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NanoDays 2013
Saturday, March 16 and Sunday March 17
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Throughout the year, the Museum offers an exciting variety of family programs designed to encourage understanding and appreciation of the many facets of our natural world.
Some event favorites are:
- Underwater Parks Day @ Ty Warner Sea Center (January)
- NanoDays (March)
- Members' Party (May)
- World Oceans Day @ Ty Warner Sea Center (June)
- Maker's Faire (July)
- Astro-vaganza (August)
- California Coastal Beach Cleanup (September)
- Winter FUNderland (December)
For more specific information about upcoming adult and family programs, please visit our Calendar page.
2011 California Coastal Clean Up Day
Summary for the East Beach Team
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2011 California Coastal Clean Up Day
"The largest garbage collection event in the world"
Summary for the East Beach Team
(see below)
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The 2011 California Coastal Cleanup Day brought out record numbers of people. Local cleanup efforts were coordinated by the County of SB Public Works Department, and made possible by community members who acted as beach captains for 36 different coastlines and creek locations.
 The Museum and Sea Center hosted a team to clean up East Beach in partnership with with several other organizations, including colunteers from Day of Caring, Surfrider, Westmont College, and more! The team, led by 2011 East Beach Captain Jackie Hunt, comprised of more than 130 volunteers. Together they collected, categorized and removed 309 pounds of marine debris. KEYT was on hand to document the community event. The largest piece of debris found was an outboard boat motor which weighed over 75 pounds. More than 1,254 cigarettes and 119 cigar tips were collected just on East Beach alone! Over 489 food wrappers, 234 plastic bags, and 206 bottle caps were also picked up and counted. The data collected is analyzed by the Ocean Conservancy and distributed to governments in the hopes that it will direct policy and funding to preserve our oceans.
There are 3,459 species that live on the California Coast, however only one is destroying it. When an animal such as a turtle or a seagull mistakes a piece of plastic as food and ingests it, that animal receives a false sense of fullness which can lead to malnutrition and even death. Thousands of marine animals can die when they become entangled in marine debris. They are also threatened by pollutants such as motor oil, fertilizers, household chemicals and pesticides that are carried off into storm drains and out to sea by water runoff. Over 80% of the trash entering the ocean from California comes from sources on land. Coastal Cleanup Day volunteers are critical in helping save our coast and marine life. California Coastal Cleanup occurs on the third Saturday of September each year, and we are already accepting volunteers for next year!
Please contact Jackie Hunt at jhunt@sbnature2.org or at 805-962-2526 ext. 110. |
