Annual Shoreline clean-up and adopt a shore resources and related information.

                                               SHORE CLEAN-UPS CAN HAPPEN ANY TIME.
GET YOUR SERVICE LEARNING CREDIT BY HELPING PICK UP PLASTIC OFF THE SHORELINE!  

You and your group can Adopt a shoreline and do a clean-up any time. We'll help! The Adopt-A-Shoreline Program takes place when ever you would like to do it, year round.  We encourage people to take action and clean-up the local shorelines to make them safe for wildlife and humans. New data cards are being developed to help you track your findings as you improve the environment.

If your family, group or organization is interested in volunteering to clean-up on a date other than April 17th Earth day or   September 25th, 2010  To learn about other great programs at the Berkeley Marina, Link here to get to the Marina Experience web pages click here

1. please call us (510-981-6720) to set up a date that works for you.
 
2. If you have never done a clean-up before or are scheduling one on a date we are closed, we will meet with the group leader  prior to the clean-up to walk the site, go over logistics, safety consideration, what kind and where to put the filled trash bags and more. 

3.On the day of your cleanup, We provide a safety talk to help your clean-up go smoothly. 

4.To make it an meaningful educational experience we can also show your group a powerpoint and a video about global impact "Synthetic seas." It changes  the experience from -Why do I have to pick up other peoples trash?- to- Wow, I had no idea! What can I do to help!

5. We  provide  your group with  a map of the location, bags,  some gloves and sharps containers. If you can provide your own gloves and a reusable bucket it helps even more. We can also work with individuals who want to come and help. Just call and stop by we can give you directions and if necessary- bags and gloves

Please  use these  waivers. If you are bringing  children under 18 here to do a clean-up, please have their parents sign the waiver form for the day of your clean-up. CHILDREN'S WAIVER Here is an ADULT WAIVER for adult groups to sign and turn in on the day of their clean-up.  

Here is the  . Reporting Form and the data forms that you need to download and fill out and turn into the Nature Center after your clean-up. So we can keep track of what is being done by great groups like yours.

Thankyou.

International Shoreline Clean-Ups'
 26th year! Next Clean-up date Sept 25th 2010

International Coastal Clean-up takes place once a year all over the world.    According to the Coastal Commission’s preliminary count at the end of the clean-up, across California in 2008 an estimated, 73,461 volunteers turned out to Coastal Cleanup Day, a 20 percent jump over 2007 and a 46 percent jump in volunteers over the past two years. Last year’s volunteers removed a record 1.6 million pounds of debris, of which almost 200,000 pounds was recycled, both record numbers for the Cleanup Program. For more information on last year’s event or any of the new initiatives planned for 2009, please visit our website at ww.coast4u.org.

 More and more people are realizing the negative impact of our "disposable lifestyle" on the health of coast and are helping to change the trend.

Last year, In Berkeley alone, volunteers spent three hours stuffing garbage bags full of 16,123 cigarette filters, 12,057 caps and lids 11,103 plastic food wrappers or containers, 7,497 bags, 6,334 straws or stirrers, and 3,187 cups plates forks, knifes and spoons to name the top 6 nastiest. This year we were not able to count all the pieces of plastic or Styrofoam, there are too many! We were able to clean the entire Berkeley waterfront, and Aquatic Park. The data we collect gets send to the Ocean Conservancy in Washington D.C., so they can create legislation to change laws about marine dumping. Berkeley coordinates with the cities of Albany and Emeryville to clean up the 14 1/2 mile stretch along the East Bay shoreline. 

Details about the International clean-up  September 19th, 2009- here is the data collected from the 2009 clean-up

9:00 a.m. All groups and individuals should meet at the Berkeley staging area  located behind the Seabreeze Market at the corner of University and Frontage Rd.  Here, everyone needs to sign waivers, we give you trash /recycle bags, pencils, tally cards and  a map of the areas we need to clean.  THERE ARE EIGHT BERKELEY SITES Described here on this link, most  within walking distance of this area.  For children under 18yrs, here is a waiver for their parents/legal guardians to sign, that they can bring to the clean-up.  Children must be accompanied by an adult.       Clean-up Sept 19th  Adult waiver 
Here is the directions from A.C. transit.-

Clean-up ends at 12:00- At this point,  you turn in your tally cards at the main staging area and show us your most unusual items for judging. Each person who turns in the completed data card will get a free bag from Sunset and will get a ticket to be part of our raffle. It usually starts by 12:30.  Great Items are donated by local merchants.-  If you would like to donate please let us know. 

The focus of the clean-ups are where the runoff from East Bay streets and creeks flows into the Bay covering the shorelines with  litter. Most of the litter we pick up comes from inland, not the ocean. The  Bay trail runs along Frontage Rd. from Ashby Ave-to University, the site of the Berkeley Beach,  connects the East Shore State Park. Some of the areas are part of the East shore State Park, which extends along the shoreline between Emeryville and Richmond. The clean-up provides  a wonderful impowering reason to connect the cities, to make a difference and to explore the unique shoreline areas. We encouraged neighbors to do community service to clean up the Aquatic Park.  

Join the Emery Bay Coastal Clean-up:  Meet 9:00 am. 2333 Powell St., Emeryville.  Bring sunscreen, hat, closed shoes, gloves, water.  NEW THIS YEAR:  Bring your own bags (or buckets)!  Free snacks, beverages provided (also gloves and bags, if you can't bring your own).  Prizes from local businesses.  Invite friends, family, co-workers for a fun, feel-good morning.  Call 510-596-3795, or email mgreenhut@emeryville.org for more info.

For the Albany Shoreline Clean-up.  Meet at 9:00 at the foot of Buchanan behind the Golden  Gate fields race track  by the big bench. Bring rakes or sand sifters for the small plastic particles in the sand, drinking water, and gloves. For more information call the Watershed project 665-3689. Groups of 10 or more please pre register. Contact Martha Berthelsen at martha@thewatershedproject.org

This data that is collected from all over the world on this day is available from  the Ocean Conservancy http://www.oceanconservancy.org   It is sponsored by organizations such as,  the California Coastal Commission. for education programs check out this website. Whole Foods is a big sponsor and will have a 5% day at their store after the clean-up where 5% of all purchases will be donated toward the California efforts.

and directions to the messiest spots. 

Interested in taking a personal action to protect the Coast and ocean? Link onto the web site at the California Coastal Commission and take the  California Coastal Stewardship Pledge, at http://www.coastal.ca.gov/public/steward/pledge_form.html.
Here you fill out a form of what changes you are willing to commit to. It offers information about specific personal actions that can help the environment .After you submit your form they will send you a reminder to do the actions, When  you complete the actions you resubmit the form and you will receive a free canvas tote - and save the world at the same time!

Resources Directory
http://www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/directory/resdirectory/rdindex.html. For the Coastal Conservancy's' Resource Directory. Hundreds of groups that do marine science and ocean related teaching.

 THANKS FOR HELPING.

 

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