Summer Camp: Grow-Eat-Make-PEACE
The Ecology Center, 32701 Alipaz St, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
About
Summer Camp: Grow-Eat-Make-PEACE includes hands-on learning in regenerative farming, farm-to-table cooking, and nature-based creativity. The program takes place within an immersive camp setting that incorporates these specific activities for children.
• Ages: 7–12 years old
In its 15-year history, The Ecology Center was founded in San Juan Capistrano in 2008. The organization describes its mission as being in business to shift culture by curating ecological experiences for everyone and providing creative yet achievable solutions for thriving on planet Earth. The Ecology Center operates as a 28-acre Regenerative Organic Certified™ farm and education center and is recognized as an educator, connector, and community builder that is leading the charge around the conversation about better, healthy living.
The leadership team is led by Founder and Executive Director Evan Marks, with Jonathan Zaidman (Engagement), Gregory Foster (Education), Johnny Wilson (Farm), Jose Del Toro (People), Paul Corey (Finance & Operations), Colleen Culhane (Engagement & Development), and Nereo Zago (Art & Design). The model is based on traditional principles of collective land stewardship, and the organization includes a land acknowledgment of the traditional and unceded sacred lands of the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians known as the Acjachemen Nation.
Members are described as making the farm a community, and the ecosystem is described as dependent on community support. The Ecology Center describes itself as a destination where people from across the region come to plant seeds, tend the garden, create with their hands, and share a meal in celebration.
Last updated April 6, 2026.
• Ages: 7–12 years old
In its 15-year history, The Ecology Center was founded in San Juan Capistrano in 2008. The organization describes its mission as being in business to shift culture by curating ecological experiences for everyone and providing creative yet achievable solutions for thriving on planet Earth. The Ecology Center operates as a 28-acre Regenerative Organic Certified™ farm and education center and is recognized as an educator, connector, and community builder that is leading the charge around the conversation about better, healthy living.
The leadership team is led by Founder and Executive Director Evan Marks, with Jonathan Zaidman (Engagement), Gregory Foster (Education), Johnny Wilson (Farm), Jose Del Toro (People), Paul Corey (Finance & Operations), Colleen Culhane (Engagement & Development), and Nereo Zago (Art & Design). The model is based on traditional principles of collective land stewardship, and the organization includes a land acknowledgment of the traditional and unceded sacred lands of the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians known as the Acjachemen Nation.
Members are described as making the farm a community, and the ecosystem is described as dependent on community support. The Ecology Center describes itself as a destination where people from across the region come to plant seeds, tend the garden, create with their hands, and share a meal in celebration.
Last updated April 6, 2026.
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