"Trash in the Bin, Not the Pelican"
Today, a week earlier than usual, we held our monthly Mussel Rock Cleanup for November. Fortunately, it was a dry day, very crisp but sunny. 19 volunteers helped clean up the area. We were able to watch humpback whales spouting, birds flying in formation and coyotes hanging out. All of these creatures remind us how thankful we are to live […]
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Beach Cleanup on the 2017 Halloween Weekend Over our last October beach cleanup, we had an incredible turnaround! 63 incredible volunteers joined us and some came in numbers. We had Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Young Men’s Service League (YMSL), Central Middle School from San Carlos and students of Ocean and Hillsdale high schools. Together, we made a difference that […]
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Another successful habitat restoration last month, removing a lot of weeds under an expected foggy sky. A big thanks and shout-out to volunteers from Banana Republic Flagship store in Union Square SF and to the surfer community volunteers. Thanks all and we hope to see you again next time!
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Posting a few photos taken by Nobuko Inouye. Nobuko, walks the Linda Mar to Rockaway beach path almost every day, and takes photos, which she posts to her blog (in Japanese). She takes some great photos: whales, birds, fishermen, bunnies, gophers, THAT DRAT animal eating my newly planted native plants, WEASEL!!!, etc., anything interesting going on locally, and in her […]
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A whale was breaching out at sea while three of us quietly set up our cleanup site. Little did we know how many people were about to suddenly arrive. Thus, my thanks to Joe Recto and Chris Burr who helped me get everyone registered. Pretty soon, we read the Dolphin pledge together and got to work in teams in record time. Our […]
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Partnering with Terracycle Several regular Mussel Rock stars came out to cleanup at the car park, along the roads and in the wilderness: Joe, Terri, Jeff, Paxton, Chris, Julie, Nick and Jane. Newbies, including a mom and her two sons visiting the area also spontaneously helped us; the mom wanted her children to learn why we pick up trash. A […]
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188 Pounds of Trash from August 2017 Pillar Point Beach Cleanup What a great day at Pillar Point Beach Cleanup! Site captains Ryan and Valerie help take care of the 60 volunteers who came for our August beach cleanup and together we removed 188 pounds of trash from our Ocean, including 38 pounds of recycle. We counted 547 cigarette butts […]
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2,000 pounds of Dried Weeds Removed Beach Cleanup Results – 12 pounds of Trash, 9 pounds of Recycling, 5 pounds of Rigid Plastic, 326 Cigarette Butts – (boo hoo), 6 pair of shoes, several ropes, 3 surf leashes, beach toys, a volleyball, boxer shorts and too many pieces of plastic to count… Habitat Restoration Results – Approx 2,000 pounds of […]
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We were a small but determined team today, with representatives from drinkpath.com showing up to tell us about their new product – reusable aluminum bottles already filled with water (an alternative to throw-away plastic water bottles). Two volunteers cleaned San Pedro Avenue, and another came from Esplanade to be sure her haul of 400 cigarette butts was counted. The PBC […]
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What an incredible day. Last Saturday was almost like an Earth Day or Coastal Cleanup Day type of beach cleanup! We had an incredible turnout: 72 volunteers; and we picked up so much trash: 516 lbs. These 516 pounds included 70 lbs of recycle, 4 large tires, one 20 lbs blankets, a long plastic tube, metal grills and other indescribable […]
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