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ANyone Can Make A Difference!

You might be a dedicated surfer, in the water every morning before work. Maybe you’re a mother who brings her kids to the beach in the summer. Or maybe you just like to watch the sunset over the coast, and look for dolphins playing in the waves.   There are hundreds of ways you can appreciate our ocean and beaches, and there are also hundreds of ways that you can help protect them.

A Dive Like No Other, Thanks to New MPAs

Thousands of tiny golden fish dart out of the way as I kick through the kelp forest — it’s amazing that they’re already learning to swim from predators at an early age. As I round the edge of a large rocky reef fringing Santa Cruz Island, I am …
Harbor Seal Marine Protected Area Channel Islands MPA preserve Malibu Palos Verd

A Super Staffer Shares Her Story

In January 2005, after a month of being holed up in our tiny Santa Monica apartment and listening to the rain fall incessantly outside, I knew I had to get out and do something productive with my time. I was still adjusting to my new surroundings af…
Sylvie Makara volunteer Santa Monica Pier Aquarium Key to the Sea naturalist

Can World’s Largest Retailer Be Green?

We didn’t have a Wal-Mart near me growing up in the Midwest. My first real exposure to Wal-Mart came from watching the documentary Store Wars: When Wal-Mart Comes To Town. In case you haven’t seen the film, it pits the big, nasty retailer versus…
Walmart Green Reusable bags AB 298 plastic zero waste renewable energy

And the Emmy Goes to…

We are proud to announce that KTLA5 won a 2012 Emmy for its one-hour special about Heal the Bay's Coastal Cleanup Day program. The Emmy was the third that KTLA has won for its CCD-focused programming. We are grateful to KTLA for showcasing our work…
KTLA's Coastal Cleanup Day program wins an Emmy

In Compton: Greening the Future

Following a path already traveled by the likes of Van Jones in the East Bay Area and Majora Carter in the South Bronx, Rhonda Webb of Compton has started a journey of revitalizing her community that is rooted in green infrastructure and a green econo…
Compton Creek Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Environment community garden

That’s Beautiful…and Disgusting!

California artist Marina DeBris transforms the trash she finds on the beach into “trashion,” wearable – and fashionable—clothes. “When I moved here 14 years ago, I was disgusted by the amount of trash on the beach,” she recalls. Eventuall…
Photos ©Rob Kalmbach
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