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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.

Your Bag Photo: Worth a Thousand Words

They float down the street like tumbleweeds, get stuck in trees and wrap around fence posts, flapping like tattered flags in the wind. You know what we’re talking about: Discarded plastic bags. We want to tell their story, and we need your help. Be…
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From Throwaway Plastic Debris to Work of Art

How many times have walked around your park, neighborhood, beach, school, or outside and looked at the litter left by others? Did you shake your head in disbelief or disgust? Did you curse? How about pick it up and properly dispose of it? I’m guilt…
steampunk art plastic litter Claudio Garzon scavenger's manifesto

Share the Connection

We get it. You use reusable bags, coffee mugs, water bottles... You’ve already made the commitment to reducing plastic in your own life because you see the effect: You know how plastic litter and other pollutants damage our ocean. What’s next? He…
Speakers Bureau Training Coming Up in August Van Nuys

Citizen Beachwalkers Unite!

It’s a tough job to stroll along two of the most remarkable beach areas in California, but someone’s got to do it. Why not you?
MPA Watch at Point Dume, Malibu

Summer's Two Most Important Petitions

Petitions are one of the most influential ways to have your voice heard, and this summer, Heal the Bay is running several pressing campaigns to protect clean water and healthy neighborhoods. 
California Bag Ban State Flag Bear

California Dreamin': A Plastic Bag-Free Future

A California bill that will prohibit stores from distributing single-use plastic carryout bags, passed through the State Senate’s Environmental Quality Committee with a 5-2 vote on Monday, July 2, just in time for International Plastic Bag Free Day…
Reusable bags in California's future, Rachelle Lefevre

Win Tix to 'Frozen Planet' Premiere at Hollywood Bowl

Want to celebrate International Joke Day? Submit your funniest ocean-themed joke for a chance to win a pair of tickets for the July 6 world premiere of Frozen Planet in concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
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