"Shake Your Tail - Save a Whale"
Richard Baxter from the Beekeeper’s Guild of San Mateo County will present a program on honey bees and bee hives. Richard has decades of experience in this field and also as a teacher and a business, Golden Harvest Bees. On his website, you will find the upcoming beekeeping classes for beginners, soap making lessons as well as products for sale […]
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On a bright sunny day, 16 volunteers from Charles Schwab donned buckets and bags to clean Linda Mar beach. What a pleasant bunch of people. They performed their task enthusiastically and after an hour of cleanup tramped up the hill for habitat restoration with Lynn. The results: 30 bottle caps, 10 straws, 185 cigarette butts, 6 pounds of recyling and 16 […]
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I was driving north on the Great Highway one beautiful Saturday morning… I was shocked and saddened. Every can was overflowing and surrounded by a lot of garbage. It was heartbreaking. I had to do something. I parked near Judah and walked up with bags, a bucket and a pick-up stick to tackle the […]
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What a beautiful day for a cleanup. Bright, sunny and warm. Saturday’s cleanup at Linda Mar included 24 students from Stanford University, 18 students from St. Veronica’s parish and 28 volunteers for the tsunami program (no tsunami debris was found). We had 82 folks show up and wow did they ever have enthusiasm. Totals for the day: 25 pounds for […]
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Are you a new volunteer? Or would you like to be one? Come join us on Thursday, February 26th from 6:00 to 8:30pm to meet new volunteers like you, regular volunteers and other members of our community! The Surf Spot 4627 Pacific Coast Highway 1, Pacifica Look for us outside near the cabana. So please, come stop by to […]
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A special thank you to Cindy and Claudia who joined me today, a gorgeous Pacifica day. Together we picked up 6 full buckets of trash including over 500 cigarette butts. I cleaned up the basic area and they ventured down Manor and along Esplanade. They and I received many welcomed “Thank Yous” ….and Cindy was given $5 by a grateful […]
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This new exhibition in the Gallery of California Natural Sciences takes a look at the wildly diverse and intricate world of one of the most important creatures to human agriculture and the natural environment. Through family-friendly experiences, hands-on activities, and media, Bees: Tiny Insect, Big Impact touches on topics of honeybees and Bay Area beekeeping, the diversity of California native […]
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This month’s Rockaway cleanup slid in nicely between two major storms and took on a distinctly international flavor! Jim, Ana and Lynn hosted great returning volunteers and a group of 12 people from truly around the world. Global Ties is an organization through the US State Department that hosts trips to the US for global non-profits and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). We […]
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How they help us: Recology is a company dedicated to building exceptional resource ecosystems that protect the environment and sustains our communities and they just became one of our “Gray Whale” sponsor! This contribution and generous in-kind donation will help us make our Eco Fest event even greener. More about Recology: Recology, an employee-owned company, sees a world without […]
Read moreGoals of Earth Day of Action – Bay Area Remove litter and help people to see and learn about pollution prevention; Teach about the importance of improving native habitat through hands-on education and gardening; Engage, inspire, and educate all ages on actions everyone can do daily to make everyday Earth Day; Build community by working together with a common purpose […]
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