"Shake Your Tail - Save a Whale"
We had a lot to celebrate today: So many faithful Mussel Rockstars, (a growing group of 15), who come out in rain or shine to beautify this area. I used funds from recycling to give out some fun gifts my husband found that were not made of plastic. Imagine! Some 5 years ago, it was just me! Now, there were […]
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What a wonderful day we had at Manhattan/OC/Ocean Course/3 Rocks/Pelican* beach today. The sun was out, also was the wind but it mostly helped cool the air. Our 54 volunteers, including our Green Team from Gunn High School, came to pick up trash and helped us lead the cleanup. Together we collected 17.5 lbs of trash, 7 lbs of recycling, […]
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41 amazing volunteers gathered on a cool sunny day to clean Montara Beach. Together, we removed 48 pounds of trash, 8 pounds of recyclables, 1.5 pounds of compost and 113 cigarette butts from the beach and the cliffs. Sadly and shockingly, two of our volunteers also found a body at the far northern portion of the beach. Our hearts go […]
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It was a gorgeous day at Montara beach Jan 11th, when 28 Earth Hero’s from all over the Bay Area picked up 60 pounds of trash, 14.5 pounds of recycling, 91 cigarette butts and 6 plastic straws. Special thank you this month to our junior site captain Ben, our naturalist Julie, and PBC’s Lynn Adam’s who stepped in at the […]
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All the Trash Got Picked Up. All the Plants Got Planted! Thank you so much to all the volunteers and site captains for making this incredible day possible. We had enough Earth Heroes to picked up all the trash at Linda Mar and plant all the native plants we have been nursing for a couple years. 127 Volunteers for Linda […]
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Our First San Pedro Creek Cleanup Was a Huge Success! On Saturday January 4, the first San Pedro Creek monthly cleanup was held, starting by the convalescent center on San Pedro Terrace Rd. It should be noted that clean-ups on Earth Day and other cleanups have been held in the past, this was just formalizing a monthly cleanup. 29 […]
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A break in the rain allowed us to remove 70 lbs of trash and 350 cigarette butts last weekend from Harbor Beach in Pillar Point Harbor, Surfers Beach and the Jetty Skate Ramp. We found some pretty unusual items like a BMW bumper, a bottle of perfume and a couple of underwear. We were also able to remove the rusty […]
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18 Earth Heroes came out on a cold and blustery December morning to clean Montara Beach. Many volunteers reported this was the cleanest beach they had ever seen…yet together we were able to remove 29 pounds of trash, 6.5 pounds of recycling, and 110 cigarette butts from the beach and bluffs! In addition, we were able to rescue a 40 […]
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26 fabulous volunteers from the coast and all over the bay area braved the cold, the sun, and the cold again to clean up Montara beach this weekend. Together they collected a whopping 70 pounds of trash, 7 pounds of recycling and 146 cigarette butts! Their finds included: a cooler filled with unpleasant smelling liquid (ick!) an old dog harness […]
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A beautiful day greeted 27 volunteers at Montara State Beach. And so did the cigarette butts: 487 cig butts were collected, in addition to 22 lbs. of trash and 7 lbs. of recyclables. Volunteers came from San Carlos, Redwood City, San Mateo, Half Moon Bay, Pacifica, and Menlo Park to comb the beach, parkings lots, and roadside. Six volunteers from […]
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