Past Event – Take Action, Celebrate and Learn for Earth Day
This year we are celebrating Earth Day on Saturday April 22nd with our volunteer activities and actions. But also all month long with our educational activities, Street to Beach cleanups and other events for adults and kids.
Volunteer Opportunities & Celebration
On Earth Day – Saturday, April 22nd 9AM to 11AM PST:
Join our Organized Beach Cleanups and Habitat Restoration
We will have site captains at our monthly locations, please find the nearest location to you or the one you want to help at:
| Litter Cleanup | Meeting Location | Online Registration |
| Esplanade, Pacifica | Site Captains: Gail & Brittaney Meeting Location: top of the path/stairs on Esplanade Ave next to OceanAire Apartments. Park on Esplanade. | Sign up online here |
| Seal Point, Foster City | Site Captain: Nilofer Meeting Location: Turn right when you enter the parking lot, meet near the San Mateo Park Rangers shed (map) | Sign up online here |
| Foster City Levee Pedway (around Seal Slough) | Site Captain: Shilpi Meeting Location: Drive to 120 Beach Park Blvd. (map) | Sign up online here |
| Linda Mar State Beach, Pacifica | Site Captains: Jim, Ana, Julie & Antony Meeting Location: southern end of the main parking lot (just north of Taco Bell). | Sign up online here |
| Montara State Beach, Montara | Site Captains: Janice & Iona Meeting Location: off Hwy 1 in the north lot of what was previously known as La Costanera Restaurant. | Sign up online here |
| Mussel Rock Beach, Daly City | Site Captains: Helen, Joe, Chris & Myrna Meeting Location: Mussel Rock carpark located at the lower coastal end of Westline Drive. | Sign up online here |
| Pillar Point Harbor, Half Moon Bay | Site Captains: Laurel, Julie, Alex, Meredith & Melinda Meeting Location: 1 Johnson Pier, near the Harbor Master office. | Sign up online here |
| Roberts Road, Pacifica | Site Captain: Dig’it Dave Meeting Location: At the top of Roberts Rd, overlooking Linda Mar State Beach | Sign up online here |
| Rockaway Beach, Pacifica | Site Captains: Wendy & Michael Meeting Location: SW corner of the North Beach parking lot, near the back corner of the Lighthouse hotel. | Sign up online here |
| Manor, Pacifica | Site Captain: Jim Meeting Location: Site Captain: Jim Meeting Location: Meet on the left hand side of the Manor Safeway entrance | Sign up online here |
| San Pedro Creek, Pacifica | Site Captains: Dave, Audrey & Jacqueline Meeting Location: end of San Pedro Terrace Rd by the trail head. 751 San Pedro Terrace Rd, Pacifica. | Sign up online here |
| Sharp Park Beach, Pacifica | Site Captains: Pauline, Ellen & Deirdre Meeting Location: corner of Beach Blvd and Clarendon at the start of the Levee. | Sign up online here |
| Thornton Vista, Daly City | Site Captain: Cynthia & Sierra Meeting Location: Look for our site captains’ table after the roundabout on Thornton Beach Rd where the walkway starts. | Sign up online here |
| Habitat Restoration Linda Mar, Pacifica | Site Captains: Michael Meeting Location: east side of Highway 1 in the Community Center parking lot off Crespi Drive. | Sign up online here |
| Other Locations | Other group sites coordinated in advance with Jim (jim@pacificbeachcoalition.org). | Waiver coming soon |
| Street to Beach Cleanups | Done by yourself or with family and/or peers whenever is convenient for you. It can be around your neighborhood, at the beach, in a needy area, or anywhere you’d like. (More info below) | Sign up online here |
And then, April 22nd 10:30AM to Noon PST:
Earth Day Celebration in Pacifica with Special Guests and Speakers
Top off your Earth Day Celebrations by coming to our celebration happening in Linda Mar, Pacifica at 10:30AM.
So let’s celebrate Earth Day with us along with distinguished guests and speakers from
the CA Coastal Commission, Federal, State, County and Local representatives and as always, some PBC Earth Heroes! Displays and educational activities will be on site from the Pacific Beach Coalition, Friends of Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, Pacifica Library, Skyline College and Ocean Shore School.
April 1st to April 30th:
Your Day, Your Happy Place with Street to Beach Cleanups
Take advantage of Earth Month to volunteer and do your part and help the planet and the nudibranchs.
Litter Pick Up
- Join the Street to Beach cleanup volunteers and read our tips for a successful cleanup
- Community service hours
- Use the Clean Swell App
Gardening
- Plant native plants such as the Silver Lupines which are essential to the survival of the Mission Blue Butterfly (Earth Honoree 2022)
- Remove invasive weeds
- Plant native plants to your area, bigger patches will help attract pollinators
- Find alternatives to pesticides such as neem oil
- Compost your green waste and use it to build a healthy and biologically diverse soil
- If you can, leave some sections of your yard wild (to not remove dead plants, brown leaves etc…) this helps insects and birds
- Read these gardening tips from the California Native Plants Society
Habitat Restoration
- Remove invasive weeds
- Volunteer & learn at Pacifica Gardens
- Volunteer at the National Parks
- Propagate Native plants with Pacifica Gardens Native Plant nursery or San Bruno Mountain Watch
- Join a habitat restoration group event near you (check on Nextdoor and your local Land Trust or park)
Tell us how you did! Send us pictures and a summary of your efforts via email info [at] pacificbeachcoalition.org. We look forward to hearing from you!
Report your beach cleanups efforts with the Clean Swell app!
Locations in Need of Love
Learn with Educational Activities
April 1st to ongoing:
Nudibranch Module for Teachers and Homeschooling
The Pacific Beach Coalition’s 2023 Earth Honoree is the nudibranchs. These fascinating sea slugs teach us about biology, acidification of our ocean and so much more.
We’ve compiled a virtual lesson plan to bring the Nudibranch into your classroom. Register your classroom and receive a free educational module about the nudibranchs (PDF), buttons and bookmarks for each of your students (while supplies last).
Subjects covered in this module include:
• Biology
• Match
• Science
• Art
• English
There is a lot of activities in this PDF so it might take a couple of seconds to load.
Other Activities to Print, Always Available on Our Website
Over the years, we have been gathering a lot of different activities that can be done by kids of all ages either for a school projects or just to keep some children occupied at home.
Please visit our different toolkit and feel free to print any of the activities we selected for you below.
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