Beach Trading Blog

There are numerous things with the potential to influence us, and living green has lived-up to that capability. If you stop and think about it, you will likely notice a lot of the distinct ways it can wiggle its way into your life. As you learn more, you will easily realize there is a great [...]

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A final installment of Mark’s memories of Heal the Bay, with the “Baywatch” babes Pop culture  HtB’s involvement in popular culture has always been memorable.  From “Baywatch” to KTLA’s Coastal Cleanup Day specials, we ended up in the more popular media in a lot of ways.  Who could forget “The Solution,” a benefit CD with [...]

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Green living is a great example of an area of information where you have to separate fact from fiction on the net. What we have noticed, more and more, is just doing a basic search does not always yield the most suitable information. Avoid feeling like it is something that only happens to you because [...]

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Dr. Aliza pinch hitting for Mark at a Beach Report Card presser Beach Report Card  Most of the best BRC stories aren’t mine, but I have a few.  I remember sitting down with my first staff hire, Roger Gorke – now with the EPA office of water in D.C. –  to create the first report card.  [...]

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A hare-brained idea: having Gov. Gray Davis get up close and personal with the invertebrates at Heal the Bay's S.M. Pier Aquarium Mark shares some more of his more memorable moments at Heal the Bay: The Ahmanson Ranch campaign.  I remember: touring the watershed with Board President Tony Pritzker and former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, [...]

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Dorothy and Jack: mentors, friends … and thwarted wedding photographers I started volunteering at Heal the Bay as a 22-year- old in 1986.  Over the last 25 years, I have some amazing memories.  Here is an extremely abridged list of a few of the most memorable.  My first hearing at the Los Angeles Regional Water [...]

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Gold: heading back to school After spending more than half of my life at Heal the Bay, I’ve decided to move on and test the waters in academia at my alma mater, UCLA.  The decision to step down as president of Heal the Bay was one of the toughest decisions of my life.  I’ve put my [...]

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You can do your part to help the environment by wearing a rash guard… Simply make the switch to a rash guard for your UV protection and you will use much less sunscreen, (chemicals), and more importantly: the plastic bottles they come in. The over-abundance of plastic in the ocean is one of the most [...]

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Will L.A. bag ban finally spur Sacramento to action? The Los Angeles City Council’s energy and environment committee today approved an action asking for a Chief Administrative Officer-Chief Legislative Analyst report on a single-use bag ban within 30 days. Also, the Bureau of Sanitation must implement a public outreach program over the next 60 days. [...]

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A historic vote to bag single-use bags in L.A. is set for Friday at City Hall. The Los Angeles City Council heard testimony from over 60 people today on the long-awaited single-use plastic bag ban.  The environmental community was well represented and attired in natty green.  Other supporters included reusable bag manufacturers, the California Grocers [...]

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