Successful Strategies to Improve Recycling at Events: Accomplishments at the Cherry Blossom Festival

Sustainability ProgramBalboa Park Cultural Partnership, Sustainability Program

After benchmarking the recycling and waste at the Japanese Friendship Garden’s Cherry Blossom Festival in 2018, we were excited to work with their staff to put sustainability efforts into action at this year’s event. We specifically focused on “waste diversion” – the practice of reducing how much trash you send to the landfill by increasing how much you recycle or … Read More

Small Measures Make Big Impacts: Composting at the San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory

Sustainability ProgramBalboa Park Cultural Partnership, Sustainability Program

2018 Balboa Park Sustainability Award Winner The arts and culture organizations within Balboa Park range in size from a staff of two to the largest with over 300 employees. We get excited when we can spotlight the sustainability initiatives in the small-but-mighty organizations because they usually face the biggest challenges with limited staff, time, space and budgets. The San Diego … Read More