Take Action This Week
Fresh Clean, Green, and Glean events drop weekly. Pick one near you, bring a friend, and make a visible difference in a single afternoon.
Volunteer Gigs
All ages glean around town, collect litter along roadways, & grow seedlings for plant giveaways and more!
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Your donations help clean, green, and feed our community! Fund your favorite program.
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Join in celebrating all that we do and share in what can be returned to support your resilience.
Join Us Join NewsletterThree ways to clean, green, and glean
Pick a tool and jump in — pin a hotspot, take a challenge, or take five.
The Butt Map
A crowdsourced map of cigarette-litter hotspots. Drop a pin, and volunteer crews clean it up and log the count — watch pins flip from orange to green.
Open the Butt MapForestr Challenges
Join gamified green challenges to clean, plant, and move. Track your actions, earn points, and win real and virtual prizes — new challenges every two weeks.
Explore ChallengesForestr TakeFive
Take five minutes to reset your mind. Guided breathing, mindfulness, and meditation to lower stress and recharge your focus — a few minutes a day is all it takes.
Get TakeFiveBy The Numbers
440,335+ Lbs of Food Gleaned!
The Equivalent Of
12.26 tons of CO2eq . 3.49 million gallons of H2O . 366,946 meals recovered
152.42 Tons of Litter Cleaned!
The Equivalent Of
366 tons of CO₂ . 6,402 gallons of oil . 83,831 kWh of energy . 51 tons of coal . 7,621 lbs. recycled metal
ForestR PocketParks
Monarch
Paradise
Sage
Hazel
Storytellers'
Corral
Marshall
Artemis
Three challenges. One for each of our values: Clean. Green. Glean.
All three kick off at the Castro Valley Fall Festival, Sept 12–13. Pick one, or take on all three — for your health, and for the Earth.
The Big PlogStep Into 2027
Turn everyday steps into a cleaner planet. Discover “plogging” and keep moving — the most steps wins.
The Big Bloom
Photograph the flowers around town, fall gold to spring superbloom. Every photo is a point — the most blooms wins.
The Big TrekGo the Distance
Log every walk and hike. Climb the leaderboard solo, and move one shared distance goal together.
Add Your Voice to ForestR's Story
Our story is not one, but many.
Click here to share your story and see more community submissions
Nature has an impact on every aspect of my life! It’s a main character in all my best memories. There is a sense of magic when you’re surrounded by nature, a feeling that takes you out of the stressors of everyday life and connects you to the steady, grounding rhythm of the world around us. I can always rely on nature to provide me some solace and serenity. My passion for the environment inspired me to pursue a degree in environmental studies, and I hope to find a career where I can contribute to impactful conservation work and protect our beloved Earth. Forestr has been a great organization to volunteer for, and all the people I’ve met through working with them have been so kind! It’s awesome to connect with likeminded people and make a difference in your community ♡
-Anna from Castro Valley
Gleaning Programs
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