For the second year in a row, Ernst & Haas participated in Long Beach’s Earth Day Beach Cleanup at Granada Beach on April 21. The event was hosted by numerous organizations, and attended by a variety of groups including schools, churches, and businesses.
The cleanup is one of many efforts to provide cleaner, safer beaches throughout Long Beach, and are conducted monthly, on the third Saturday of every month.
Two of the main organizations that host the Earth Day Beach Cleanup are Justin Rudd’s 30-Minute Beach Cleanup, and El Dorado Nature Center.
Justin Rudd’s organization makes cleanups fun by asking participants to dress according to each month’s theme (i.e. Earth Day cleanup was pajama themed), and the Nature Center keeps participants informed with videos, brochures, and photos of how to keep our oceans and beaches healthy.
The cleanups draw people of all ages and cultures, a sight that is both encouraging and impressive. More encouraging, however, was the fact that the beach was much more cleaner this year, than last.
We hope that a clean beach is a sign of progression towards a clean planet.
