San Diego Sustainable Food Festival
Date and Time: Saturday, September 27th @ 11:00 - 5:00 PM
Location: Balboa Park Boulevard and Presidents Way Lawn
Don’t miss Balboa Park’s newest festival!
Presented by Viridian Productions @viridViridian Productions
Don’t miss this community celebration of global flavors & culinary innovation, showcasing local chefs and vendors, with a focus on seasonal ingredients, sustainable practices, and eco-friendly food ways.
Free Entry | Entertainment | Family-Friendly | Dogs Welcome
- Indulge in Tacos, Donuts, BBQ, Pizza, Pastries, Lumpia, Sushi, Cannolis, Spicy Chick’n Sandwiches, Mac & Cheese, Dumplings, Pozole, Mulitas, Wings, Cookies, Curries, Noodles, Nachos and so much more!
- Featuring over 70 sustainable food, craft, and service vendors in addition to nonprofit groups. Enjoy a full day of entertainment with music, chef demos and panel discussions plus food and beverage tastings and kid-friendly activities.
- Stop by @awayDesert Catopiad @desertcatopia to meet adoptable dogs and cats and to learn about fostering and other volunteer opportunities
- A portion of profits will be donated to local nonprofit groups.
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PARKING:
There are several free parking lots located nearby. Visit the Parking page on the Balboa Park website to learn more.
BAAL’s Vegan Sunset Hike
Date and Time: September 21st @ 4:00PM
Location: Mission Trails Regional Park, San Diego.
Join us for a vegan hike and a kick ass time with BAAL. No megaphones, no signs, just a moment to exist with each other in nature. We’ll hike out and watch the sunset and also hopefully we can catch the partial solar eclipse, hang, take pictures, snack, and just be.
This is a straight edge space, no alcohol or drugs. Just good energy, and people who care.
Bring water, food, sunscreen, and anything else that makes you feel grounded.
RSVP on IG, Discord, or FB.
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Rose’s Law Day of Action
Date and Time: Sunday, September 28th, 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Location: 2688 E Mission Bay Dr., San Diego, CA 92109
This September 29th, marks seven years since the rescue of Rose — a single chicken whose story ignited a global movement demanding fundamental rights for animals.
In her honor, and for the trillions of animals still suffering around the world, we are launching a Global Week of Action where activists will take action to elevate the urgency and drive the conversation about these 5 basic rights that we demand for all animals:
1. The right to be free - not owned - or to have a guardian acting in their best interest.
2. The right to not be exploited, abused, or killed by humans.
3. The right to have their interests represented in court and protected by the law.
4. The right to a protected home, habitat, or ecosystem.
5. The right to be rescued from situations of distress and exploitation.
WHAT: Banner drop
MEETING LOCATION: 2688 E Mission Bay Dr., San Diego, CA 92109**
Then we will walk to the overpass bridge over the interstate 5 freeway to drop our Rose’s law banner. Join our action in San Diego. Implementing the Animal Bill Of Rights globally is Direct Action Everywhere's ultimate goal. Go to roseslaw.org to know more about Rose’s Law.
During the Rose’s Law Global Week of Action, activists across the globe will organize impactful actions during the week to elevate the Animal Bill of Rights.
NLAS Volunteer Day
Date and Time: September 28th @ 12:00 PM
Location: Lake Elsinore
Join us for a day of volunteering at New Life Animal Sanctuary. Duties include mucking barns, cleaning, small projects, building, animal cuddles and more!
Bring snacks and drinks to share as well as a reusable water bottle. Gloves recommended!! Produce for the animals is always appreciated too. Any questions or concerns DM me or shoot me an email at sidneyjesperson@gmail.com
For more information on New Life please visit
https://www.newlifeanimalsanctuary.org
Omni Protest
Date and Time: Sunday, September 28th @ 6:00 PM
Location: 675 L street. San Diego
Join our protest at Omni Hotels San Diego, and we need you there. Omni is still tied to foie gras, a product made by force-feeding ducks and geese until their organs swell, fail, and burst. It’s violent. It’s disgusting. And Omni continues to profit from it.
This isn’t just a protest, it’s a full-blown disruption.
We’ll be confronting their complicity head-on.
This is about visibility, pressure, and making it impossible for them to ignore the suffering they’re enabling.
We need people for the following roles:
Sign holders to line the outside and inside with bold messages.
Flyer distributors to engage the public and inform hotel guests.
Megaphone users to lead chants and amplify our voices.
Videographers and photographers to document the action.
It would be great to have supporters in duck or goose outfits (or just bird-themed clothes!) to visually drive the message home, if not no worries.
Props and demonstration help to add theatrical impact to the disruption.
We will also provide megaphones, signs, chants, and props, but the more bodies, energy, and creativity we bring, the more powerful this will be.
If you’ve never protested before, this is a great time to jump in. If you’re a seasoned disruptor, we need your voice more than ever.
RSVP on IG, FB, Signal, or Discord.
Let’s show Omni that silence is complicity, and we will not be silent.
Animals are suffering. Omni is profiting.
We’re coming for that cruelty. Together.
Protest San Diego County Animal Abuse
Date and Time: October 2nd @ 12:00-2:00 PM
Location: 2481 Palomar Airport road
Healthy dogs are being euthanized. Horses are left lying for days without help. Dogs are locked in kennels for days with no walks, no toys, and no care.
We cannot stay silent while animals suffer in our shelters. Join us and demand accountability—our animals deserve compassion, not cruelty. 
For more info: Alliance.for.animals2021@gmail.com
Protest: San Diego Fur Ball
Date and Time: October 4th @ 4:30 - 6:00 PM
Location: 5500 Gaines St, San Diego, CA 92110
If you are free and can show your support, please come on down.
We will have signs available but feel free to bring your own.
FREE Event: Fright for Future: Haunted Maze
Dates and Times:
Friday, October 17th @ 4:00 - 9:00 PM
Saturday, October 19th @ 12:00- 9:00 PM
Sunday, October 20th @ 12:00 - 9:00 PM
Friday, October 24th @ 4:00 - 9:00 PM
Saturday, October 25th @ 12:00 - 9:00 PM
Sunday, October 26th @ 12:00 - 9:00 PM
Location: 37ECB, 3720 El Cajon Boulevard San Diego, CA 92105
Fright for Future, ranked San Diego's #1 Scariest Haunted Attraction, is back and ready to give you the scare of a lifetime!
Step into our haunted maze of "true terrors" bringing scary issues concerning people, planet, and animals to light this Halloween.
Brace yourself for an unforgettable journey through the dark corners of our world.
Gather your friends, summon your courage, and join us at Fright for Future.
It's time to confront our fears and take action.
Let's make this Halloween season a hauntingly impactful one!
More Info:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fright-for-future-haunted-maze-tickets-1739576432939
Food for thought Documentary Screening
Date and Time: November 8th @ 3:00 PM
Location: Franklin Sanctuary
Join us for a special evening at Franklin Farm Sanctuary
Get ready to be inspired and educated by this eye-opening film about the impact of our food choices on our health, the animals and the environment. Come together to watch, discuss, and reflect on the importance of conscious eating.
3:00-4:30 Self guided sanctuary tour
4:30-5:00 Gather at event space for light refreshment
5:00-6:30 Documentary Screening
This is a FREE event but you must register. Space is limited.
Donations to the sanctuary are greatly appreciated
Don't miss this opportunity to join us for this very special FREE event.
Limited seating. Reserve your seat today!
Blanket Drive for Rescue Pigs at Saving Animals Healing Hearts
Blanket Drive for Rescued Pigs:
Cold nights are right around the corner, and 48 rescue pigs are in need of cozy blankets to keep warm. If you have blankets taking up closet space, our pigs would be so grateful to give them a second life.
Pigs love to burrow and nestle into piles of soft blankets at bedtime.
Saving Animals Healing Hearts officially used up every last blanket from last year’s donations, and now their snuggle-loving pigs have none left for this winter.
SAHH is requesting your help making sure every piggy has a warm spot to curl up in.
Saving Animals Healing Hearts is accepting all sizes (some of the pigs are up to 200 lbs & would love a comforter).
-No sheets, knit, or feather filled blankets please!
Please share, tell a friend, share with your local community groups… it truly helps us get the word out! Thank you for helping us keep our friends cozy this winter!
Message to arrange a drop-off time.
Worldwide Fur Protest
Date and Time: November 28th @ 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Location: Online
Join us as we make a bold statement to the world: ban all fur!
Through this global day of action, we strive to:
- inspire people to ditch fur
- pressure companies to divest from fur
- urge cities around the world to ban fur
Over 100 million animals suffer and die horrifically due to the fur trade each year.
As consumers, companies, and entire countries ditch fur, now is the time to join the growing movement for a fur-free future.
Join us as we make fur history!
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