Tours to Explore Environmental Progress [Sponsored]

New Summit Tours to Explore Environmental Progress Across Coachella Valley [Sponsored]

PALM SPRINGS — This year attendees at the Healthy Desert, Healthy You Environmental Health Summit will have an opportunity to learn about and experience firsthand the innovative ways Coachella Valley businesses and agencies are responding to our environmental challenges.

Day two of the summit (Sept. 12, 2025) offers free group tours. There will be two routes with shuttles departing at 8:45 a.m. from The Westin Mission Hills, 71333 Dinah Shore Drive, Rancho Mirage. Because both routes will run at the same time, attendees may choose only one:

Route One Tour

8:45 a.m. – Depart from Westin Mission Hills, Rancho Mirage

9:15 a.m. – Palm Springs Windmill Tours

10:30 a.m. – Desert Water Agency Hydroelectric Generating Plant

11:45 a.m. – Good Earth Compost Project and Gardens, St. Margaret’s Church Location

1:00 p.m. – Arrive at Westin Mission Hills, Rancho Mirage

 

Route Two Tour

8:45 a.m. – Depart from Westin Mission Hills, Rancho Mirage

9:15 a.m. – Renova Energy

10:30 a.m. – SunLine Transit Hydrogen Fuel Plant

11:45 a.m. – Palm Springs Windmill Tours

1:00 p.m. – Arrive at Westin Mission Hills, Rancho Mirage

Touring guests will get approximately 45 minutes at each site to learn about its operations and contribution to protecting the local environments. Learn more about the tours and register: https://healthydeserthealthyyou.com/tours-page/

Presented by the Desert Healthcare District & Foundation, the second annual summit is a free event designed to engage with and inform residents about the air-quality, water-quality, land-use, and harmful waste issues that are affecting public health. It begins on Sept. 11 with a full day of panel discussions featuring environmental advocates, health experts, community leaders and partners, and stakeholders covering topics that include renewable energy and green technology, restoring the Salton Sea and lithium extraction, navigating the future of water, and more.

The keynote address will be delivered on day one by Andrea Vidaurre, co-founder of The People’s Collective for Environmental Justice. It is expected to be a summit highlight. Ms. Vidaurre has been recognized for her work calling for legislation that reduces automobile and rail emissions in California, with the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize and TIME Magazine’s honor as one of its most influential people in 2025.

To attend the Healthy Desert, Healthy You Environmental Health Summit, please register at: https://go.regform.com/#!/registration/6j67WY2/info