With gratitude, La Selva Beach Community Church and its members are proactively looking for ways to help preserve this beautiful planet that God has entrusted us with.
Here are just a few of the ways we’re trying to make a positive impact.
Adopt A-Highway Program
Our church participates in Caltrans Adopt-A-Highway program by maintaining the area on Highway 1 just south of Mar Monte known as La Selva Vista Point. This is an area frequented by travelers who want a great view of the Monterey Bay as well as those who just want to pull over and rest. As Adopt-A-Highway volunteers, we clean this area twice a month. Cleaning involves emptying the seven trash containers, providing new liners in each of the containers and picking up any litter found in the area. The trash from the containers along with the filled litter bags are left at the site to be picked up by Caltrans.
Volunteers must go through safety training which consists of viewing a training video. Upon completion of the training, they are issued an Adopt-A-Highway vest, hardhat, gloves and safety glasses. Litter bags and “pickers” are provided on the workdays, which occur on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month. If you are interested in becoming a “litter warrior” please contact the church.
Recycling Policy
We make every effort to use washable, recyclable and/or biodegradable dishware at Church coffee-hours and social events. We believe it is important to be responsible role models for our children and the community.
Community Garden
There is a growing interest among church and community members in creating an organic community vegetable garden. Helping people find support for growing their own produce locally is not only healthy for our bodies and souls, it’s healthy for the environment. This is a grass roots effort which needs our support. Interested? We want to hear from you!