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Celebrate Dads and Grads by Adopting a Pacific Seahorse

In honor of dads and grads everywhere and in celebration of the male seahorse’s unique role in childbirth, through the month of June only, the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium’s seahorses are now available for Aquadoption for just $50. …
Seahorses available for Aquadoption at Heal the Bay for Father's Day, grads

L.A., ban the plastic bags

On May 23, Heal the Bay will lead a rally on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall to urge the City Council to vote for a ban on single-use shopping bags.
plastic grocery store bag, trash at a Calabasas landfill (Los Angeles Times)

RALLY: L.A. City Council Bag Ban

Do you think the City of L.A. should be a leader on the single-use bag issue instead of the last to the finish line? Do you want to end the scourge of plastic bag pollution in your neighborhood, local city streets and worse of all, on our local beach…
ban plastic bags City of L.A. sack the bag

Plastics Threaten Ocean Ecology and Our Food Web

They may be small, but sea skaters are alerting scientists to the immense perils posed by plastic pollution in the ocean. “We're seeing changes in this marine insect that can be directly attributed to the plastic," says Miriam Goldstein, a research…
plastic bags, litter, trash, ocean, marine debris

Weather Underground, HTB Partner on Beach Report Card

Just in time for summer vacation planning, weather information site Weather Underground is now providing Heal the Bay’s Beach Report Card grades to beachgoers in California and the Pacific Northwest on its Beach Weather pages, potentially reac…
beach, weather, water quality, surfers, swimmers, beachgoers

Greetings from “Camp by the Water”

Today’s blog post is by Aquarium Education Specialist Amanda Jones  Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh! Greetings from Camp, by the Water Having so much fun, by the pier Discovering creatures from deep and seashore near Open Ocean and Rocky Shore…
Santa Monica Pier Aquarium, Summer Science Adventure Camp, Kids

The Fight for Clean Water Is On

May 4, 2012 Heal the Bay’s campaign to “Take L.A. By Storm” got off to a great start yesterday, with concerned citizens telling the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control board to set strong pollution limits as it debates a new stormwater p…
Taking L.A. By Storm, MS4 Stormwater Permit, Clean Water Act, Water Pollution

A Swell Gift Idea for Mother's Day

Mother’s Day is right around the corner and what better way to celebrate motherhood than to adopt one of the swell sharks at our Santa Monica Pier Aquarium?
Adopt a Swell Shark for Mother's Day! Aquadoption, Heal the Bay, Aquarium

Plastic Pieces Push Deeper Into Oceans

The answer is blowing in the wind for oceanographers who have discovered that gusts of wind push plastic debris below the surface of the water, rendering previous data gathered by skimming the surface inaccurate.
Photo Credit: Sea Education Association, plastic pollution, marine debris,

Shining the Green Light in 'Hub City'

Today’s guest blogger is Edward Murphy, secondary education coordinator at Heal the Bay April 27, 2012 Throughout April, as we here at Heal the Bay celebrated Earth Month, I got to spend time with my favorite students and community groups in Compto…
Compton, Ian Somerhalder, Big Sunday, cleanup, Earth Day