Program Partners

County of Santa Cruz [web link]

Ecology Action [web link] Ecology Action is a nonprofit environmental consultancy delivering cutting-edge education services, technical assistance, and program implementation for initiatives that assist individuals, business and government to maximize environmental quality and community well being.

For 34 years Ecology Action has combined municipal, foundation, and private funding to establish cutting-edge conservation programs, prove their effectiveness financially and operationally, and establish each program as a permanent community resource.

We continually seek innovative ways to instill environmental awareness, promote pragmatic change, and create opportunities for individuals, businesses, and community agencies to save money, create jobs, and contribute to a sustainable local economy.

For more information about Ecology Action’s role in the WFS or Ecology Action’s other programs, please contact Molly Ober, WFS Coordinator, (831) 426-5925 ext 11.

Life Lab Science Program [web link] LLSP is committed to garden-based learning that promotes stewardship of the environment to ensure a sustainable future. Life Lab has been working in the field of science and environmental education for over twenty years, serving teachers in the Monterey Bay Area and Greater Bay Area Regions, as well as throughout the nation. With our award winning curricula and programs, our organization helps schools develop gardens where children can create "living laboratories" for the study of the natural world. Since we developed the first Life Lab school garden in Santa Cruz in 1978, we have worked with over 1000 schools across the United States. Life Lab has developed a variety of curricula to support school gardens from kindergarten through middle school.

For more information about Life Lab Science Program’s role in the WFS or Life Lab Science Program’s other programs, please contact Orli Loewenberg, WFS Coordinator, (831) 459-4035, or Erika Perloff, Educational Director, (831) 459-5476.

Santa Cruz Office of Education [web link ] Recognizing the diversity of our community and the need for fundamental educational change, we create and promote partnerships, collaborative efforts, and understanding to improve the quality of education and the well-being of our students.

For more information about the SCCOE’s role in the WFS or the SCCOE’s other programs, please contact Lisa Glick, WFS Coordinator, (831) 479-5326, or the general information line at (831) 476-7140.

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