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Category: Coastal Cleanup Day

Calling All Coastal Cleanup Day Photographers!

09.10.2012 | Heal the Bay

SEND US YOUR BEST SHOTS OF COASTAL CLEANUP DAY 2012 AND YOUR PHOTO COULD BE ON EXHIBIT AT THE AQUARIUM

Take a great photo during Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, and share it with @HealtheBay on Instagram, and your photograph could be on exhibit at Heal the Bay’s Santa Monica Pier Aquarium and featured in the Coastal Cleanup Day wrap-up publication! Images can be of a beach or kayak cleanup, underwater photos from a dive cleanup, pictures of trash, clean beaches, volunteers, or anything from Coastal Cleanup Day 2012!

How to enter: Upload photos from Coastal Cleanup Day to your Instagram feed, make sure they are public, and tag them with #CCD2012 AND @HealtheBay, as well as including location information through Geo-Tagging and/or hashtagging with your cleanup site’s name (i.e. #DockweilerBeach). At the end of the contest, Heal the Bay will collect all of the photos and decide the winners. You can enter as many photos as you want!

You can submit photos from now until September 29, and the winner will be announced October 1 through Instagram. Grab your Smartphones and start uploading to Instagram! Good luck!

Prizes:

First Prize: Your photograph will be exhibited at Heal the Bay’s Santa Monica Pier Aquarium and published in our Coastal Cleanup Day 2012 wrap-up book. You and a guest will also receive a private, behind-the-scenes tour of Heal the Bay’s Santa Monica Pier Aquarium!
Second Prize (2): Your photograph will be exhibited at Heal the Bay’s Santa Monica Pier Aquarium and published in our Coastal Cleanup Day 2012 wrap-up book.
Third Prize (5): Your photograph will be exhibited at Heal the Bay’s Santa Monica Pier Aquarium.

For those not familiar with the photo sharing app, Instagram is an app for Smartphones that lets you easily tweak photos from your mobile device to give them an artistic look. If you don’t have it already installed on your phone, download the app for free.

No purchase necessary. No automated entries. Enter as many photos as you like. Photos must be taken at a Coastal Cleanup Day 2012 volunteer site in order to be eligible. By entering the contest, each entrant agrees that his or her submission is an original work of authorship and he or she owns all right, title and interest in the entry as of the date of submission. By entering the contest, entrants agree to assign all right, title, and interest, including copyright rights, in the entry to Heal the Bay and grant permission for Heal the Bay to publish or publicize all or part of their entry, including but not limited to entrant’s name, likeness and photo, in whole or in part, for advertising, promotional and trade or other purposes in conjunction with this and similar promotions in any and all media now known or hereafter developed, worldwide in perpetuity, without notice or permission and without compensation, except where prohibited by law.

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First 100 Volunteers at Bay Street Site Receive Jazz Concert Tickets

08.30.2012 | Heal the Bay

Coastal Cleanup Day Santa Monica

Heal the Bay and California Greenworks Inc, have joined forces to thank Coastal Cleanup Day volunteers with a FREE concert ticket for EarthFest L.A. 2012! The first 100 people that volunteer at the Bay Street Coastal Cleanup Day sitein Santa Monica on Saturday, September 15th, will receive a free ticket ($20 value) to the Jazz for the Environment Concert at EarthFest L.A. 2012 at 2pm.

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Cyclists: New Mountain Bike Site Added for CCD

08.22.2012 | Heal the Bay

Coastal Cleanup Day Malibu / Pacific Palisades

Come help Mountains Restoration Trust and Heal the Bay clean areas that are hard to reach on foot!

There’s a ton of junk in the upper end of Malibu Creek: wrecked kayaks, dinghies, fishing boats, lawn furniture. It needs to be hauled out, but it’s too far back to hike. We’re seeking up to 20 hardy folks with mountain bikes (or anything you can ride on a fire road) to participate as part of Coastal Cleanup Day. Register for the bike ride here.

The ride is a only couple miles on a fire road with one big hill, so you don’t need to be Lance Armstrong.

The event is open to anyone 16 and over, as long as they are comfortable biking off-road. Those under 18 must have their waiver form signed by a parent or guardian to participate.

The basic gear you need is your bike, a helmet, basic off-road riding skills, sturdy shoes to work in, sunscreen, a hat, plenty of water and a snack. But because getting that junk out is going to be messy work, we also strongly suggest bringing a long-sleeved shirt to work in and long pants (or anything to cover your legs).

Gloves and tools will be provided. Be prepared to get dirty. The ride should take about 25 minutes.

NOTE: Print your parking pass and waiver and display it on your dashboard. We’ll meet at the upper parking lot near the picnic tables and restrooms at 8:30 a.m. and leave for the site at 8:45.

Driving Directions: If you are coming South on Las Virgenes Rd., the park entrance is 0.2 miles south of Mulholland. If you are coming North on Malibu Canyon Rd, the park entrance is 1.5 miles north of the crossing with Piuma. There is another entrance for Malibu Creek SP/Tapia south of the main entrance, 0.2 miles north of Piuma — do not enter here but continue on another 1.3 miles to the main entrance.

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CCD 2012: Introducing the Bay Street Site

08.20.2012 | Heal the Bay

Coastal Cleanup Day Santa Monica

Bay Street has been added as one of the Coastal Cleanup Day sites in Southern California.

This new Santa Monica cleanup site, sometimes known as the “Inkwell,” was a popular beach hangout for African Americans from the 1920s to the early 1960s. Santa Monica Conservancy docents will be on hand to educate volunteers on the history of this unique site.

Pictured to the left, Verna Williams and Arthur Lewis at the segregated African-American beach site near Bay Street in 1924, courtesy of the Los Angeles Public Library Online Collection.

Just Announced: The first 100 people who volunteer at Bay Street will receive a free ticket ($20 value) to the Jazz for the Environment Concert at EarthFest L.A. 2012 at 2 p.m.

For a complete list of Coastal Cleanup Day sites or to register, visit healthebay.org/ccd.

Related: “White Wash” Documentary Screening and Discussion on Sept. 16, 2012.

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Angelenos Band Together to Clean Coast

09.22.2011 | Heal the Bay

Coastal Cleanup Day Long Beach / Avalon Malibu / Pacific Palisades Marina del Rey / Playa del Rey News Palos Verdes Peninsula Santa Monica South Bay Venice Beach

Heal the Bay organized tens of thousands of volunteers to remove close to 600,000 pounds of trash throughout California at this year’s Coastal Cleanup Day on Sept. 17. Heal the Bay staffers coordinated the Los Angeles effort, which drew nearly 11,000 volunteers to remove approximately 44,000 pounds of debris over three hours, at 65 sites spanning 86 miles throughout L.A. County.

Among this year’s unusual items of trash: a water-damaged but fully intact wallet and a World War I-era, khaki-green gas mask (Santa Monica Pier dive site); the front panel of a small safe (Toes Beach in Playa del Rey) and a carefully enameled, 8-inch human fingernail (Compton Creek). Ewww!

View some photos, too.

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Tune in Sunday @ 3 p.m. for CCD Special

09.09.2011 | Heal the Bay

Coastal Cleanup Day Long Beach / Avalon Malibu / Pacific Palisades Marina del Rey / Playa del Rey News Palos Verdes Peninsula Santa Monica South Bay Venice Beach

On Sunday, Sept. 11 at 3 p.m., KTLA-5 will air “Protect What You Love,” an hour-long special devoted to Coastal Cleanup Day, which is coming up on Sept. 17. The special will feature ways to prevent pollution and conserve water. Leading up to the show, KTLA asked Angelenos to tweet their conservation tips to #uprotectulove and urged viewers to volunteer for CCD .

If you haven’t signed up already, here’s your chance. You can sign up now to volunteer.

And if you can’t join us for Coastal Cleanup Day, you can still protect what you love. Make a $5 donation to provide cleanup supplies to volunteers: Text GIVE2CCD to 202222

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A Record Turnout For CCD 2010

09.25.2010 | Heal the Bay

Coastal Cleanup Day News

More Than 14,000 Volunteers Removed 50 Tons of Trash on Coastal Cleanup Day.

On September 25, 2010 from 9am to noon, 14,131 volunteers picked up 115,742 pounds of trash at 65 cleanup sites in L.A County as part of Heal the Bay’s
21st annual Coastal Cleanup Day. Braving the heat on the unusually hot
day, participants from families, local businesses, city crews,
faith-based organizations, schools and youth sports team worked
together to gather and remove the ocean-bound trash from
local watersheds.

CCD 2010 Results

14,131 volunteers

115,742 lbs. of trash

65 cleanup sites

101 miles cleaned

More About CCD 2010

Photos

Press Release

CCD Microsite

Cleanup Sites Map

Special Events

Sponsors

Learn About Pollution

Urban Runoff
The largest source of pollution to Southern California’s coastal waters.

Plastic Trash
Comprises 60-80% of all marine debris.

Marine Debris Database
Tracks what is picked up at cleanups.

Cleanups Year-Round

Nothin’ But Sand
Monthly cleanups open to all

Adopt-A-Beach
For groups and clubs

Corporate Healers
Sponsor a cleanup, support HtB

The 65 sites spanned the entire county from Tujunga to Long Beach, and Compton to Malibu. Cleanup locations included beaches, inland waterways, parks and neighborhoods. Coastal Cleanup Day even hit the water as SCUBA dive teams cleaned under the Santa Monica and Redondo Beach piers, while kayakers removed trash from Marina del Rey.

Coastal Cleanup Day 2010 was a record-breaking day of action that made an immediate impact on our oceans. But its lasting impact is teaching people what they can do in their daily lives throughout the year to combat neighborhood blight and beach pollution.

Heal the Bay offers a variety of cleanups throughout the year for anyone to get involved at anytime.

Photos of CCD 2010

View on Flickr

Coast Cleanup Day Targets Urban Runoff

Urban runoff from more than 200 storm drains flowing out to Santa Monica and San Pedro bays causes most of our local ocean pollution. By removing trash from beaches and inland neighborhoods, cleanup volunteers protect marine animals, enhance quality of life, and bolster the regional economy.

“Code Red” locations that received special attention this year included Dominguez Channel, Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park, the Los Angeles River and Encino’s Haskell Creek. These urban sites drain runoff from huge areas of Los Angeles County and are overwhelmed by litter such as plastic trash and fast-food packaging.

Heal the Bay’s CCD events have collected a cumulative 1.57 million pounds of trash since 1990. Cigarette butts, plastic bottle caps and Styrofoam fragments are the most frequently found items at cleanups. Heal the Bay tracks what is collected at cleanups in our Marine Debris Database.

Unusual Items Found

Among the unusual items found this year:

Three bowling balls cut in half, in Coyote Creek Trail (Cerritos)
A vibrator discovered in Lake Machado (Ken Malloy Regional Park)
Goatskin hide and mummified cat (Tujunga Wash)
A submerged gas-burning stove (Redondo Pier dive site)
Several crack pipes (Santa Monica, Venice and Malibu)
Floating bag of marshmallows (Marina del Rey kayak site)

Special 3rd Party Events

Coastal Cleanup Day sponsor Subaru hosted special test drive and sweepstakes events throughout the county to benefit Heal the Bay and raise awareness about the cleanup. Among other unique CCD-related special events: Give Back to the Beach – a food truck festival in Marina del Rey, the LA Craft Beer Crawl curated by food critic Jonathan Gold in downtown L.A., as well as a sunrise yoga session in Santa Monica, and three electronic waste drop-off/recycling collection sites run by Coastal e-Waste.

About Coastal Cleanup Day

Heal the Bay organizes Coastal Cleanup Day in Los Angeles County in partnership with the California Coastal Commission. However, Coastal Cleanup Day is actually a global event led by the Ocean Conservancy for 6 million volunteers in 90 countries and all U.S. states. The day has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s biggest 24-hour volunteer event.

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Food Truck Fundraising

09.14.2010 | Heal the Bay

Coastal Cleanup Day Events More Ways to Give Venice Beach

Got plans the 25th? Work up an appetite cleaning the beach in celebration of International Coastal Cleanup Day and then head over to The Beach Gives Back: A Food Truck Festival for Heal the Bay at Latitude 33 on 330 Washington BLVD. in Marina del Rey to reward yourself with everything from dim sum to ice cream. Heal the Bay gets rewarded too, 10% of proceeds from truck sales as well as attendee donations go to us and the International Bird Rescue Research Center. The event will be covered This is just one of our many varied Coastal Cleanup Day events to check out this year. Others include a craft beer crawl, a Pourtal happy hour and even yoga on the beach.

Food for thought-some of the most commonly found beach trash items are bits of styrofoam, plastic straws and plastic bottle caps. So, after you’re done gorging for the sake of the Bay, make sure your trash makes it in the approprate place. Want to check out other Heal the Bay cleanup trash stats? Visit our trash database.

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