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Experience a King Tide - Free Public Talk and View
When: January 20, 2019, 8:30am Where: At the entrance to the Pacifica Pier (behind the Chit Chat Cafe) King, spring, neap, and perigean tides. What do they all mean? How do local conditions as well as those miles and miles away affect what happens at our beaches? Join Pacifica's Environmental Family to explore and understand the interactions that influence our experience along the coast. Sunday, January 20, will be the second "King Tide" of the winter and will be only a bit lower than the Monday tide on the next day. Both mornings will rpovide the curious a view of what may become the normal highs as sea level rises. Unable to attend? or want to experience it again? We'll be taking photographs to document the event and share how to submit your photographs to the California King Tides Project website. Snap the Shore, See the Future |
Pacifica City Council Candidates Natural & Cultural Environment Issues Forum
When: Wednesday, October 3, 2018, 7:00pm* – 9:30pm Where: City Council Chambers, 2212 Beach Blvd., 2nd Floor, Pacifica Presented by: Pacifica’s Environmental Family in collaboration with local environmental and cultural organizations in Pacifica. The forum will provide each candidate an opportunity to present their vision for our city including what role, if any, the natural environment, arts and culture play in advancing that vision. This expanded sharing of vision and values will contribute to greater awareness of environmental and cultural challenges and opportunities facing Pacifica that can shape a vibrant and sustainable community.
Pacifica’s Environmental Family will not be advocating for any particular policy or position during the forum and does not advocate for any particular candidate. The intention of this forum is to give the public a chance to hear what each candidate has to say about various environmental issues that Pacifica faces in a respectful and thoughtful way.
For additional information, contact: pacificaenvironmentalfamily@gmail.com * Doors open 6:45pm |
20th Annual Kahuna Kupuna now open for registration!
The Kahuna Kupuna is an annual shortboard and longboard surf contest that honors the more experienced (in age) surfers among us! The main focus of the contest is the Kahuna Kupuna division for men and women 40 years of age and over, with separate sub-divisions for shortboard and longboard surfers. In addition, an Intergenerational Team Division welcomes surfers of all ages. Click here for more information Kahuna, in Hawaiian, means Big Chief, and Kupuna means grandparent or older member of the community who everyone turns to for advice and counsel. |
Oct. 26 screening of Freightened: The Real Cost of Shipping
Join Pacifica's Environmental Family for a screening of the award winning documentary, Frightened: The Real Cost of Shipping. Learn about international freight shipping - that we see on the horizon in Pacifica daily - and its economic and environmental impacts. Thursday, October 26, 7:00pm Sharp Park Library, 104 Hilton Way It may leave you scared shipless!!!! |
Presentations from June 16 Sea Level Rise Meeting
On Friday, June 16, Pacifica’s Environmental Family and the Pacifica Climate Committee convened a meeting of experts to examine the realities of sea level rise for Pacifica. Some of the presentations from this meeting are copied below: [COMING SOON]
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Sea Level Rise: Understanding Our Coast - June 16
Pacifica City Council Candidates Environmental Issues Forum
Update: View the Forum Here Where: City Council Chambers, 2212 Beach Blvd., 2nd Floor, Pacifica Presented by: Pacifica's Environmental Family in collaboration with our projects, and the Pacifica Climate Committee The forum will provide each candidate an opportunity to present their views on local environmental issues, contributing to greater awareness on environmental challenges and opportunities facing Pacifica. Pacifica's Environmental Family will not be advocating for any particular policy or position during the forum and does not advocate for any particular candidate. The intention of this forum is to give the public a chance to hear what each candidate has to say about various environmental issues that Pacifica faces in a respectful and thoughtful way. For additional information, contact: pacificaenvironmentalfamily@gmail.com |
Congratulations Margaret Goodale for receiving the Open Space and Parkland Preservation Award!
Congratulations to PEF Board Member, Margaret Goodale, for receiving the City Council's annual Open Space and Parkland Preservation Award! This award recognizes Margaret's many years of participation in advocacy, education, and restoration of Pacifica's natural environment, parklands, and shoreline. In 1984, Goodale was appointed to serve on the Open Space Task Force and Committee. Later she served on the Pacifica Land Trust Board and assisted the Land Trust during the period of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area acquisition of Mori Point. She currently serves as the vice president of Pacifica’s Environmental Family that oversees and coordinates many of Pacifica’s environmental, ecological and social programs. Goodale worked for many years as a naturalist educator, and continues to promote and provide her expertise in naturalist education for Pacifica’s youth and adults. Margaret received the award at the OSPAC Preservation Award ceremony on Monday, July 11th. Congratulations, Margaret! |