Free E-waste Recycling – Saturday January 21

Organized by the Sausalito Sustainability Commission and Bay Cities Refuse Services, this is Sausalito’s 7th annual e-waste collection event. Last year 3,905 pounds of e-waste were recycled and, since this collection became an annual event, more than 25 tons of e-waste have been kept out of landfill. That’s impressive. The...

Herring Have Arrived

The first herring of the 2016-17 season have finally arrived to San Francisco Bay. A spawn was first reported on Tuesday this week in Richardson Bay near Sausalito. A second spawn was reported Wednesday along the Bay Trail in Burlingame, centered around “Fisherman’s Park.” The spawn events were both small...

What Lies Beneath

I don’t usually give much thought to what’s buried in the silt and mud beneath our floating home. Then the tide moves out and some oddly shaped, half-decayed piece of wood catches my eye. Or I find myself mourning (still) a particularly beautifully crafted tool we lost in the course...

Save the Date: e-Waste Collection Oct 22

The Conservation Corps North Bay has teamed with the Floating Homes Association to host an e-waste collection day. The event will take place two months from now: Saturday October 22, in the Waldo Point Harbor parking lot where Bridgeway meets Gate 6 Road. Watch this space for further details. Get...

Free Film Screening: The Clean Bin Project

The Clean Bin Project—link to the Trailer on YouTube Free Film Screening: The Clean Bin Project—A humorous take on zero waste June 15, 7:00 – 9:00 pm Join the City of San Rafael’s Green Initiatives for a free screening of the award-winning film The Clean Bin Project, which takes a...