Sea, Sand and Sky: Earth Day Clean Up with National Grid

Monday, April 22, 2019

Earth Day Clean Up with National Grid

On Earth Day 2019 Save the Harbor/Save the Bay staff teamed up with National Grid for a clean-up at the Department of Conservation and Recreation's Malibu/Savin Hill Beach in Dorchester.

Malibu/Savin Hill is a swimming beach along the Dorchester Bay Basin near UMass Boston. This popular neighborhood beach includes great walking paths, green space, and a playground.

On Monday the group of 12 employees from NGRID helped to make this property cleaner and more accessible by removing two tons of debris, weeds, and wash up over the course of the day. Volunteers scoured the sand, green areas, and parking lot to pick up debris, and raked storm wash up from the beach. Another team removed phragmites, an invasive sea grass, from the sidewalk and boardwalk.

“It was a very productive day on the beach, thanks to our partners at National Gird,” said Tani Marinovich, President of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay. “In just a few hours we removed two tons of waste, something that might take a week of regular staff time during the spring season, freeing up DCR staff to take on other projects on beaches and parks around the area.”

This day of service was part of Save the Harbor's stewardship program, a collaboration with DCR and our corporate partners to help preserve, maintain, and improve the region's spectacular waterfront resources, and National Grid's #GridGoesGreen Earth Day initiative. Save the Harbor is proud to work with our partners as we prepare these beaches for everyone to enjoy this spring and of course the coming summer season.

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Save the Harbor/Save the Bay is a non-profit public-interest Boston Harbor environmental advocacy organization whose mission is to restore and protect Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay, the Boston Harbor Islands, the Boston Harbor region's public beaches, Boston's waterfront and the marine environment and share them with the public, for everyone to enjoy.

Since 1986, Save the Harbor / Save the Bay has been the driving force behind the transformation of Boston Harbor from one of the dirtiest urban harbors in America to one of the cleanest in the world.

As a result of our advocacy, Boston Harbor has been transformed from a "Harbor of Shame" into a source of recreational, educational and economic opportunity and civic pride. Today the beaches of South Boston are among the cleanest urban beaches in the nation, the Boston Harbor Islands are a National Park, and Boston's waterfront has become a compelling destination for residents and visitors alike.

Working with a broad base of civic, corporate, government, scientific, philanthropic and community partners, Save the Harbor / Save the Bay continues to strengthen the connections between communities and the harbor, and promote the increasingly important impact Boston Harbor has on the region’s economy.

Each year Save the Harbor / Save the Bay runs 2 free Youth Environmental Education Programs that combine recreation and hands-on education to bring Boston Harbor alive for thousands of Boston area young people. Since 2003, we have connected nearly 250,000 youth and teens to Boston Harbor, the Boston Harbor Islands, our region's public beaches and Boston's waterfront.