September 2010 QUOTE OF THE MONTH: "Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground." - Anonymous. Submitted by Joshua Martarella, Grade 10, Boulder CO.
January 08
Rethink Recycling
Emily Ellsworth, Acalanes HS, Lafayette
Focus the Nation
Various Students, International High School, San Francisco
Facing Our Inconvenient Truth
Nicole Cogar, Horizons Home Study, Concord
Eighth Grader Helps Clean Up the World
Brianna Lane, Stone Valley Middle School, Alamo
The Good Thing I Did for the Environment Over My Holiday Break
Eric Sanchez and Joshua Martarella, Earthteam, Berkeley
Consumerism and Count Chocula
Andrew Shahamiri, St Ignatius College HS, San Francisco
Kayaking
Nicole Cogar, Horizons Home Study, Concord
Mobilization: The Power of Students
Max Perry, Mt. Tamalpais HS, Mill Valley
Earthquakes in My Life
Natalie Perkins , St. Ignatius Prep, San Francisco
The History of Our Soil
Chloe Flax, San Andreas High School, Larkspur
Inspiring Young Emerging Leaders
Various Students, Earthteam, Berkeley
The Change Starts With You
Ashley Bagley, Tomales High School, Tomales Bay
The Green Screen Crew Recommends Green Movies
The Green Screen Crew, Earthteam, Berkeley
On a Scale of 1 - 10?
Earth Club Students, Alhambra HS, Martinez
Update from Albany High School's EarthTeam Environmental Club
Allison Cooper, Albany HS, Albany
The End…For Real
Jael, Naomi, and Dajoune, Creative Arts Charter School, San Francisco
The End…For Real Part 2
Jael, Naomi, and Dajoune, Creative Arts Charter School, San Francisco
A Word From The ESA
Various Authors, The ESA, Martinez
EarthTeam Restoration Days
Nicole Cogar, Horizons Home Study, Concord
LEAF 2007
Dyani Main, St Mary's College HS, Berkeley
What is the tallest bird you've ever seen?
Judy Pun, Oakland HS, Oakland
More About Sand Hill Cranes & the Ecosystem
Chai Saephan, Oakland HS, Oakland
Keller Beach
Cameron Hamilton , Berkeley High, Berkeley
Cool Schools Global Warming Meeting
Raj Khatri, San Lorenzo High School, San Lorenzo
Save What's left!
Colleen Zak, Tamalpais HS, Mill Valley
What a Day!
Natasha Gupta, Monte Vista HS, Danville
Going Green: Necessity, Not a Fad
Nikhil Gupta, Diablo Vista Middle School, Danville
My Interview for Nourish on PBS
Elizabeth Price, St Mary's College HS, Berkeley
Musicians For Relief
Cynthia Zuniga and Rebecca Scott, Adams and Crespi Middle School, Richmond and El Sobrante
Going the Distance
Adam Sherman, Acalanes High School, Lafayette
Youthful Action Gets Going
Justin Halliwill, French American International, San Francisco
Thoughts from a Bay Area High School Environmentlist
Samantha Barghahn, Earthteam, Berkeley
A Simple Lifestyle Change
Christopher Gioia, Albany HS, Albany
What’s New at Saint Mary’s College High School
Elizabeth Price, St Mary's College HS, Berkeley
Count Carbon Cost, Not Just Calories
Tyler Jolley, Stewart Middle School, Richmond
The Strangest Catch (Pes Sapo)
Alex Ortiz, Pinole Valley High School, Pinole

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Keller Beach
 
By Cameron Hamilton
Berkeley High
Berkeley , CA


In the past week Gov. Schwarzenegger has made many changes to the bay area economy. Most recent he has closed all beaches in the bay area and also some costal beaches. One of the beaches on that list, was one that I hold very dear to me. I've been going to Keller Beach throughout my childhood. It is a small beach in the vicinity of Brickyard Cove in Richmond. Keller beach is a great place to relax and bring children to play. With my parents, I would dig enormous holes, relax in the sand, and swim in the always warm waters of Keller Beach.

My recent visit to Keller Beach wasn't as glorious as the previous visits. While my mother and I were driving past Keller Beach, I spotted bright solid yellow tape surrounding the entrance to the beach. Immediately, but calmly I asked my mother to stop the car and let me check out the beach. While walking over to the beach I wondered," How much oil was in the beach? How long would it take to clean the beach? Or the whole bay?" When I arrived, I had a great a view of the beach but this time, I didn't really like what I saw.

As I looked to the beach I saw solid black oil, rushing against the rocks of the beach and speckles of black where the water receded. I was in total awe. It wasn't as bad that what I had imagined, black oil covering and coating every single nook of the rocks and standing globs of oil on the beach and then I saw a glob that stood out from all the others. When I concentrated more I realized that it was a bird that had died in the oil spill.

The worst thing about seeing the bird was that couldn't do anything to help it. I could only wonder how one person mistake could have cost the bay so much.