"Trash in the Bin, Not the Pelican"
We had 12 amazing volunteers from Oracle, Hillsdale High School, and Half Moon Bay come out this beautiful May 11th ! Wildflowers were blooming, the sun managed to come out, and we were treated to a couple of whales passing by. The good news – the beach was pretty clean thanks to our Earth Day cleanup a two weeks ago, […]
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A record 95 volunteers from Half Moon Bay, Montara, Moss Beach, Freemont, San Carlos, Danville, Atherton, and Modesto came out for a huge Earth Day Cleanup at Montara State Beach! Together, they picked up 111 lbs of trash, 24 lbs of recycle, 65 bottle caps, 13 straws and 305 cigarette butts from the beach, parking lots and bluff. We also […]
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57 Volunteers, 152 Lbs of Trash & 106 Cigarette Butts Last Saturday we cleaned up Pillar Point and Surfers Beach. We were all very grateful for the sunny weather and for spotting some whales near the jetty. We had students representing Half Moon Bay, Hilldsale and Aragon High Schools who came in numbers, as well as locals and San Mateo […]
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Our friend and board member Claudia has been going back and forth from the coastline to the mountains over the past couple years. And here a note from her journey. Thank you Claudia for bringing the PBC spirit everywhere you go! Hello fellow Earth Heroes, I’m always curious about other communities litter issues…always hopeful to not find any, but alas, […]
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The Landfill Making Its Way Towards the Ocean Another great report from our Mussel Rockstar Jeff. “Some photos I took at the Mussel Rock Cleanup today. Good turnout of volunteers, nearly 40 I think, and over 200 lbs of trash. I will comment on each photo individually. Toward the area of the “regular” landfill, lots of water runoff areas were […]
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“How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly ocean” Arthur C Clarke 23 February 2019 Multiple Projects, Ongoing! While Chris, in the foreground, held down the fort with 37 volunteers in the field, Helen walked a mile along Westline Drive, dragging an industrial magnet. The magnet picked up ferrous metal bottle caps, screws and nails. To […]
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28 Volunteers, 219 lbs of Trash & 26 lbs of Recycling Despite Ski Week, we had a great turnout at Pillar Point today! Our 28 brave volunteers (some coming all the way from San Jose) cleaned up the Jetties, the beach inside the harbor and Surfers’ Beach – which will be added as a new location from now on! Thanks […]
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This is the high tide line on the beach at Mussel Rock today. Plastic pieces were everywhere! Many were just too small to even pick up. Found these items too, lots of shotgun shell wadding/hulls today. Two items of note are under the garden claw. The pink thing in the middle is a hair curler type thing that I suspect […]
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First Cleanup of the Year for Esplanade The results are in for this month’s fabulous cleanup on January 19th! Our 20 voluntters picked up over 100 lbs of trash, 10 lbs of recycle and 481 cigarette butts! There was 30 pounds of assorted trash picked up from the Esplanade streets and beach, a 32 pound tire collected from just before the surf, and a tent weighing in […]
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The low tide uncovered a lot of trash! What a great day! We could not have hoped for a better day to start the year at Pillar Point, HMB. We had a slightly overcast but warm weather combined with a perfectly timed low tide which gave us ideal conditions to pick up a lot of trash stuck between the south […]
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