Around the Bay

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

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…
plastic bags ban california pollution garbage dump waste

Buy local art to support Heal the Bay

On Sunday, July 22, Le Cellier Restaurant and Wine Bar in Marina Del Rey hosted DudaArt's "Blue Aquarium," an artist reception to benefit Heal the Bay. Twenty percent of proceeds from instore sales went to Heal the Bay.
DudaArt Blue Aquarium art proceeds benefit Heal the Bay

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

Join Our Junior Water Science Program

There are still available spots for high school students in Heal the Bay’s Creek Week Summer Institute in August. The days are full of adventure and learning about our local watershed. The sun is bright and warm, and sometimes you slip in the mud. …
Summer Creek Institute, Offers Water Science for High School Students

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
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