Earth 8 - CBS News 8 - San Diego, CA News Station - KFMB Channel 8

Earth8

Our mission is to promote a healthy, sustainable Earth through education, outreach and stewardship and inspire the next generation of San Diegans to help preserve our planet.

Earth 8: Shawn Styles talks sea level rise with Trevor Hoffman

Earth 8: Shawn Styles talks sea level rise with Trevor Hoffman

Earth 8: Shawn Styles talks sea level rise with Trevor Hoffman

Del Mar residents Trevor and Tracy Hoffman sat down with News 8’s Shawn Styles during an interview at their home along the beach.

EARTH8

Earth 8: Carmel Mountain Ranch coffee shop promotes sustainable coffee

Earth 8: Carmel Mountain Ranch coffee shop promotes sustainable coffee

In one year, Americans toss out 50 billion coffee cups. If stacked, they would circle the globe 150 times!

EARTH8

Road made of recycled plastic at UC San Diego is first of its kind in America

Road made of recycled plastic at UC San Diego is first of its kind in America

The 250-foot stretch of eco-friendly road at UCSD was installed a year ago and has garnered a lot of attention.

EARTH8

Earth 8: Harness rainwater to green up your garden

Earth 8: Harness rainwater to green up your garden

Did you know that routing used laundry water to your garden can save up to 7,000 gallons of water a year?

EARTH8

Protecting Paradise: Refill, re-use your plastic bottles

Protecting Paradise: Refill, re-use your plastic bottles

News 8's challenge to you is once the bottles are empty, clean them out, and reuse them by filling them up with whatever you like.

EARTH8

San Diego sisters volunteer with Hurricane Dorian victims

San Diego sisters volunteer with Hurricane Dorian victims

The sisters say the unreal devastation is like something out of a movie.

EARTH8

Beavers flooding rifle range to be removed from Camp Pendleton

Beavers flooding rifle range to be removed from Camp Pendleton

Experts say the beavers come down the Santa Margarita River each year and flood the rifle range at Camp Pendleton with their dam-building.

YOUR-STORIES-8

35th Annual Coastal Cleanup Day nets 145,000 pounds of trash

35th Annual Coastal Cleanup Day nets 145,000 pounds of trash

Thousands showed up to join the effort to clean up and beautify over 100 sites throughout San Diego County

EARTH8

Protecting Paradise: Marine Protected Areas

Protecting Paradise: Marine Protected Areas

From the US-Mexico border, through La Jolla and Carlsbad, up to Oregon, Marine Protected Areas (MPA's) make up 852 square miles of the Pacific Ocean and lagoons.

EARTH8

Protecting Paradise: Microfibers

Protecting Paradise: Microfibers

Protecting Paradise: Microfibers

Microfibers are small microscopic plastic particles and we have released trillions of them.

EARTH8