The 2012 Santa Cruz Earth Day event had 1000's of attendees with impressive clean up results. Save Our Shores, an environmental organization located in Santa Cruz, California, and large contributor to the event, sponsored four public community cleanups around Santa Cruz. The community cleanups attracted more than 550 volunteers who removed 850 pounds of pollution at seven clean up sites. In … [Read more...]
2012 Santa Cruz Earth Day Event Single Largest Clean Up To Date in Monterey Bay
April 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
2012 Santa Cruz Earth Day Festival
April 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
On Saturday, April 21st, 2012, the Santa Cruz Earth Day Festival will be held in San Lorenzo Park, Santa Cruz, California. The festival is a community event offering booths of educational information, fun activities for kids, a focus on green businesses and live music. Some of the event highlights are an organic wine garden from Hallcrest Vinyards, electric vehicle showcase, recycled wear … [Read more...]
Save The Plastic Bag May Sue Marin County, California
April 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Save The Plastic Bag has until December 14th, 2011, to file an appeal against the single use plastic bag ban that Marin County, California has been trying to implement since January 2011. Marin County’s ordinance 3553 bans single use plastic bags at grocery stores, pharmacies and convenience stores in unincorporated Marin county and requires a 5-cent fee on single use paper bags. The county … [Read more...]
Austin City Limits Bag Ban Consideration is Music to the Ears of T.C.E.
April 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Paper or plastic is a question that may not be asked again soon in Austin, Texas. The Texas Campaign for the Environment is applauding the consideration as both a common sense forward thinking solution for the environment and sound fiscal policy. The recent consideration of plastic bag bans in Austin is a trend continuing in Texas with Brownsville being the latest example earlier this year. TEC … [Read more...]
Save Our Shores Continues Environmental Advocacy With Beach Cleanup Days In October
April 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Save Our Shores is hosting a Beach Cleanup in Monterey, California. On October 8th, 2011, the cleanup will be held at Zmudowski State Beach. Volunteer check-in will be located in the parking area at the end of Giberson Road and Zmudowski State Park. Save Our Shores will provide all of the cleanup supplies but they encourage you to bring your own gardening gloves and reusable bag or bucket. There … [Read more...]
A Billion Acts of Green® Gears Up For Earth Day
April 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Earth Day Network is hosting "A Billion Acts of Green®" in 2012. The goal is to register one billion environmentally friendly actions in advance of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development happening in Rio de Janeiro in June, 2012. At the Rio de Janeiro event, The Earth Day Network will face world leaders to demonstrate that people are willing to stand up and be counted. The … [Read more...]