REGISTER FOR PARK ADVOCACY DAY 2012: March 20: Sacramento
Join other Californians and send a powerful message of support
for California’s
278 state parks.
There is no cost to participate in Park Advocacy Day,
and there
are funds to help offset travel costs (application is required).
Please visit http://www.calparks.org/takeaction/pad.html
for
more information and to register.
Registration deadline is February 23.
SOS CAMPAIGN WEBSITE BUTTONS:
We have created new SOS Campaign website buttons!
We hope you will add these buttons to your website to let the public know
that
you are working
as part of statewide efforts to Save Our State Parks.
The
button to the left is a .jpg and the button to the right is a .gif.
For larger versions of either button, simply click on the button!
Please let us know once you’ve added your button to your website!
Stay tuned for upcoming events:
Past Events:
Volunteers Clean-up Albany Shoreline
on Earth Day
575 pounds of garbage and 53 pounds of recyclable materials!
Volunteers came out on a perfect Bay Area sunny day to show their Albany shoreline some love by cleaning it up to celebrate Earth Day!
Families, groups and children joined in the scavenger hunt for stuff and brought it proudly back to be weighed. We collected 575 pounds of garbage and 53 pounds of recyclable materials.
We also had eight creek clean-up sites in Richmond and San Pablo where about 300 volunteers joined in and collected 4800 pounds of garbage and 200 pounds of recyclables.
We thank all who made our clean-up a success!
Sponsored by:
CESP, the Watershed Project, City of Albany, the Sierra Club and the UVa Club of San Francisco
Coffee and juice donations provided by:
Peet's El Cerrito, Starbucks El Cerrito Plaza, Starbucks San Pablo Avenue and Trader Joe's El Cerrito
CESP helps the City of Albany and the Watershed Project
clean up
the Albany Shoreline
Report from the Watershed Project: We had a wonderful Earth Day Clean Up and Celebration on Sunday April 19 at the Albany shoreline. A total of 135 participants, 82 adults and 53 kids picked up 415 pounds of trash and 62 pounds of recycling! Those are great numbers, considering that we asked participants to focus on plastic debris. Light weight plastic trash, including small bits and pieces, is the most prevalent form of debris and also the most harmful in the environment.
Albany/Berkeley Girl Scout Troop 1815 and Cub Scout Troop 505 joined the event for their Earth Day service projects. Ms. Zmich’s third grade class at Cornell Elementary School won a contest for a free presentation from The Watershed Project for sending the most parents and students to the event.
The event was enhanced by the involvement of many key volunteers who assisted with activities, and contributions from local organizations and businesses. The Citizens for East Shore Parks staffed a display table at the event, helped with publicity, and recruited volunteers. Noah’s Bagels, Sunnyside Café, and Safeway donated refreshments to feed the clean up volunteers.
The participants also enjoyed a number of additional activities we offered for all ages. A fishing and recycling game was fun and educational for young children, and the Trash Time Line interactive display and Pollution Soup skit were entertaining and informative for both older children and adults. Families and adults took part in the Nature Walk and in Creating Art from Trash and Treasures, and learned about sources and patterns of trash deposition and some of the natural and human history of the bulb. Many thanks to all the wonderful volunteers who attended!
