Surfrider Long Beach Chapter

Volunteer Training

Emiko — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:47:18 +0000

February 11, Saturday, 10am-12pm
Location TBD. Looking to get involved in the Surfrider activities? This is a perfect place to learn about the chapter’s programs so that you can start helping us with public outreach! You can earn your community service hours too. Please RSVP to Robert at volunteer@lbsurfrider.org if you would like to attend. Light refreshments are provided.

Our focus this year is:
- to receive federal funding for the Long Beach Breakwater Feasibility Study (“Sink the Breakwater, Bring Back the Waves” campaign)
- to support the State Senate Bill 568, banning styrofoam carry-out containers from restaurants (“Rise Above Plastics”)
- to expand the Ocean Friendly Gardens program

California SB 568 (Styrofoam ban)

Emiko — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:11:52 +0000

Currently, California legislators are addressing another prevalent form of plastic pollution – Polystyrene Food Containers – with a bill introduced by Senator Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach. This bill would prohibit a food vendor or restaurant, on or after January 1, 2013, from dispensing prepared food to a customer in a polystyrene foam container (aka Styrofoam™).

More information on SB 568 and progress

LB Surfrider General Meeting – February 6

Tim — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:34:08 +0000

General Meeting
7-8:30 PM, Monday, February 6th, Long Beach Pizza Company, 3430 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA.
This meeting is free to the public.

The Long Beach Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation will hold a presentation about what Surfrider is and the ongoing efforts to Sink the Breakwater. This will be followed by a screening of the new movie “Know Your H2O,” about our water cycle.

For more information call 562-252-6173 or check out the Surfrider web page at www.lbsurfrider.org. For more on the location see http://longbeachpizza.com/

Foam Drive at Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific

Tim — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:41:55 +0000

Recycle your packing foam from the holidays at the Aquarium of the Pacific on Jan. 14 from 9:30am – 4:00pm.

Check out Waste to Waves for more information on the event. We hope to see you there!

Surfrider Long Beach Preaches AND Teaches CPR

Tim — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:04:02 +0000

Not the kind of CPR you were expecting though. In an effort to reduce harmful runoff from the land, into the ocean The Surfrider Foundation designed a global program called Ocean Friendly Gardens. The Long Beach Chapter, with the assistance of Paul Herzog, OFG Program Coordinator, has transformed several gardens in the city based on the principals of CPR, Conservation, Permeability and Retention and here’s the latest evidence of what happened when volunteers, city officials and Surfrider worked together on Josh and Chelseas garden .
Did you know that urban runoff is often the primary source of ocean pollution? Did you know there are ways to combat this runoff and make our oceans healthy again? It’s one way you can make a difference so grab your friends and neighbors and start transforming YOUR neighborhood.
Breathing life back into our oceans and waves, one garden at a time!

2011 Volunteer Party

Tim — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:28:24 +0000

On December 4th over thirty Long Beach Surfrider volunteers gathered to celebrate their efforts to make their community a better place. Emiko Innes, Chairperson of the Chapter welcomed everyone with a slide show of the years activities and an inspirational clip from the recent TED conference which puncuated the importance of ‘movements’. Nancy Hastings, Southern California Field Organizer for the Surfrider Global said a few words of thanks after which awards were given, stories were shared and great food was enjoyed.

Huge thanks to The Local Spot at Pacific Coast Highway and Loynes for hosting the event. They are a local family with a local eatery and it was a perfect example of the community coming together for a common cause….through local efforts great global movements are born. Please consider The Local Spot as your first stop for great food and don’t forget to tell them that Surfrider sent ya!

Free Presentation on Reducing Stormwater Pollution, Lowering Utility Bills Today!

Tim — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:05:20 +0000

Long Beach Water Department and the Long Beach Permaculture Guild, the event will feature information about innovative water conservation programs. Permaculture design emphasizes patterns of landscape, function, and sustainable systems that produce a high density of food and materials with minimal input.

If you’re interested check out this article on the LB Post.

Ocean Friendly Garden Workshop

Tim — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:38:10 +0000

West Basin Municipal Water District
FREE Ocean Friendly Garden Workshop

Saturday, October 22, 2011 – 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
South Coast Botanic Garden
Palos Verdes Peninsula

Did most of the recent rain water run off your landscaping and into the street instead of being retained by the soil to sustain your plants? We have a solution for that!

Come to a fun and FREE Ocean Friendly Garden Workshop presented by (G3) The Green Gardens Group, Surfrider Foundation, West Basin Municipal Water District, and the South Bay Environmental Services Center.

You will learn to reduce water usage, lower your costs for watering your landscape and reduce dry-weather run-off to our oceans using the latest sustainable materials and techniques. The workshop will cover:

How to develop an aesthetically pleasing and water conserving “Ocean Friendly Garden” using native and other drought tolerant plants
Water efficient irrigation devices (such as “smart” sprinkler controllers and drip irrigation)
Permeable “hardscape” materials and on-site water retention techniques to reduce dry-weather run-off pollution to the ocean.
Preventing wet-weather runoff.
PLEASE ARRIVE 15 MINUTES EARLY FOR CHECK-IN

Saturday, October 22
10 am – 1 pm
Location:
South Coast Botanic Garden
26300 Crenshaw Blvd
Palos Verdes Peninsula

Light refreshments and snacks will be provided at the workshop

Plenty of free parking

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Click Here to Register for This Event

Sponsored by California Department of Water Resources, West Basin Municipal Water District, West Basin Director Ronald C. (Ron) Smith, Surfrider Foundation, and South Bay Environmental Services Center

Local News Update

Tim — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:36:25 +0000

Recently the breakwall and local water quality has gotten some attention in the newspaper. Looks like we had a great summer for swimming with water quality near the beaches and bay getting grades of A and A+. Recently as of May some areas were listed by Heal the Bay as ”beach bummers,” which denotes worst in the state. Hopefully these clean water reports will continue to hold.

Read the stories directly at the Press Telegrams website here and here.

Also an interesting story of where the surfboard rentals ended up after the Breakwall was constructed. Pretty sad to read where all those boards ended up. Check it out here.

Have a good weekend and enjoy the water.

RAPTOBERFEST

Emiko — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:26:30 +0000

October 1, 2011 9am-12pm at Termino Ave. Beach near Belmont Pier (One-Piece-At-A-Time Beach Cleanup)

Free Cliff Bar for all participants!

Rise Above Plastics this October and help keep plastic trash off of your coasts and waterways by participating in Surfrider Foundation’s One Foot at a Time plastic cleanup event on October 1st. Held in conjunction with Clif Bar’s Day of Action, volunteers from across the country will join together to raise awareness about the dangers of plastic pollution by removing pieces of plastic trash from our environment one square foot at a time, and then using that collected plastic to create unique mosaic sculptures.

To submit your plastic trash mosiac, simply take a picture of your square foot of trash collected and email us at OFAAT@surfrider.org for the chance to win cool prizes and help us reach our goal of removing 1,000 square feet of plastic debris from our environment. Fore more information, go to www.raptoberfest.org