Save Our Shores News & Events
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Record-Breaking Coastal Cleanup Day
2010 is a Huge Success!
A record-breaking 6,043 volunteers came out for Coastal Cleanup Day this year at 85 sites throughout Santa Cruz & Monterey Counties. It was the largest volunteer effort the Monter ey Bay has ever seen!
A big THANK YOU goes out to our Site Captains, Donors, Volunteers, Board members, and Stewards, for supporting this important day of citizen action on Monterey Bay.
The California Coastal Commission also reports record-breaking numbers with well over 1 million volunteers participating state-wide!
 In Santa Cruz County, over 4,030 volunteers removed 12,062 lbs. of trash and 3,750 lbs. of recycling from our local beaches and waterways. In Monterey County, over 2,012 volunteers removed about 3,550 lbs. of trash and 1,010 lbs. of recycling in just three hours! Together, that's nearly 20,000 lbs. of pollution kept from entering the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
This year, the Bring Your Own message took root and 650 volunteers brought their own reusable buckets, bags, and gloves to help cut down on the amount of single-use disposables generated during the event. We couldn't do it without you!
Merced High Students at Manreasa Beach on Coastal Cleanup Day
City of Santa Cruz Approves Ordinance
to Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags
In absence of a state-wide policy to ban single-use plastic bags (AB  1998), and following the lead from Santa Cruz County who approved the bag ban ordinance back in April, the Santa Cruz City Council recently voted to move forward with the draft Single-Use Bag Reduction Act. County and City staff are working on the required Environmental Report before the ban is able to be fully implemented, but some of our environmentally minded retailers like New Leaf Community Markets have already removed plastic bags from their stores. Save Our Shores will continue to keep you posted on the progress of these local bans.
State of Our Oceans Lecture at UCSC on Oct. 20th
When: Wednesday, October 20th at 7:30pm
Where: UC Santa Cruz Music Recital Hall
Oceans protection expert Amber Mace will give a free public lecture on the State Of Our Oceans: where we are now, where we are going, and how do we get there.
Amber Mace is the executive director of the Ocean Protection Council, and assistant secretary for coastal matters in California. The lecture is the fifth lecture in the Fred Keeley Lecture Series on Environmental Policy, which aim to foster discussion and awareness of major environmental challenges within our society and the role policy plays in reaching real solutions. For information visit www.ucsc.edu/founders or call (831) 459-3689.
Make a Difference Day is Coming up on October 23rd
 This year is the 20th anniversary of Make a Difference Day, the largest nation-wide day of community service all year. The mission is to get people out volunteering in their communities for a collective, hands-on day of citizen action. Save Our Shores has 2 volunteer events scheduled on October 23rd that you can participate in: a San Lorenzo River cleanup from 10am-Noon, and a Half Moon Bay beach cleanup at Venice Beach from 10am-Noon. For more information visit our calendar
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Save Our Shores Volunteers Needed!
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- October 9th, 10am-Noon: Monterey Monthly Beach Cleanup at Del Monte Beach
- October 16th, 10am-Noon: Santa Cruz Monthly Beach Cleanup at Panther Beach
- October 23rd, 10am-Noon: San Lorenzo River Cleanup, part of the City of Santa Cruz Clean River, Ocean and Beaches Fund
- October 23rd, 10am-Noon: Half Moon Bay Monthly Beach Cleanup at Venice Beach, Pilarcitos River Mouth
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Take Action! |
Vote NO on Proposition 23 on the November Ballot
Lets keep big oil polluters out of California! Proposition 23 is a ballot initiative introduced by out of state oil companies aiming to halt California's landmark Global Warming Solutions Act of before it is enacted. The CA Global Warming Solutions Act will slash emissions, hold big polluters accountable, create thousands of green jobs, and move us into a green energy future once it is enacted.
Tell big oil giants Valero, Tesoro, and Flint Hills Petroleum to get Proposition 23 out of California. Your NO VOTE on Prop 23 in the November 2nd elections is critical to ensuring our Global Warming Solutions Act becomes law.
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Tip of the Month
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Participate in the Santa Cruz City Council Candidates Forum on Water Challenges
When: Wed, Oct 6, 7-8:30pm
Where: Louden Nelson Center, 301 Center St., Santa CruzEach of our eight Santa Cruz City Council candidates will attend this forum on water challenges, and respond to questions about the future of Santa Cruz's water supply and strategies.Topics include water conservation and desalination; attend the forum to voice your opinion on desalination, a high-energy-use water supply strategy. |
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Partners of the Month
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Bring Your Own Takes on Coastal Cleanup Day!
Thanks to the generous donations of nearly 100 five gallon buckets from ProBuild, Kelly Moore Paints, and Home Depot, we are cutting plastic bags out of our cleanup programs around Monterey Bay.
Another thanks goes out to Central Home Supply who donated a stack of reusable bags that we will continue to bring to our beach and river cleanups |
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| Don't Forget:
Our friends at Kayak Connection here on the Santa Cruz Harbor are offering a great, new Member perk: Become a new Member of Save Our Shores and receive 1/2 off of your kayak and stand up paddle board rentals from Kayak Connection! | |
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Thank You
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| Save Our Shores
thanks our many volunteers, sponsors, partners, and contributors for
helping Save Our Shores continue our work of caring for the marine
environment through Ocean Awareness, Advocacy, and Citizen Action!
The ocean and its inhabitants thank you, too.
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SOS: Winner of Best Non-Profit of 2010!
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