Our Impact
Our Partners
Patagonia
Patagonia’s grant enabled Sea + Soil to carry out Indigenous-led land restoration, community healing, and land-back advocacy across Southern California in 2024. With this support, we restored over an acre of Native land on the Pechanga Reservation through invasive species removal, native planting, and the creation of long-term educational spaces for Native youth, while also mobilizing more than 1,200 community members in support of the return and co-management of ancestral coastal land in Encinitas.
Grant Recipient
World Surf League
Since 2022, Sea + Soil has partnered with the World Surf League at the WSL Finals at Trestles to advance Indigenous-led habitat restoration. In 2024, with funding from the WSL PURE Grant Program, we worked alongside California State Parks and leaders from the Acjachemen and Payómkawichum Nations to facilitate community-led ecosystem restoration and the revitalization of traditional tule harvesting and basket weaving practices. This partnership helped Sea + Soil work toward our goal of planting 3,500 Native plants by 2025 to build climate-resilient soils, reduce toxic runoff, and nurture a culture of Earth stewardship within the surf community.
WSL PURE Grant Recipient
Earth Day CollaborationBillabong
The $20,000 donation and “Paradise for All” Earth Day feature helped bring Sea + Soil’s vision of an equitable future to life, while raising awareness about environmental justice and access to healthy food for underserved communities. This support contributed to growing our tiny farm project, strengthening food access through our local food bank, and educating diverse participants about Earth care and inclusion, aligning with our vision that nature and play time outdoors is and should be a human right, not a privilege.
Guayakí Yerba Mate
Kumeyaay Food Forest ProjectGuayakí Yerba Mate supported an Indigenous-led land restoration effort on the San Pasqual Reservation through the Kumeeyay Food Forest Project. This collaboration mobilized over 70 volunteers to plant 750 native, drought-tolerant, edible, and fire-resistant trees, directly contributing to long-term ecological resilience, water protection, and food access. Guayakí’s sponsorship made it possible to resource this large-scale community action while honoring Indigenous stewardship practices and regenerative land management rooted in place-based knowledge.
Collaboration with Indigenous RegenerationGuayakí Yerba Mate
Outside Magazine
Global FeatureOutside magazine amplified the impact of our work by bringing community land care and surf-rooted stewardship to a national audience. The piece features founder Lex Weinstein as a surfer and grassroots community organizer connecting culture, ecology, and place—demonstrating how strategic partnerships help translate on-the-ground projects into widely shared stories that inspire community engagement and a broader cultural shift toward regenerative living.
Founder Feature: Waterwomen of ColorOutside Magazine
Kumeyaay Food Sovereignty + Covid-19 ReliefIndigenous Regeneration
Kumeyaay Food Sovereignty + Covid-19 ReliefSea + Soil collaborated with Indigenous Regeneration in the cultivation of a half-acre regenerative organic production farm funded through a COVID-19 Food Relief Grant, providing weekly fresh food to 40 Kumeyaay families over four months. This work also launched a Tribal Farm Apprenticeship Program centered on one-on-one training, cooperative skill sharing, and the revitalization of traditional food systems—strengthening self-determination, cultural continuity, and community wellness through land-based practice.
Indigenous Regeneration
Storytelling to Reimagine
We believe in building the world we want to live in, as well as capturing stories, celebrating biodiversity, and creating representation of a future worth fighting for.
Thank you.
We’re deeply grateful to our community of donors, volunteers, and partners who make this work possible. Your support helps us care for land and sea, strengthen local food systems, and create spaces for learning and connection. We invite you to continue growing with us.