"Shake Your Tail - Save a Whale"
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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Last Saturday was by far the most beautiful day of the year for multiple reasons: – An incredible weather – 45 volunteers came including members of the YMSL and the Masterworks Chorale – 256 lbs of trash were collected (including 22 lbs of recycling) It looks like everyone had a lot of fun and was impressed by the amount of […]
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Alfonso, one of our newest Earth Heroes, ran the 2015 Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Half Marathon on Saturday, February 1st. This amazing 23-year old decided to raise funds for the Pacific Beach Coalition to support more learning experiences through our programs and events. He setup a Go Fund Me account to collect more than $2,050 which will go the Pacific Beach Coalition to continue to provide stewardship opportunities […]
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Jeff C. wrote: Did some hiking with my dog around Mussel Rock today. The storms and tide action have caused a lot of beach erosion along with rockfalls and mudslides. Part of the beach about 1/3 mile north of the beach access point is completely gone. The sand is gone and it’s down to the rocks now. Judging from the […]
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This year’s 18th Annual beach planting and cleanup at Linda Mar State beach on Saturday, January 17th was truly a COMMUNITY effort! Members of the Pacific Beach Coalition and volunteers did double duty, picking up trash on the beach, then planting natives in the dunes. Three organizations donated lots of beautiful plants: Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy (GGNPC), The Watershed Nursery & […]
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Remember when you came to help us install a fence to protect the Snowy Plovers back in August 2014? Well, our volunteers discovered a special treat at Saturday’s beach planting & cleanup. Sixteen Snowy Plovers were spotted hunkered down in the sand outside of their fence or foraging for kelp flies and beach hoppers. Last year no more than 8 were spotted at one […]
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Jeff, our devoted Mussel Rock volunteer, found a Go Pro 3 on January 1st. He extracted the Memory card and recovered some pictures. If it is you, contact us, we would be happy to give you your pictures back! Jeff wrote: I believe the owner of this camera was a surfer who lost the camera at the south end of […]
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