"Trash in the Bin, Not the Pelican"
Here is a very special piece made by Peter Winch who has been an Education Specialist at the Greater Farallones Association for the past 15 years. Before then Peter worked as a biological technician studying seabirds. He spent 5 months on French Frigate Shoals in 1996, and 3 months on Laysan Island in 1996/97.Peter also works as a naturalist for Oceanic Society where […]
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The A Perfect Day for an Albatross Educator’s Guide features eight pages of activities that target national science, math, writing, and art education standards for grades 1-3. Here is the link to this 8 pages PDF activity book.https://www.pacificbeachcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/NEW-Albatross-Educational-Guide-v2.pdf
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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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New HMB Cleanup: Sunday, February 16th from 10AM to Noon About Manhattan Beach:Manhattan Beach is located below the Ritz-Carlton bluffs and is one of the nicest beaches in the Half Moon Bay area. You will need to walk about 3/4 mile south to the concrete stairs going down the bluff. If the tide is out you can sometimes keep walking north […]
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A stranger, Lloyd From Oakland, knowing nothing about PBC, just hanging out on South Rockaway Beach, offered to help me clean up a lot of garbage that washed in from the storm. It took a few trips with his laundry basket to haul it all to the trash can at the top. I gave him my “Earth Hero 2019” button. He […]
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New Cleanup: Sunday, February 23rd from 2PM to 4PM About Pacifica Pier:The Pacifica Pier is home to whales dolphins, harbor seals and many seabirds. The pier is a very popular place to fish and there can be 300 people on the pier during the weekends. With all the foot traffic, it is also home to cigarette butts, abandoned fishing lines […]
Read moreDuring the first weeks in January, I researched areas at Mussel Rock and beach to create my introductory speech. I found several homeless camps and shelters under trees. Therefore, I asked our volunteers to respect these areas and not touch them during this cleanup. When the tide was low, I found small plastics such as bottle tops scattered in 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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