Volunteers picking up litter from Cardiff State Beach. 9/20/25

Four volunteers cleaning up trash at Cardiff State Beach. 9/20/25

The San Diego chapter's coalition collaborated with other high school clubs in San Diego, like the La Costa Canyon High School Biodiversity Club. 9/20/25

Volunteers assembled at Cardiff State Beach to organize the San Diego branch of the Project ARISE International Coastal Cleanup Coalition! 9/20/25

Volunteers helping build a new sensory garden. 9/13/25

Volunteers hard at work. 9/13/25

Project ARISE volunteers gathered to help San Carlos Community Garden build their new Sierra School sensory garden! 9/13/25

Volunteers sporting our stylish and sun-protective ARISE work shirts! 8/17/25

Big bag of invasive sea lavender pulled out. 8/17/25

Volunteers removing big bushes of invasive sea lavender from Los Peñasquitos. 8/17/25

Project ARISE volunteers assemble at Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve! 8/17/25

Delivering a mason bee house to Mission Bay High School to support native pollinators and school gardens. 8/9/25

Project ARISE and Ocean Connectors volunteers at Torrey Pines Beach. 7/9/25

Project ARISE and Ocean Connectors volunteers cleaning up trash at Torrey Pines Beach. 7/9/25

Project ARISE and Ocean Connector's litter-picking tools at Torrey Pines Beach. 7/9/25

Delivering mason bee houses to Project New Village to support pollination at 3 local community gardens. 6/14/25

Project ARISE won 1st place in the Black Diamond category during the 2025 Shane McConkey EcoChallenge! 5/20/25

Volunteers working hard to remove invasive sea lavender at Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve. 5/18/25

Planting demonstration at Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve. 5/18/25

Truckload of tools to remove invasive species and restore native species at Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve. 5/18/25

Volunteer picture at the 2025 San Carlos Community Garden Spring Festival. 4/26/25

Project ARISE's presenting at their outreach stand during the 2025 San Carlos Spring Festival! 4/26/25

Volunteers bird-watching at Living Coast Discovery Center. 4/2/25

Large pile of invasive plants removed by volunteers. 4/2/25

Volunteers removing invasive species from Living Coast Discovery Center. 4/2/25

Volunteers getting ready to plant native species at the Living Coast Discovery Center. 4/2/25

Project ARISE donating a free mason bee house to the San Carlos Community Garden! 3/31/25

Volunteer group picture at Living Coast Discovery Center. 4/2/25

Club picture with the mason bee house at the Bishop's pollinator garden! 3/20/25

First completed mason bee house installed at the Bishop's pollinator garden. 3/5/25

Building mason bee houses out of cedar wood. 2/25/25

Many pounds of invasive plants and trash removed from Quarry Creek Preserve! 2/17/25

Club member building mason bee houses from cedar wood. 2/21/25

Volunteer cutting down invasive castor bean at Quarry Creek Preserve. 2/17/25

Volunteers removing invasive plants and picking up trash from the Quarry Creek Preserve area. 2/17/25

Volunteers removing invasive cape ivy from the Quarry Creek Preserve. 2/17/25

Volunteers helping out at Quarry Creek Preserve with the San Diego Habitat Conservancy! 2/17/25

Volunteers weeding and taking care of the Bishop's pollinator garden. 1/23/25

Club members weeding to maintain a healthy pollinator garden. 1/23/25

Club members learning about the Bishop's pollinator garden from Ms. Cummings. 1/23/25

First club meeting of 2025, learning about the importance of pollinators while snacking on baguette and brie. 1/14/25

Volunteer group picture at the Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve waterfall rehabilitation site! 1/4/25

Volunteers planting acorns at the Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve. 1/4/25

Volunteers watch acorn-planting demonstration at the Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve. 1/4/25

December 2024 club picture! 12/12/24

Volunteers with their completed Ridgeway's Rails baskted. 11/23/24

Volunteer building baskets for the endangered Ridgway’s Rails bird species at Mission Beach. 11/23/24

Volunteer group picture at the San Elijo Ecological Preserve, with the La Costa Canyon High School Biodiversity Club and the Nature Collective! 11/16/24

Big pile of invasive celery, poison hemlock, and bristly oxtail removed from the San Elijo Ecological Preserve by volunteers. 11/16/24

Volunteers digging out invasive celery at the San Elijo Ecological Preserve. 11/16/24

Club member Syd sharing her artichoke thistle wanted poster. 10/25/24

Club members making invasive species wanted posters to spread awareness. 10/25/24

Project ARISE wins first place in the student presenter category at the 2024 Cal-IPC Symposium! 10/24/24

Project ARISE presenting at the 2024 Cal-IPC Symposium. 10/24/24

Project ARISE and Clearwater Innovation's virtual Environmental Research Seminar. 9/29/24

Self-watering green onion planters made by participants during the Sustainable Stewardship: Invasive Species & Food Justice workshop. 9/15/24

Food future and invasive species wanted posters at the Sustainable Stewardship: Invasive Species & Food Justice workshop. 9/15/24

Volunteer selfie at Project ARISE and SFSC's Sustainable Stewardship: Invasive Species & Food Justice workshop. 9/15/24

Project ARISE and SFSC's Sustainable Stewardship: Invasive Species & Food Justice workshop. 9/15/24

Founder Sophie presenting Project ARISE's AI model at the 2024 Taco Bell/Ashoka Ambition Accelerator summit ambition fair. 8/6/24

Founder Sophie with three other Ashoka changemakers at the Taco Bell headquarters during the 2024 Taco Bell/Ashoka Ambition Accelerator summit. 8/5/24

Founder Sophie at the Taco Bell Headquarters during the 2024 Taco Bell/Ashoka Ambition Accelerator summit representing Project ARISE. 8/5/24

US top 50 changemakers and Ashoka/Taco Bell staff in front of the Taco Bell Headquarters during the 2024 Ambition Accelerator Summit. 8/5/24

Founder Sophie at the 2024 Taco Bell/Ashoka Ambition Accelerator summit representing Project ARISE. 8/3/24

Volunteers watering newly installed native plants at the Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve grassland restoration site. 7/27/24

Volunteer watering newly installed native plants at the Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve grassland restoration site. 7/27/24

Volunteer filling buckets with a water buffalo. 7/27/24

Park ranger filling buckets with a water buffalo. 7/27/24

Volunteers using shovels to remove invasive sea lavender from Los Peñasquitos Canyon Reserve. 7/21/24

Handful of invasive sea lavender. 7/21/24

Volunteer holding a sea lavender plant that was removed from Los Peñasquitos Canyon Reserve. 7/21/24

Tarp bag full of invasive sea lavender. 7/21/24

Volunteers learning about the plants on the trails at Mission Trails Regional Park with local conservationist and Nature Needs SD founder Jessica Ullyott. 7/6/24

Volunteer touring the native plant garden at Mission Trails Regional Park. 7/6/24

Founders Sophie and Grace with local conservationist and Nature Needs SD founder Jessica Ullyott at Mission Trails Regional Park. 7/6/24

Volunteers loading up bags of invasive plants to take out of the Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve. 6/16/24

Native bladderpod planted by volunteers growing at the Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve. 6/16/24

A handful of invasive thistle that a volunteer removed. 6/16/24

Volunteer making a big pile of black mustard to throw away. 6/16/24

Tarp bag full of invasive black mustard and thistle. 6/16/24

Founders Sophie and Grace presenting about their AI model at the June Torrey Pines Docent Society Meeting. 6/8/24

Founders Sophie and Grace with Torrey Pines Docent Society mentor Robert James. 6/8/24

Founders Sophie and Grace with Torrey Pines Docent Society president Matt Xavier and docent Wayne Kornreich. 6/8/24

Founders Sophie and Grace talking to local park rangers and docents about the mission of Project ARISE. 4/21/24

Project ARISE's stand with the Torrey Pines Conservancy at the Torrey Pines Natural State Reserve Earth Day Event. 4/21/24

Willow cutting that volunteers planted last month sprouting and growing. 3/26/24

Volunteers watering newly planted bushes and shrubs by the San Diego River. 3/26/24

Volunteer watering new plants by the San Diego River. 3/26/24

Volunteer mulching newly planted bushes and shrubs by the San Diego River. 3/26/24

Landscape by the San Diego River after volunteers finished watering and mulching the newly planted shrubs and bushes. 3/26/24

Founders Sophie and Grace win 1st place at the 4th annual Social Innovation Competition with Director Jacqueline Gomez. 3/15/24

Founders Sophie and Grace presenting at the 4th annual Social Innovation Competition. 3/15/24

All presenters and judges at the 4th annual Social Innovation Competition at The Bishop's School. 3/15/24

Dumpster full of the cuttings that volunteers helped clean up at the Point Loma Native Plant Garden. 3/10/24

Volunteers making sure tree trimmings go in the dumpster to be disposed. 3/10/24

Volunteers cleaning up the cuttings around the Point Loma Native Plant Garden. 3/10/24

Tarp full of invasive African daisies being carried to the dumpster. 3/10/24

Volunteers disposing a tarp of full of invasive arundo after cutting and removing patch near the San Diego River. 2/20/24

Volunteers cutting and removing invasive arundo stumps in the rain near the San Diego River to encourage natural recruitment. 2/20/24

Volunteers planting willow cuttings near the San Diego River. 2/20/24

Volunteers working to remove invasive black mustard at Lopez Canyon. 2/18/24

Volunteers shoveling and pulling out invasive black mustard at Lopez Canyon. 2/18/24

Volunteer holding a large black mustard plant that was removed from Lopez Canyon. 2/18/24

Group of volunteers working together to restore Lopez Canyon by removing invasive black mustard. 2/18/24

Trash bag full of invasive black mustard that volunteers removed from Lopez Canyon. 2/18/24

Volunteers spreading mulch at the Point Loma Native Plant Garden to protect native poppy plants. 2/11/24

Volunteers touring the Point Loma Native Plant Garden, learning more about special San Diegan plants and flora. 2/11/24

Volunteers spreading mulch at the Point Loma Native Plant Garden to help retain soil moisture. 2/11/24

Volunteers planting acorns at the Point Loma Native Plant Garden that will grow into beautiful oaks. 2/11/24

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