'Uplifting' Earth Day Event Returns To South Bay Park

PALOS VERDES, CA — The annual Earth Day event at Hopkins Wilderness Park in Redondo Beach returns this year with several activities aimed at educating the public about giving back through habitat restoration.

The free event hosted by the non-profit group, South Bay Parkland Conservancy, is set to take place on April 19 from 9 a.m. to noon.

It will feature educational seminars, crafts, live music from a local high school band, and local environmental groups presenting initiatives on how to give back to wildlife.

"It's a very positive, uplifting, hopeful day," said Jim Montgomery, SBPC's vice president of rewilding projects. "We see lives get changed. We've had students come down and you see the light bulb come on over their heads."

The SBPC will be using Lil Vegerie, a local restaurant that is 100% plant-based and "very environmentally friendly," for their celebratory lunch, with tickets available for purchase here.

The volunteer-based non-profit began in 2004 with a commitment to trying to save public land, according to Montgomery. In 2017, their focus evolved to include habitat restoration.

"We want to rewild the community one habitat at a time," Montgomery said. "We envision ourselves as catalysts to inspire, empower and enable people to be community stewards."