Karma Beach Yoga & Keep Brevard Beautiful Beach Clean up
2021-10-16 07:00 - 08:00, 2021-11-20 07:00 - 08:00 (America/New_York) | Cherie Down Park, 8330 Ridgewood Ave, Cape Canaveral, 32920, United States
Come give yourself and our beautiful beaches some LOVE with early morning beach yoga and clean-up.
HOTY Karma Yoga & KBB Clean-Up are held on our Adopted Shore at Cherie Down Park in Cape Canaveral, that we’ve sponsored over 16 years. It’s more than ever time to “Live More Green and Live More Lean” with Suzanne & Joe Elliott, Founders and Directors from HOTY on the Island.
We will be hosting a free mini-Yoga session to warm-up. A Yoga Mat is NOT necessary, but if you want one, we suggest a cheap beach straw mat and/or beach towel or HOT Yoga mat, you can keep your belongings on it or use after jumping in the ocean to sun dry. We will be doing Standing Yoga poses only, known to warm-up the body and as a way to TAKE A STAND to honor nature and outdoor life and living in the Sunshine state. Earn good karma for our Mother Earth on the beach and help us help KBB with our Adopt-A-Shore clean-up. It will be very Therapeutic to practice our Healing, Original, Therapeutic YOGA inhaling the salty air from the sea as we watch the Sun Rise to help us Seize the Day! SEAS the Day! Feel the Rays! See the SEA! Smell the Salt! Hear the Waves! Touch the Earth! Experience SEA, SAND, SPACE & SURF!
Yoga in the sand, come earlier to watch the Sunrise. Participants can bring water and sunscreen.
KBB will provide grabbers, buckets, latex gloves, and trash bags. HOTY Team will provide table, sign-in, free yoga and accept donations for KBB.
The HOTY TEAM will be leading Standing Yoga poses the first thirty minutes to warm-up for the clean-up to start after taking a stand in the sand with Yoga.

Hundred Acre Hollows - Work Day
2021-10-16 09:00 - 11:00, 2021-10-23 09:00 - 11:00, 2021-10-30 09:00 - 11:00, 2021-11-06 09:00 - 11:00, 2021-11-13 09:00 - 11:00, 2021-11-20 09:00 - 11:00, 2021-11-27 09:00 - 11:00, 2021-12-04 09:00 - 11:00 | Hundred Acre Hollows, 1170 Rock Springs Drive, Melbourne, FL, 32940, United States
What We’ll Do – Dig out small Brazilian Pepper trees, cut branches away from the trails, cut back vines, or weed the gardens. We need volunteers to help maintain this beautiful green space. We are always looking for people to help with maintaining the beauty of our gardens and property.
Saturdays from 9 – 11am are our work days, but sometimes the schedules change. Please visit our Facebook page for the latest news.

MRC Low Impact Development Conference
2021-10-21 09:00 - 2021-10-22 17:00 | Center for Collaboration, 1100 Rockledge Blvd., Rockledge, FL, 32955, United States
MRC Low Impact Development Conference
Oct. 21 & 22, 2021
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Center for Collaboration
Rockledge, FL
Sales end on Oct 1, 2021

Fees include general admission, continental breakfast & lunch both days, with complimentary Happy Hour Reception on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. This conference is valued at over $600 per attendee. MRC is pleased to offer this opportunity at a discounted price thanks to sponsor support and charitable gifts. For more information on MRC, please visit SaveTheIRL.org.

Indian River Lagoon Day
2021-11-13 10:00 - 14:00 | Front Street Park, 2205 South Front Street, Melbourne, FL, 06513, United States
Info coming soon.

Ocean Reef Beach Festival
2021-12-04 08:00 - 17:00 | Pelican Beach, Satellite Beach, FL, United States
Continuing our annual tradition, the Ocean Reef Beach Festival will be returning to Pelican Beach Park on Saturday, December 4, 2021, in Satellite Beach, FL! Join us to celebrate the ocean lifestyle in a family atmosphere with fun opportunities for all ages. There will be something for the whole beach community, from educational programs in the clubhouse to a sea turtle maze for the kids. Food vendors will tempt your taste buds while live music entertains. The very best of our local ocean arts community, local surfboard shapers, and other vendors help you take care of all your Christmas shopping. Have fun; leave with more knowledge and a new appreciation of our ocean, reef, and beach!

Samson's Island Restoration Project Workday
2022-01-22 09:00 - 12:00 | City of Satellite Beach Fire Department, 1390 S Patrick Dr, Satellite Beach, FL, 32937, United States
Join the City of Satellite Beach for a maintenance day at the Samson’s Island Submerged Lands Restoration Project which features seagrass, oyster, and clam restoration techniques on the island’s Banana River shoreline. After a quick boat trip volunteers will be in water maintaining oyster bags and prepping for phase 2 of submerged lands restoration. Space is limited, register on the City’s website here.

Native Plant Propagation Workshop
2022-01-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Enchanted Forest Sanctuary, 44 Columbia Blvd, Titusville, FL, 32780, United States
Calling all aspiring (and established) gardeners! Interested in learning how to propagate your own plants from seeds? Join our outstanding volunteer and Sea Rocket Chapter member of the Florida Native Plant Society, Lois Harris, as she shows us how to propagate seeds from our native plant garden.

ORCA One Health Fish Monitoring Seminar
2022-01-25
Register for the Webinar to learn more:
Ocean Research & Conservation Association One Health Fish Monitoring Seminar
Our One Health: Fish Monitoring project is designed to collect data related to the accumulation of toxins (naturally occurring) and toxicants (manmade) in fish living in the Indian River Lagoon and contributing waters (e.g. Lake Okeechobee, canals).

Oyster Habitat Maintenance
2022-01-29 09:00 - 13:00 | Swann Residence, 411 Swann Grove Ln, Merrit Island, FL, United States
Restore Our Shores is hosting an oyster habitat maintenance volunteer event! The event will be on January 29th from 9am-1pm at the Swann Residence at 411 Swann Grove Ln where we are storing the remaining oysters that did not make it onto a reef. Volunteers will be expected to lift the habitats onto the dock, let them dry off, and then scrape the barnacles off the cages, and return the habitats to the water.

What You plant Matters -MRC Lunch & Learn
2022-02-01 12:00 - 13:00
Click to register for What You Plant Matters

Oyster Restoration Supply Making with Brevard Zoo Restore Our Shores
2022-02-05 08:00 - 17:00 | Brevard Zoo, 8225 N Wickham Rd, Melbourne, FL, 32940, United States
Join Brevard Zoo’s Restore Our Shores Program at their oyster shell site in Cocoa to fill oyster gabions with recycled shell. Volunteers must be 15 and up. Sign-up to help on the volunteer page of the RestoreOurShores.org website.

Oyster Restoration Supply Making with Brevard Zoo Restore Our Shores
2022-02-12 08:00 - 12:00, 2022-03-04 08:00 - 12:00 | Brevard Zoo, 8225 N Wickham Rd, Melbourne, FL, 32940, United States
Join Brevard Zoo’s Restore Our Shores program for a fun morning at the Zoo making oyster gabions to be used in their Indian River Lagoon oyster restoration projects! Volunteers must be 15 and up. Space is limited, sign up on the Volunteer Page of the RestoreOurShores.org website.

Florida Friendly Landscape Seminar
2022-02-19 09:00 - 13:00 | Eau Gallie High School, 1400 Commodore Blvd, Melbourne, FL, 32935, United States
Come join us for the 2022 Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Seminar where we will have 4 presentations plus vendors! The following talks are scheduled:
9:00-9:45 am – Creating Habitat for Winged Wildlife – Skip Healy-Change of Greenery
9:45-10:30 am – Indian River Lagoon Update – Kathy Hill – Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program
10:30-10:45 am Break
10:45-11:30 am – Grow Your Own Delicious Food! (no matter where you live) – Sally Scalera UF/IFAS Extension Brevard County
11:30-12:30 – Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ in HOA’s and Everywhere! Claire Lewis University of Florida – Florida Friendly Landscape Program
12:30-1 pm Door prizes and plant sale
Hope to see you there!

Oyster Restoration Supply Making with Brevard Zoo Restore Our Shores
2022-02-23 12:00 - 15:00 | Brevard Zoo, 8225 N Wickham Rd, Melbourne, FL, 32940, United States
Join Brevard Zoo’s Restore Our Shores program at the Zoo from 12:00-3:00pm making oyster gabions to be used in their Indian River Lagoon oyster restoration projects! Volunteers must be 15 and up. Space is limited, sign up on the Volunteer Page of the RestoreOurShores.org website.

Melbourne Botanical Fest- Rain Barrel Workshop
2022-03-05 08:00 - 16:00

MRC IRL Report Card
2022-03-10 12:00 - 13:00
Register now for the MRC Lagoon Report Card presentation on March 10!
We have clearer water, and harmful algae is declining in the Indian River Lagoon. Recent infrastructure improvements and behavioral changes are helping, yet our seagrass is continuing to struggle. Learn more about what may be causing this phenomenon and how we can work together to solve the issue.

Ryckman Park Oyster Reef Build with Brevard Zoo Restore Our Shores
2022-03-11 08:30 - 14:30, 2022-03-12 08:30 - 14:30 | Ryckman Park, Town of Melbourne Beach, 509 Ocean Ave, Melbourne Beach, FL, 32951, United States
Join Brevard Zoo’s Restore Our Shores Program in building 150ft of oyster reef at Ryckman Park in Melbourne Beach! Volunteers must be 15 and up and space is limited. Sign-up to help on the volunteer page of the RestoreOurShores.org website.

Oyster Volcano Building
2022-04-04 15:30 - 18:00
Learn to make oyster volcanoes with MRC! These concrete and jute “volcanoes” will be deployed around the Indian River Lagoon in an effort with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to restore critical shoreline habitat and recruit oyster spat.

Workshop 1
Monday, April 4th from 3:30PM – 6:00PM
Workshop 2
Tuesday, April 5th from 3:30PM – 6:00PM
Workshop 3
Wednesday, April 6th from 8:00AM – 11:00AM

Workshops will be held at the MRC campus, located at 3275 Dixie Hwy NE, Palm Bay, FL 32905
Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting concrete on, and don’t forget your reusable water bottle!

If you would like to volunteer, please contact caitlin@mrcirl.org
for more information and to reserve your spot.
