Living Classroom provides garden-based Science and Environmental Education for TK-8th grade Students. Living Classroom''s mission is to make education come alive and to empower the next generation by growing environmental champions, inquisitive learners, and healthy eaters who know where their food comes from. Our goal is to inspire children to learn about and to value the natural world through garden-based education. Our 50+ engaging, hands-on, Next Generation Science. Standards-aligned lessons stimulate curiosity and are taught in beautiful and educational school gardens that we create and maintain.

The Living Coast Discovery Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit zoo and aquarium located on Sweetwater Marsh National Wildlife Refuge on San Diego Bay. Founded in 1987 as the Chula Vista Nature Interpretive Center, we have served the San Diego community for over 30 years. We are a community of staff, volunteers, wildlife ambassadors, and a nationwide base of partners. Our Mission: To inspire the community to connect with and care for our coastal environment. Our Vision: A thriving natural coast through engaged conservation.

To bring people into deeper relationship with the outdoors through exploration, education and reflection.

Our unofficial mission is to protect, improve and utilize our natural areas while educating our visitors to appreciate and respect them.