Heal the Bay Blog

Thank You Thursday - 11.1.12

If you’ve ever attended one of our events, you’ve benefited from the work of a cadre of staff and volunteers dedicated to FUN! Oh, and also to protecting our environment. This past weekend, we pulled off two simultaneous events: Our annual Fishy …
Thank You Thursday 11.1.12 Duke's Malibu Lunch n Learn WAYS Park Fishy Fest SMPA

An A-Ha! Moment at TedX

Earlier this month, I had the privilege to speak at a TEDx Santa Monica focused on the City 2.0, and in Santa Monica that focus was on sustainability.  There were City 2.0 events occurring all over the world on the same day.  It was su…
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Thank You Thursdays - 10.25.12

Seeing the Heal the Bay flag fly high gives us a “Zing!” feeling. There’s not much we enjoy more than sharing our message… except when others share it for us with equal enthusiasm.
Heal the Bay Thank You Thursday Heart in Sand

Big Victory Against Newhall Ranch

A proposed development that would impact thousands of acres of land to house 60,000 people in and around six miles of the Santa Clara River—one of the last free-flowing natural rivers in California—has been put on hold.
San Fernando Valley Spineflower Photo: Anuja Parikh and Nathan Gale

CCD 2012: They Found What!?

The most bizarre item found during 2012 Coastal Cleanup Day was a paddleboat in the woods. Yes! You read that right! It sounds like the lead in to a joke, but it’s the item Kentaro Lunn and Garrett Nas-tarin found during their mountain bike cl…
Most unusual items found at Coastal Cleanup Day 2012

4 Things To Do with HtB this Week

Heal the Bay staff canvass Los Angeles County each week, hosting events and offering fun ways to engage with the local environment.
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Trying to Save the Last Free-Flowing California River

We’re heading home from the L.A. Regional Water Quality Control Board hearing in Simi Valley. Songs on the radio give constant reminders of the imminent impacts to the Santa Clara River. Duran Duran’s Rio comes on, and Midnight Oil’s Beds Are B…
Santa Clara River, by Flickr User Wendell

Thank You Thursday - 10.18.12

Where would we be without clean rivers, streams, lakes and wetlands? We shudder at the thought. So today we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act and its environmental legacy. As former Heal the Bay president Mark Gold wrote in yester…
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And the CCD Instagram Winner is...

...Tiana Tinsley! Tiana's photograph received a whopping 127 likes on Facebook and is our #CCD2012 Instagram Photo Contest winner! Tiana's photograph will be exhibited at Heal the Bay’s Santa Monica Pier Aquarium and published in our Coastal Cl…
winner win COASTAL CLEANUP DAY 2012 PHOTO photography instagram beach contest

Rid Your Car of Goopy Old Motor Oil

You can help Heal the Bay simply by getting your next oil change through the Ford Community Changes program. Ford donates the cost of your next oil change toward our work protecting local waters from dangerous toxins.
Ford donates cost of your next oil change toward our work protecting local water