Category Archives: Local and Global News

Honoree 2017: Dolphins & Porpoises

The community has spoken: PBC’s 2017 honoree is the Dolphin and the Porpoise!   Although porpoises and dolphins are a protected species, these marine mammals are known to be hunted for food or as bait for other marine animals. In commercial areas porpoises and dolphins may end up getting caught in fishing nets or other types of fishing equipment. They […]

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Whoaa, Check Out Our 2016 Successes!

Pacific Beach Coalition 2016 Successes, So Far…   Some Numbers: 2013/14* 2015 2016 Volunteers 11,894 11,603 12,283 Trash in LBS 18,244 16,475 15,032 Recycle in LBS 4,814 2,370 3,509 Green Waste in LBS 11,608 23,789 38,878 Cig. Butts Didn’t Count 89,162 136,662 Cig. Butts (Pots) Didn’t Have Pots 3,733 32,372 EcoPots Didn’t Have Pots 2,699 3,409 * Since April 2013 […]

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We Won! Envirotoken 2016 at New Leaf HMB

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Yes, we won this year Envirotoken at the New Leaf in Half Moon Bay!   What Are Envirotoken? Reminder: Whenever you reuse a grocery bag at New Leaf, you receive a 10¢ Envirotoken to donate to the non-profit of your choice. At the request of longtime customer, Ron Goodman, New Leaf started the Envirotoken program in 1993 with a twofold […]

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Do you know how to Do the Whale Tail?

Have you ever wondered what are whale tail license plates all about? Check this video out!! There’s a happy little dance that goes with it, so you and your summer pals can Do The Whale Tail: So now that you know, celebrate this summer by treating your wheels to that Whale Tail license plate you’ve had your eye on, while […]

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Earth Day of Action Results are in!

Thank you all so very much for joining us last month at our annual Earth Day of Action & EcoFest.  Here are the final numbers with all 80 sites reporting: 7,286 Volunteers 4,025 lbs of Trash 1,031 lbs of Recycling material 7,609 lbs of weeds (non native & invasive species) 15,923 Cigarette butts Assemblies at 15 schools 5785 students learned about […]

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The Whale Tail License Plate Helps Us

The WHALE TAIL® License Plate sponsored by the California Coastal Commission gives drivers a way to help protect and restore the priceless resources of California’s coast and ocean. The Coastal Commission uses these funds to support many worthy coastal education efforts like the ones leaded by Pacific Beach Coalition, but also the annual Coastal Cleanup Day which each fall turns […]

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California Law Would Ban Butts — From Cigarettes, That Is

“Cigarette filters leach dangerous chemicals into the environment, kill animals that eat them, and cause communities to spend millions of taxpayer dollars for clean-up,” Stone said in a press release. “California has many laws in place to curtail cigarette litter, but people continue to illegally discard tons of cigarette butts each year. The current laws aren’t sufficient to address this […]

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Sea Otters, PBC’s Honoree for 2016

A couple months ago at our General PBC meeting, we (nearly unanimous) voted in favor of the sea otters as our honoree for 2016. Shortly after that we started collecting ideas for our 2016 slogan and came up with “Healthy Waters, Healthy Otters”. Please look for our upcoming Sea Otters web page in the “Learn” tab of our main menu, […]

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