"Shake Your Tail - Save a Whale"
Glorious day at Rockaway. Sunshine! Great temperature! Sea Breeze! Thanks to all who participated today (9 hearty volunteers). A total of 5 pounds of trash and 3 pounds of recycles were picked up. Might be an all time low – hopefully because people are 1) littering less and 2) picking up as they go. Cigarette butts, however tend to be […]
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Here is a lot of good information if you would like to be involved with helping the City of Pacifica – Info sent by Sue Digre, City Council Member. Pacifica is evaluating and updating the General Plan and Local Coastal Land Use Plan in order to preserve the “CHARACTER of OUR community, PACIFICA” That character is also very environmental. So, it […]
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Several of us got together to participate in the census of Snowy Plovers that is conducted twice annually along the Pacific Coast from Washington to Baja. Our wintering Snowy Plovers left back on March 13th, returning to their nesting beaches, but we covered Pacifica’s three beaches just the same, just to be scientific about it. While we didn’t find any […]
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We were fortunate to have a nice mix of seasoned volunteer Mussel Rockstars and newbie Mussel Rockstars, who all seemed to arrive at the same time, at 9am, with everyone keen to get going. Everyone chipped in to help set up and get all volunteers registered (or check that they had already signed online waivers) and equipped them with gloves, […]
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YOU ALL WERE BRILLIANT and created a most incredible day for Pacifica, our coast, the bees, and most especially, the environment! From the Schools, to the Action, to the EcoFest, everything was amazing and impactful! Earth Day 2015 Results 7,152 volunteers 5300 Children reached at schools 5000 pounds of trash 652 pounds of recycle 10,500 pounds of green waste We removed […]
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Pacifica Playschool had a great time cleaning up Edgemar Park for Earth Day!! There were quite a few weeds but we were able – adults and kids – to get a lot more done than we thought thanks to so many helpers. It was great seeing the children work so hard on pulling the weeds even if they were a […]
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Saturday, May 16, 2015 started out like many a day at Linda Mar- COLD! But as morning wind subsided and the temp started to rise (to a balmly 57), they came. First to the table: three from Walnut Creek Intermediate (!) on a quest for a school science project. Found on our website, the students were going to report on their […]
Read moreWhat a great team we have. I was suddenly called to a personal emergency at the end of the cleanup time. So without me, my crew formed a great impromptu wrap-up team. They stowed buckets and gloves in their cars or in the bushes. We eventually moved them to my garage afterwards. Congratulations to 2 of our Mussel Rock Stars, […]
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Our resourceful volunteer Helen N. found out about the Terracycle company a year ago and since then we have recycled over 41,000 cigarette butts! This organization specialized in recycling difficult-to-recycle packaging and products and repurposes the material into affordable, innovative products. They have been around since 2001 and is now one of the fastest-growing green company in the World. When […]
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Sperm Whale Memorial Sharp Park Beach, Pacifica Saturday, April 25th 10.30am For anyone interested in honoring our fallen Cetacean, there will be a community lead memorial this Saturday. This 48′ long adult male Sperm whale appears to have died of natural causes and washed ashore last week on the south end of Mori Point. Several of us wish to honor his life,thank him […]
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