San Luis Obispo County • Central Coast, California
Conscious
Beyond
Convenience
A Central Coast environmental collective working to protect our ecosystems, support green business, and push for real policy change across SLO County.
We believe the more time you spend outside, the more connected you become to the natural world, and the more you want to protect it. Since 2013, we've been turning that connection into action on the Central Coast.
Our Mission
Inspiring lives by preserving the places we love
One With Nature started as a group of friends with a shared love for the landscapes of San Luis Obispo County. The mission has grown into a platform for environmental education, policy advocacy, and community storytelling.
We produce short films, support green businesses, and track the policy decisions that shape our coastline, hills, and open space. Our work is local, but the issues we cover connect to larger forces: plastic pollution, single-use waste, solar policy, and the pressure development puts on California's wildlands.
Learning Among the Oaks: Leadership and Education for SLO County Students
Focus Areas
The issues that matter most on the Central Coast
Environment
Plastic & Ocean Pollution
Single-use plastics are choking our coastline. We track local bans, support Surfrider and ECOSLO campaigns, and document the fight to keep SLO County beaches and waterways clean.
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Business
Green Business Resources
Going green is good ethics and good business. We provide guides, connect local businesses with certification programs, and maintain the SLO County Green Business Directory.
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Policy
Local Policy & Advocacy
From net metering battles to styrofoam bans, environmental progress lives and dies at the local level. We follow what county officials and Sacramento are doing to protect or undermine our ecology.
Track Policy →Active Issues
What we're watching right now
Solar Net Metering
California's NEM 3.0 policy gutted rooftop solar economics. We break down what changed and how homeowners can still advocate for better policy.
Styrofoam & Single-Use Bans
Local bans are working, but enforcement and expansion matter. Follow the push to eliminate polystyrene across the county.
Open Space & Trail Access
We're working with the City of San Luis Obispo to install trail signage that deters littering and protects open space across the region.
Water Bottle Bans
A push to ban single-use water bottles and fund hydration stations in public infrastructure is gaining ground locally. Here's where it stands.
Storytelling
Films that make you feel something
Every environmental issue has a human story at its center. Our short films capture the people, places, and moments that make the Central Coast worth fighting for. From Cal Poly's Zero Waste Club to the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, we put a camera on what matters.
Green Business
SLO County Green Business Directory
Going green has real business benefits: lower operating costs, tax incentives, and a customer base that increasingly votes with its wallet. We certify and list businesses in San Luis Obispo County that meet our sustainability standards.
Each listed business maintains proper recycling, composting, eliminates single-use plastic water bottles, and trains staff on consumption awareness.
SLO County Green Business Program, produced by One With Nature
Policy & Updates
Latest from the blog
Policy / Solar
Motivating Californians to Go Solar Despite NEM 3.0
California gutted one of its most impactful carbon reduction tools. Here's what changed and why homeowners still have options.
Community / Trails
New Hiking Trail Signs Going Up Across SLO County Open Space
Working with the City of San Luis Obispo, we're placing informative signs to deter littering and protect the region's trails for future generations.
Environment / Plastic
The Ongoing Fight Against Single-Use Plastic on the Central Coast
Bans work when they're enforced and expanded. A look at progress, setbacks, and what still needs to happen here in the county.