"Trash in the Bin, Not the Pelican"
On a very cold February Saturday, we put on gloves and went to work to clean this ancient and beautiful site. Children read the Dolphin Earth Hero pledge from our 2017 PBC bookmarks. Skyline College joined us for the second time this year, making them an official Adopt a Beach group. There were over 30 volunteers who managed to find […]
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We are proud to have FNB Norcal as our Harbor Seal Sponsor. FNB NORCAL (the “Family Bank”) provides us with a $1000 contribution that allows us to make our Earth Day of Action EcoFest a fun day for the entire family. Their generous donation mostly goes toward the rental of the stage, the center piece of the EcoFest, so it is […]
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Thanks to everyone who ventured out to join us today, even though temperatures were in the 40s when we began our Mussel Rock cleanup. Myrna and Chris greeted a large crowd of teenage volunteers (see photo) from St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Daly City and the Young Dreamers Network. These very enthusiastic volunteers met my new dog, Jordan, shown in […]
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Pacific Beach Coalition 2017 Successes Some Numbers: 2013/14* 2015 2016 2017 Volunteers 11,894 11,603 12,283 12,327 Trash in LBS 18,244 16,475 15,032 19,509 Recycle in LBS 4,814 2,370 3,509 4,943 Green Waste in LBS 11,608 23,789 38,878 49,122 Cig. Butts Didn’t Count 95,594 172,443 157,672 Beach Plastic in LBS 101 * April 2013 through Nov 2014 Our Actions: […]
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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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Thank you, Paint A Bucket Contest participants. The results are amazing. We had 30 wonderfully varied painted buckets on display for Earth Day, and they were surely the most popular attraction at EcoFest! Our judges had reviewed all buckets in each category, and had many spirited discussions to arrive at their final decisions. It was difficult, to say the least, to […]
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A Movie Night to Celebrate World Oceans Day Free Event at the Sharp Park Library Come celebrate the Ocean with us! Part 1: Movie During this night on June 9th we are proud to present a Pacific Beach Coalition’s Earth Day 2016 Award winning video by PCT. & A Plastic Ocean Documentary film -an epic global adventure following […]
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This Earth Day was incredible! 120 volunteers came and removed 1006 pounds of trash from our Ocean and coast, incredible! Thanks to Apple, Rakuten, Ebates, Nueva School, Scout Troops, Heirs to Our Oceans and ALL the Amazing volunteers for coming to Pillar Point and Mavericks. Some more numbers: – 1006 pounds of trash including 125 pounds of recycling – 1522 […]
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On Saturday 25 March, as I was attending the American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting in San Francisco, Joe Recto stood in admirably as Site Captain and was assisted by many of the site’s Rock Stars who are regular supporters of this cleanup plus new volunteers. See photos below. Good weather and a 35-strong group of volunteers cleaned up 147 lb trash and 800 cigarette butts. […]
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Paint a Bucket to End Cigarette Litter Calling all artists and everyone who wants to help end tobacco litter! We are having a community contest to draw attention to the many 10-gallon buckets we are putting outside businesses to collect cigarette butts, by colorfully painting them with an ocean theme. Fish, whales, dolphins, otters, turtles, birds, crabs… all are affected by […]
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