LandPaths’ Camps are joyful experiences in nature! This week we will be enjoying all the things that make LandPaths’ camps unique, hiking through fields and forests, canoeing on the pond, bonding as a group while playing nature themed games and learning all about the plants and animals that call this nature preserve in west Sonoma County home.

In addition to all the wonderful time spent in nature, this week will center LGBTQIA+ youth in recognition that through meaningful relationships with one another and the outdoors, we can build community and experience brave spaces and joy together!