Totals have finally trickled in for Coastal Cleanup Day 2011 and things are not looking optimistic for our final numbers. Although we had 7,608 volunteers which cleaned up over 145,000 pounds of trash (that’s 19/lbs …
As my first year helping coordinate Coastal Cleanup Day, I have heard a lot of stories about some of the interesting items found during the cleanup. In previous years they have found everything from a …
River park volunteers Steve Scarano and Doug Niggli load green waste into its proper bin. (c) Tony Cagala It’s no secret that people want to help protect the environment. San Diego County Supervisor Pam Slater-Price …
When finding out how much trash we collect in just one day during Coastal Cleanup Day, it’s hard to brush it off. The enormity of the number gets me to think of one negative and …
San Diego Coastkeeper and the San Diego chapter of the Surfrider Foundation have been working together for years to organize twice-monthly beach cleanups. Plastic foam (expanded polystyrene, known by the trade name Styrofoam™) has …
The Clean Beach Coalition prepared for last weekend’s Fourth of July madness by putting up 200 extra trash and recycling bins to manage the weekend’s waste as well as tried to get the word out to the …
Plastic pollution is a big problem for San Diego’s beaches – in fact, you might call it a whale of a problem. What better way to draw attention to it than with a whale made …
This is the sixth of a 10-part blog series examining the nature of ASBS, the threats they face and the actions we can take to protect these biological hotspots for future San Diegans. Last Saturday, …
Every year on Memorial Day weekend, thousands of families go to the beach to celebrate. However, after a weekend of fun in the sun, our beautiful beaches are left with tons of waste that beachgoers …
How do you give your friends from London a proper tour of San Diego while they’re here on holiday? Make sure they hit all the best beach spots, check. Show ’em a good time downtown, …
Totals have finally trickled in for Coastal Cleanup Day 2011 and things are not looking optimistic for our final numbers. Although we had 7,608 volunteers which cleaned up over 145,000 pounds of trash (that’s 19/lbs …
As my first year helping coordinate Coastal Cleanup Day, I have heard a lot of stories about some of the interesting items found during the cleanup. In previous years they have found everything from a …
River park volunteers Steve Scarano and Doug Niggli load green waste into its proper bin. (c) Tony Cagala It’s no secret that people want to help protect the environment. San Diego County Supervisor Pam Slater-Price …
When finding out how much trash we collect in just one day during Coastal Cleanup Day, it’s hard to brush it off. The enormity of the number gets me to think of one negative and …
San Diego Coastkeeper and the San Diego chapter of the Surfrider Foundation have been working together for years to organize twice-monthly beach cleanups. Plastic foam (expanded polystyrene, known by the trade name Styrofoam™) has …
The Clean Beach Coalition prepared for last weekend’s Fourth of July madness by putting up 200 extra trash and recycling bins to manage the weekend’s waste as well as tried to get the word out to the …
Plastic pollution is a big problem for San Diego’s beaches – in fact, you might call it a whale of a problem. What better way to draw attention to it than with a whale made …
This is the sixth of a 10-part blog series examining the nature of ASBS, the threats they face and the actions we can take to protect these biological hotspots for future San Diegans. Last Saturday, …
Every year on Memorial Day weekend, thousands of families go to the beach to celebrate. However, after a weekend of fun in the sun, our beautiful beaches are left with tons of waste that beachgoers …
How do you give your friends from London a proper tour of San Diego while they’re here on holiday? Make sure they hit all the best beach spots, check. Show ’em a good time downtown, …
