"Shake Your Tail - Save a Whale"
Thank you all for buying your tickets and coming to the Surf Movie night last Friday. That night was the best fundraiser event we have ever had (which was what we also said last year!) and we could not have been more thankful than to have you and the Bay Area community around us! The movie fundraiser helps us create […]
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We Take Care of the Pacific Ocean Exciting News!! We have received our own 501(c)(3) status and as of today we will be changing our name to Pacific Beach Coalition (PBC) to reflect the Pacific Ocean that we work so hard to protect and preserve. We hope you like the news and our new name! Slightly Different Name, Same Mission. Over the years we have […]
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This is the high tide line on the beach at Mussel Rock today. Plastic pieces were everywhere! Many were just too small to even pick up. Found these items too, lots of shotgun shell wadding/hulls today. Two items of note are under the garden claw. The pink thing in the middle is a hair curler type thing that I suspect […]
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First Cleanup of the Year for Esplanade The results are in for this month’s fabulous cleanup on January 19th! Our 20 voluntters picked up over 100 lbs of trash, 10 lbs of recycle and 481 cigarette butts! There was 30 pounds of assorted trash picked up from the Esplanade streets and beach, a 32 pound tire collected from just before the surf, and a tent weighing in […]
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The low tide uncovered a lot of trash! What a great day! We could not have hoped for a better day to start the year at Pillar Point, HMB. We had a slightly overcast but warm weather combined with a perfectly timed low tide which gave us ideal conditions to pick up a lot of trash stuck between the south […]
Read moreWhat does seaweed say when it’s stuck at the bottom of the sea? “Kelp! Kelp!” Here are some links and resources that we thought will kelp you learn more about our 2019 Earth Hero Honoree: the Kelp. Monterey Bay Aquarium Kelp Forest Cam Have you always wondered what kelp looks like under water? Well for the ones you have never seen it and […]
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A Sunny and Productive MLK Day of Service! What a great day we had! We were very grateful for this little bit of sunshine between the two rainy storms. It was just enough of blue sky for us to pick up the trash from Linda Mar State Beach and the parking lot, to plant native plants and remove a large […]
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Kelp can grow to be one hundred feet tall! Kelp is a place to hide for many fishes. Kelp is food for abalones such as the California Red Abalone. Kelp forests make tons of oxygen for nearby waters. Kelp has goopy stuff called phycocolloids in its cell walls. This is what keeps it flexible and slippery! Kelp have gas-filled bladders called pneumatocysts. These bladders help hold […]
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Our volunteer Jeff went to the Secret Waterfall shortly after Christmas and he took some pictures of the trash he collected. Here is his report: “Did a little hike and cleanup at the secret waterfall yesterday. There was far too much debris for any one person to get, probably due to the recent rains. I was able to move some […]
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Pacific Beach Coalition 2018 Successes Some Numbers: – 14,352 Volunteers – 161,196 Cigarette Butts – 16,933 lbs of Trash – 2,681 lbs of Recycle – 50,796 lbs of Green Waste Our Actions & Field Programs Earth Day of Action (find full report and pictures here): – 1,698 Volunteers – 14,873 Cigarette Butts – 3,588 lbs of Trash – 786 lbs of Recycle – 3,886 lbs […]
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