The Community Plan for Point Molate, by Point Molate Alliance

The Point Molate Alliance has formed to save Point Molate. CESP (including its members and supporters), Citizens for a Sustainable Point Molate, the Sierra Club, SPRAWLDEF and other groups and environmentalists and people concerned with open government have banded together under this new banner to preserve and protect the legacy that we all want to pass along to the next generations. To counter the housing-heavy visions for Point Molate put forth by the City’s consultants, the Point Molate Alliance developed The Community Plan as an alternative. Along with other ...

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CESP held largest Visualizing Sea Rise Event. 300 plus people at the Albany Shoreline as part of Earth Day 2018.

Read more about CESP's Resilient Shoreline Program and the Visualizing Sea Level Rise Event here: https://eastshorepark.org/our-projects/the-resilient-shoreline/

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Earth Day 2018 Photo Gallery

Click the image below to view the Earth Day 2018 Photo Booth gallery.   Click the image below to view Earth Day 2018 event photos.  

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CESP recently tabled at Patagonia store in San Francisco to talk about sea rise to staff and customers. Great outreach event.

CESP tabled at the Patagonia Store in San Francisco on March 10, 2018, 12pm-2pm to talk about consequences of sea rise along our shoreline.

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Albany Neck and Bulb Bird Survey in partnership with Golden Gate Audubon

ALBANY NECK AND BULB BIRD SURVEY Citizens for East Shore Parks (CESP) and Golden Gate Audubon Society East Bay Conservation Committee (GGAS EBCC) collaborated to conduct a bird survey at the Albany Neck and Bulb July 2015 – June 2016. Click the image below to learn more about the Albany Neck and Bulb Bird Survey by CESP and Golden Gate Audubon Society.

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East Bay Times: SF Bay shoreline slowly sinking, areas at risk of major flooding as waters rise due to climate change

NEW STUDY SF Bay shoreline slowly sinking Areas at risk of major flooding as waters rise due to climate change By Paul Rogers, East Bay Times, March 8, 2018 progers@bayareanewsgroup.com   Major parts of San Francisco Bay’s shoreline are slowly sinking, a new scientific study has found, dramatically increasing the risk of billions of dollars of flooding in the coming decades as sea level rise continues due to climate change.   Much of the bay’s shoreline, because it is built on mud that compacts over time, is sinking at about 2 ...

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Thank You Clif Bar Family Foundation for Helping Us Launch the Resilient Shoreline Program

With the help of Clif Bar Family Foundation CESP launched its Resilient Shoreline Program in 2017. The Resilient Shoreline Program is a natural extension of CESP's 30-year effort to protect open space and develop a unified shoreline park along the Bay's eastern shoreline. The Resilient Shoreline Program increases public awareness about climate change and its impact on the Bay shoreline and organizes a coalition of public leaders to implement timely solutions that prioritize natural approaches to create a resilient shoreline. This campaign combines advocacy, ...

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Visualizing Sea-Level Rise @ McLaughlin Eastshore State Park

Join Citizens for East Shore Parks (CESP) to visualize sea-level rise at McLaughlin Eastshore State Park on Saturday, July 29, 2017. We’re inviting the public to make a statement along the shoreline by marking off where the “new” shoreline will be with 2-meters of sea-level rise. Volunteers will hold up blue banners along the 2-meter sea-level rise mark to raise awareness about sea-level rise and call on public leaders to look to resilient shoreline solutions to mitigate sea-level rise. The first Visualizing Sea-level Rise event was held in Jack London Oakland ...

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Visualizing Sea-level Rise Event Recap

The image above was created by GROUNDWORKS Office. It shows the shoreline at Oakland's Jack London Square with 2-meters (approx. 6 feet) of sea-level rise. On Earth Day 2017 volunteers gathered together for CESP's first Visualizing Sea-level Rise event. Together we held fabric panels along the 2-meter sea-level rise mark to raise awareness about climate change and to "visualize" sea-level rise along Oakland's waterfront. The event engaged approximately 30 volunteers and was featured on 4 media outlets, KGO-TV, NBC Bay Area, The Pioneer (CSU East Bay newspaper) and ...

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Join us for Visualizing Sea-level Rise on April 22

CESP will create a scientifically accurate educational display to show where the new shoreline will be after 2-meters of sea rise. The event aims to engage the public in a dynamic visual display to show where the new shoreline will be, if we do nothing to address sea level rise. When: Saturday, April 22 Where: Jack London Square Neighborhood, Meet at 333 Broadway at 12:00 pm, move to 2nd and Broadway at 12:30 pm. Email cespmanager@eastshorepark.org to get involved. You may also RSVP on the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/243832122735736....

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