Heal The Bay Event 2015

Hi, my name is Efren Colato. Today, I had the pleasure and opportunity to not only hangout at Dock Weiler beach with my classmates and admire the beautiful oceanic view along the horizon, but to also participate in the Heal The Bay event and gain a deeper understanding of how garbage can really affect the environment and its inhabitants and what we could do to diminish the amount of garbage actually present in our planet's oceans. So, in this event, we had to sweep and cleanse the sandy shores of garbage and keep a tally of our findings. After our little "scavenger hunt", I've got to say that our garbage intake was rather shocking. Who would've thought that you'd find garbage like a broken disc, a tattered sock, and vast amounts of Styrofoam lying around the sand in Dock Weiler beach? This just goes to show that people should be more considerate of their disposables and toss them in a garbage can rather than anywhere else if we are to appreciate and glance at the wonders that mother nature has to offer us. This event has motivated me to do my part to help keep the beaches and other environments clean.

Heal the Bay 2015

Hi everyone, my name is Daniel Contreras and I am a freshman at Cal State LA and the heal the bay clean up trip was a great trip. Heal the Bay was a great experience to meet people and to visit mother nature. Heal the bay trip was designed to clean the beach which many people see as boring but it was actually pretty fun hanging out with friends and doing something positive for the environment. Picking up trash off the beach felt good and I was surprised to find so much trash especially bottles. Overall the beach trip was great and I strongly recommend future students to take the trip as well.

Heal The Bay

My name is Carina Martinez and I am a freshman at Cal State LA. On Sunday, January 25, 20, I had the opportunity along with my English 101 classmates and professor to volunteer and help Heal the Bay clean up Dockweiler Beach. As I first arrived to the beach I did not notice trash, instead I noticed a beautiful place that was alive with animals and people enjoying the weather. But it was not until I began to walk along the parking lot or near the bonfires that I noticed the trash that had been left behind by those who had been there the previous day. It was sad to see trash being thrown to the ground that which can go into ocean when there were plenty of trash cans all over the beach that were nearly empty. Some of the most common things we found during the clean-up were cigarette buds and different types of plastic. Although there was not as much trash as I thought there was, I am glad I could help the beach in any way that I can and even a surfer thanked us for helping clean the beach. Overall it was a great experience being able to help out and it was also a fun day. 

HEAL THE BAY @ Dockweiler Beach

   Going to Dockweiler Beach and picking up trash was a unique experience. Something that I have never done before. Waking up early in the morning on a weekend was already a tough task from the start, but after arriving to the beach early and trying to find the place where we're suppose to be at, was something else. The direction we were given was arrive at the parking lot and walk north, which I did which felt like forever. Even though I arrived early for the clean up, I still ended up late trying to find the place we were suppose to be at. After walking up north for almost an hour, a friend that I was with decided to walk back to our cars and just go home, but lucky, before we got to our cars, we saw our classmates picking up trash. So we decided to just join in on their group and help clean up. We found all kinds of things. There was a lot of cigarette butts and  plastic pieces. The most craziest thing we found was a CD and a sock. Luckly there wasn't too much trash, so the beach was in good condition. From my point of view at least. Overall, it was a fun day. Our group got to play in the water for a bit while picking up trash and I got to scare some seagulls.

Heal the bay clean up

Hello my name is Justin Santana and i am a freshmen at CSULA!!!! For the past couple of day my English 101 professor was planning a trip to clean up Dockweiler Beach. I have never been to that beach before i realized that it was a nice beach, but while cleaning up i found some very interesting trash. It was a great experience cleaning up the beach because  got to interact with others and made the beach a little more cleaner. I had a great time spending time with friends at the beach. The people where really nice and really appreciated what we were doing so they would thank us or give us stuff!! I felt so amazed on how much people actually felt about what we where doing. Judging by the stuff we found someone must have had a great turn up XD. only did i realize there was more trash on the walk to the car than the beach.

Heal the Bay Cleanup by Brianna Hernandez

Hi my name is Brianna and this is my first quarter at CSULA, on October 12, 2014 with my English 101S and University 101 I was given the opportunity help clean up Dockweiler Beach.  It was such a great experience to be apart of something like this.  I’ve done volunteer work in the past but never anything like this, it was crazy to see what kind of trash you can find on the beach that you would never think you would find, like a stuffed bear for example.  It was also very sad too actually see how much trash people carelessly leave on the beach like their cigarette buds, empty chip bags, cups, and other things and it just upsets me to see no one takes any interest in keeping our environment clean for future generations.  I was so glad I got this chance to really see the “ugly” side to our beautiful beaches because it really gave me an open mind to the next time I see a plastic bag or empty can flying around on the beach and how it isn’t hard to pick it up and throw it away in the nearest trash can.  Thank you Mrs. Hernandez and Mr. Colnely for this great experience. 

Heal The Bay: Dockweiler Beach

Knowing that I had to wake up extra early just to clean up a beach was something I really wasn't looking forward to until I actually did it. This is the first beach clean-up event I've attended and I enjoyed it more than I thought. While doing the actual cleaning, my group and I came across some outrageous objects. There were things that we never thought we would find at the beach. This experience was a very good one. I honestly didn't think that our beaches would be this dirty. Its very shocking how we can be so thoughtless and leave our garbage all over the shore when there are a countless number of trashcans around. It really seems like we aren't responsible enough or just simply don't care about our beaches, which is very sad. Overall I really enjoyed cleaning up the beach even though it was only for a couple of hours.