Gayle Anderson was live in Gardena with members of Adopt a Stormdrain Foundation and Heal the Bay. Adopt a Stormdrain Foundation is a non-profit organization created to provide funding for public education on watershed management; funding for the retrofitting, management and maintenance of stormdrain facilities; and serving as a clearing house for the best available technology for storm water pollution prevention.
If you would like to volunteer or donate to the foundation, contact:
Adopt A Stormdrain Foundation
1308 Sartori Avenue
Suite #109
Torrance, CA 90501
1-310-618 1999
1-424-772-6293 www.adoptastormdrain.com
Heal the Bay is being honored by the Oceans at Risk Foundation and Adam Corlin, a longtime Heal the Bay volunteer and homebuilder. His dream to help protect the world's seas began when he bought a dilapidated house in northeast Santa Monica, covered with graffiti and plywood and occupied by squatters. Others saw an eyesore, but Corlin saw a "big billboard" that could use street art to raise worldwide awareness about a deeply felt cause. He knew he could rehabilitate the rundown site, but he knew it could be so much more than just another development project. "I wanted to send a message," Corlin says. After months of stealth art-making by L.A. street artists Risk and Retna, the message will be unveiled Thursday morning: "Restore and protect the world's oceans." The art project is composed of 150 wood panels hung on the scaffolding around the frame of an under-construction three-story house, at 825 Berkeley Street, which sits on a bluff with views of the Pacific Ocean. It's taken two months and the hard work of dozens of committed craftsmen and laborers, who worked long, hot hours hidden beneath plastic sheeting and tarps. Imagine pulling off that big of a project. Now imagine pulling it off in secret. No one in the neighborhood even knew there was an enormous art installation taking place until it was done. As Corlin announced on Twitter before the unveiling: "We are about to pull off the biggest Art Heist in History. Okay, it's just the Biggest Art Event of the Year!" Risk, who went to University High School on the Westside, joined the project through a landscaper friend of Corlin's, and Retna soon followed. The world's seas are hurting, be it from plastic pollution, overfishing or global warming. But it's not too late to change our ways. So, rethink your consumption habits -- (skip the plastic and watch the fertilizers!). Keep trash off the streets. Donate to your favorite ocean-related nonprofit. Call your legislators and tell them to make ocean protection a priority. "This is a global project," Corlin says. "On September 17th, Coastal Cleanup Day will span 65 countries. It's one of the largest volunteer projects in the world because it's going to take everybody to bring awareness to what's going on in the world with our oceans."
Team up with Heal the Bay on Coastal Cleanup Day, September 17, 2011! On Saturday, September 17th, 2011, from 9:00am until 12noon, over 14,000 Southern Californians will head down to their local beaches and inland waterways on a mission to clear the sand and water of harmful and unsightly pollution. Last year, over 80,000 volunteers from California removed a record 1 million pounds of trash! This year, we challenge you to beat those records! Sign up now to participate at one of over 60 cleanup sites throughout Los Angeles County. Find the one nearest you and help clean our oceans and beautify your community. Your efforts will be matched by beach cleaners in over 90 countries all working to take a stand against ocean pollution, making Coastal Cleanup Day the largest single-day volunteer event on the planet! When you participate, you'll find that Coastal Cleanup Day is not only a great environmental event but also a fun way for individuals, neighborhoods, schools, community and company volunteer groups to get involved. Bring your family, friends, neighbors and co-workers along to spend a day of fun in the sun, compete for the prize for the most unusual item found, and most importantly, be a part of the solution to ocean pollution. California Coastal Cleanup Day is coordinated in Los Angeles County by Heal the Bay in conjunction with the California Coastal Commission and the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors. For locations throughout the rest of California, please call 800–COAST–4U or visit the California Coastal Commission website: www.coastal.ca.gov
Los Angeles County has over 60 Coastal Cleanup Day sites. Volunteers must be 12 years old or accompanied by a parent. Volunteers under the age of 18 must have a liability waiver signed by a parent or guardian to participate. Trash bags, gloves and data cards will be provided. However, you can help reduce the number of plastic trash bags used for the cleanups by bringing your own bucket or pail. BYO! This Coastal Cleanup Day, do more for the environment than ever before! Bring your own - reusable buckets, garden gloves, and reusable bags to help us reduce the amount of bags we will use. Zero Waste Sites - We are working on our end to reduce the amount of trash bags used on Coastal Cleanup Day. Join us on CCD at one of our ZERO Waste Sites! Make sure to BYO!, bring your own, bucket or reusable bag, garden gloves and other reusable items for your cleanup. Be sure to pick a site that's labeled "Zero Waste Site" when you register. If you can't join us for Coastal Cleanup Day, you can still protect what you love. Make a $5 donation to provide cleanup supplies to volunteers.
For more information about Heal the Bay and Coastal Cleanup Day, contact:
Heal the Bay
1444 9th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
310.451.1500
800 HEAL BAY (in California only)
www.healthebay.org
KTLA 5 News will broadcast a special report on HEAL THE BAY "Protect What You Love", Saturday at 8pm
If you have questions, or complaints, please feel free to contact Gayle at 1-323-460-5732 or e-mail Gayle at Gayle.Anderson@KTLA.comm
If you would like to volunteer or donate to the foundation, contact:
Adopt A Stormdrain Foundation
1308 Sartori Avenue
Suite #109
Torrance, CA 90501
1-310-618 1999
1-424-772-6293 www.adoptastormdrain.com
Heal the Bay is being honored by the Oceans at Risk Foundation and Adam Corlin, a longtime Heal the Bay volunteer and homebuilder. His dream to help protect the world's seas began when he bought a dilapidated house in northeast Santa Monica, covered with graffiti and plywood and occupied by squatters. Others saw an eyesore, but Corlin saw a "big billboard" that could use street art to raise worldwide awareness about a deeply felt cause. He knew he could rehabilitate the rundown site, but he knew it could be so much more than just another development project. "I wanted to send a message," Corlin says. After months of stealth art-making by L.A. street artists Risk and Retna, the message will be unveiled Thursday morning: "Restore and protect the world's oceans." The art project is composed of 150 wood panels hung on the scaffolding around the frame of an under-construction three-story house, at 825 Berkeley Street, which sits on a bluff with views of the Pacific Ocean. It's taken two months and the hard work of dozens of committed craftsmen and laborers, who worked long, hot hours hidden beneath plastic sheeting and tarps. Imagine pulling off that big of a project. Now imagine pulling it off in secret. No one in the neighborhood even knew there was an enormous art installation taking place until it was done. As Corlin announced on Twitter before the unveiling: "We are about to pull off the biggest Art Heist in History. Okay, it's just the Biggest Art Event of the Year!" Risk, who went to University High School on the Westside, joined the project through a landscaper friend of Corlin's, and Retna soon followed. The world's seas are hurting, be it from plastic pollution, overfishing or global warming. But it's not too late to change our ways. So, rethink your consumption habits -- (skip the plastic and watch the fertilizers!). Keep trash off the streets. Donate to your favorite ocean-related nonprofit. Call your legislators and tell them to make ocean protection a priority. "This is a global project," Corlin says. "On September 17th, Coastal Cleanup Day will span 65 countries. It's one of the largest volunteer projects in the world because it's going to take everybody to bring awareness to what's going on in the world with our oceans."
Team up with Heal the Bay on Coastal Cleanup Day, September 17, 2011! On Saturday, September 17th, 2011, from 9:00am until 12noon, over 14,000 Southern Californians will head down to their local beaches and inland waterways on a mission to clear the sand and water of harmful and unsightly pollution. Last year, over 80,000 volunteers from California removed a record 1 million pounds of trash! This year, we challenge you to beat those records! Sign up now to participate at one of over 60 cleanup sites throughout Los Angeles County. Find the one nearest you and help clean our oceans and beautify your community. Your efforts will be matched by beach cleaners in over 90 countries all working to take a stand against ocean pollution, making Coastal Cleanup Day the largest single-day volunteer event on the planet! When you participate, you'll find that Coastal Cleanup Day is not only a great environmental event but also a fun way for individuals, neighborhoods, schools, community and company volunteer groups to get involved. Bring your family, friends, neighbors and co-workers along to spend a day of fun in the sun, compete for the prize for the most unusual item found, and most importantly, be a part of the solution to ocean pollution. California Coastal Cleanup Day is coordinated in Los Angeles County by Heal the Bay in conjunction with the California Coastal Commission and the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors. For locations throughout the rest of California, please call 800–COAST–4U or visit the California Coastal Commission website: www.coastal.ca.gov
Los Angeles County has over 60 Coastal Cleanup Day sites. Volunteers must be 12 years old or accompanied by a parent. Volunteers under the age of 18 must have a liability waiver signed by a parent or guardian to participate. Trash bags, gloves and data cards will be provided. However, you can help reduce the number of plastic trash bags used for the cleanups by bringing your own bucket or pail. BYO! This Coastal Cleanup Day, do more for the environment than ever before! Bring your own - reusable buckets, garden gloves, and reusable bags to help us reduce the amount of bags we will use. Zero Waste Sites - We are working on our end to reduce the amount of trash bags used on Coastal Cleanup Day. Join us on CCD at one of our ZERO Waste Sites! Make sure to BYO!, bring your own, bucket or reusable bag, garden gloves and other reusable items for your cleanup. Be sure to pick a site that's labeled "Zero Waste Site" when you register. If you can't join us for Coastal Cleanup Day, you can still protect what you love. Make a $5 donation to provide cleanup supplies to volunteers.
For more information about Heal the Bay and Coastal Cleanup Day, contact:
Heal the Bay
1444 9th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
310.451.1500
800 HEAL BAY (in California only)
www.healthebay.org
KTLA 5 News will broadcast a special report on HEAL THE BAY "Protect What You Love", Saturday at 8pm
If you have questions, or complaints, please feel free to contact Gayle at 1-323-460-5732 or e-mail Gayle at Gayle.Anderson@KTLA.comm
