Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Day 143 - August 24, 2010

life guard tower 26 - Ocean Park, Santa Monica CA
trash collected for 20 min.
3.8 pounds
588.7 pounds total

COMMUNITY COUNT - DAY 49 - HEATHER & WHITNEY
life guard tower 26 - Ocean Park, Santa Monica CA
trash collected for 20 min.
4.2 pounds
354.7 pounds total
Whitney is a local environmentally conscious filmmaker - blogger - and vegan advocate extraordinaire.
She writes a great blog, ECO VEGAN GAL.

Heather is a local acupuncturist - nutritionist - and green radio host of her own show on blogtalkradio: "On my radio program, I give sound, practical advice on how to live a healthier, greener, and more fulfilling life."
She also has a great website called: LiveNaturalLiveWell
OK, who has Jennifer Aniston's email address? Manger's email? Something? come on Jen - PLEASE STOP ENDORSING BOTTLED WATER


Whitney brought this really cool trash picker. It is called the "Gopher," and I will be on the look out for one of these jems. It picks up tiny bits of plastic with very little effort. Could save my back some grief....
The Styrofoam cup....people bring them to the beach all the time, although it still stumps me to see them out here.

REMINDER - ACTION ALERT - GO TO HEAL THE BAY AND SUPPORT AB 1998 - CA FIRST STATEWIDE SINGLE USE PLASTIC BAG REDUCTION ACT IS BEING VOTED ON THIS WEEK. THAT'S TWO DAYS LEFT! YIKES! CALL YOUR CA SENATOR TODAY

Jessica from Heal the Bay, the sponsor of AB 1998, wrote a great piece that Your Daily Thread put up today. They used a photograph I took of a single use plastic bag on Aug. 23 - yup that is just two days ago. Here's the link.