BREAKING WAVES
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Sign the SINGLE-USE PLASTICS REDUCTION PETITION
Single-use plastics, once thought of as the height of convenience, are a major contributor to beach and ocean pollution and have profound negative effects on our environment and community.
One of the simplest and most effective ways local communities can reduce plastic pollution is by eliminating single-use plastics, including plastic polystyrene foam, commonly known as Styrofoam.
That’s why eight San Diego County cities have already enacted plastic bans.
Coronado is the only coastal community from Imperial Beach to Oceanside without a plastic ban. Let’s change this.
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KNOW BEFORE YOU GO — COUNTY BEACH WATER QUALITY
Check the beach water quality before you go into the water.
County Board of Supervisors declared a Local Emergency at their June 27, 2023, meeting. With this Declaration, the next step is have the State and Federal government unlock immediate funding for the Tijuana sewage crisis.
Emerald Keepers is seeking to raise awareness about water and air quality in Coronado. The County of San Diego tests our waters regularly and Emerald Keepers has air quality monitors on homes around Coronado. While we don’t know why our air quality is often worse than cities across the bridge, by publishing this information each week, we may see patterns and begin to understand potential causes.
LEARN WHAT TO PUT IN EACH EDCO BIN
Unclear about what goes in each bin? Watch this short video by Emerald Keepers' high school interns filmed and edited by intern, Troy Martin.
What is an Emerald Keeper?
A person who cares for our coastal community of Coronado —our Emerald City— and works to ensure Coronado’s sustainability for generations by REDUCING waste, materials, and energy use; REUSING items rather than discarding, RECYCLING whenever possible; REFUSING single-use plastics; and RETHINKING ways of doing things to embrace a greener, cleaner Coronado — one that is Emerald Green, Ocean Blue.
Emerald Keepers is a group of volunteers leading a growing community-based effort to care for our coastal community, ensure Coronado’s sustainability for generations to come, and serve as a model for other communities. Emerald Keepers’ mission is to educate the community to develop and celebrate more sustainable practices and strive to be a model city for the health of our oceans, our beach community, and the world.
OUR PLEDGE
Pledge to be an Emerald Keeper —- one who cares for our ocean and beautiful coastal community of Coronado.
This is our Pledge:
As an Emerald Keeper of Coronado and the world, I pledge to reduce, reuse, recycle, rethink, and refuse. In doing so, I will work to eliminate single-use plastics in my daily life. I will walk or ride my bike more often and pick up three pieces of trash every day.
Photography by Brian Lippe
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