{"id":1631,"date":"2017-10-21T17:07:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T00:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trampleasure.net\/lee\/?p=1631"},"modified":"2019-05-22T08:52:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T15:52:32","slug":"beach-cleanup-daily-without-leaving-your-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trampleasure.net\/lee\/2017\/10\/beach-cleanup-daily-without-leaving-your-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Beach cleanup daily — without leaving your home"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Map<\/a>Each third Saturday in September in California, the California Coastal Cleanup Day<\/a> gathers thousands of people to help clean tons of trash from our beaches and waterways. The 2017 event occurred on September 16th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

If you missed September 16th<\/sup>, and can’t wait until next year, you can start today in without leaving your own property.<\/p>\n

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FUF volunteers landscaping a sidewalk garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This spring, the SF Friends of Urban Forests (FUF)<\/a> helped us plant sidewalk gardens in front of our house. FUF is great: They expedite processing permits through the City, scan the sidewalks for underground pipes, etc., then gather a bunch of volunteers to help with a morning of landscaping around the neighborhood (several neighbors of our had gardens installed on the same day as us). The cost to the property owner is minimal.<\/p>\n

“What does  this have to do with beach cleanup?” I hear you asking. Well, with the watering of the baby plants, I have noticed the amount of trash that collects in our gardens (used to just blow down the street). I’ve started to go out each evening when I get home from work and pick the trash I see in our gardens. Below are some photos of the trash collected over two weeks.  I counted the cigarette butts, and came up with 39\u2014that’s about 2.5 per day.<\/p>\n