THE BAY FOUNDATION - RESTORATION OF THE KELP BEDS

SANTA MONICA BAY - BAY FOUNDATION 

EXCERPT: The Bay Foundation will be one of the first non=profits to employ innovative technologies to explore underwater ecosystems and support conservation and restoration of our coastal resources.  Remotely operated underwater vehicles, once only available to agencies and universities, now allow everyone from children to scientist, the opportunity to experience and understand the ocean by capturing high-resolution images and videos of the seafloor.

HEAL THE BAY - EVERY DAY IS EARTH DAY

HEAL THE BAY SANTA MONICA 

Beach and NEIGHBORHOOD Clean Ups.... and new FRESH WATER LEGISLATION.

It's been a while since we checked into Heal the Bay!

HEAL THE BAY - SANTA MONICA BAY - SANTA MONICA CALIFORNIA

HEAL THE BAY  check out their marine debris database, volunteer opportunities large and small,  Beach and River report cards!

HEAL THE BAY starting with the LA RIVER and DRAINAGE FROM THE CITY STREETS

HEAL THE BAY ORG  You can join others to clean up the beaches, of garbage including plastics, aluminum, glass, and cigarettes and fast food containers... You wonder... Why don't some people know to take their litter with them or at least put them in the cans provided around the beach?


Not near an ocean?  You can help our ecology by recycling, dropping off batteries and electronics at special toxic chemical depots, reusing plastic bags or buying sturdier cloth bags...

REMEMBER to RECYCLE!

If there is ONE THING THAT YOU CAN DO to help keep the ocean environment healthy, to prevent sea life from dying out, that is RECYCLING, in particular the recycling of PLASTICS!  In past posts of this blog, SIRENS LINK TO SEA, I've linked to sites about THE SEA OF PLASTIC in the PACIFIC OCEAN, which is said to be the SIZE OF TEXAS!

Here is what happens when you throw a bottle or can on the sidewalk or street instead of putting it in a recycling garbage bin or taking it to a local recycling center.  The street sweepers come and brush debris and bottles are moved towards storm drains that lead to the ocean.  (In the case of Los Angeles, this means polluting the Santa Monica Bay!)  Plastics, which float, follow the currents, and end up in the sea of plastic, which, in my opinion, needs to be mined!

Back in the day, people did not carry water to drink with them on a daily basis.  They might take water in a canteen when they went hiking.  I know this may sound unbelievable, but people actually drank plenty of water at home, took beverages to school in thermoses, and no one seemed to be worried about dying from thirst! Maybe the earth is heating up, and maybe we are more aware that we need to drink 8 glasses of water a day, but glasses do not mean massive containers of soda!  Glasses are about 8 ounces, so that's about 64 ounces of water a day. 

Pure water is hydrating and the best beverage we can drink.  Please do your part and responsibly discard your plastic, aluminum, and glass containers!

Siren