Join in, care for the coast, then connect with each other and the earth through sand globing!

Beach cleanup: 10 am-1 pm
Sand globe instruction, play, and creations: 12 noon - 1 pm

Beach cleanup:

Help protect our oceans and coastal habitats, and make beach-going more joyful, by keeping the beaches in the Golden Gate National Parks clean.

Hosted by the Golden Gate National Parks Volunteer Program, a cooperative parkwide effort of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, the National Park Service, and the Presidio Trust.

For information about the cleanup, to register, and to get the downloadable volunteer agreement form to fill out in advance, click here: https://www.parksconservancy.org/events/stinson-beach/summer-beach-series-stinson-beach-0

Bring a lunch and stay for sand globe making, starting at 12noon!

Sand Globes:

Making sand globes feels like magic. Someone said, "It's like making a sand castle in the air." Creating sand art and playing with sand globes brings happiness, and connects us with the coast and each other. Sand globe photo gallery: http://www.sandglobes.org/photos.html

At this event, environmental artist Zach Pine will teach everyone to make sand globes (and encourage them to teach others!) Then, as in all his collaborative create-with-nature events, we'll make a spontaneously evolving art installation on the beach. Non-globe creativity involving sand and people is also encouraged of course! We'll also play cooperative sand globe games like "pass the peas" and "large sand globe collider," and invent new ones.

Pine has been refining his technique for making sand globes since 2000, and has taught over a thousand people how to make them. Learning to make your first sand globe takes about 5 minutes; it usually takes beginners about ten minutes to make a grapefruit-sized globe.

Sand globe making is spreading over the earth through the project Sand Globes Worldwide: http://www.sandglobes.org/photos.html . See more worldwide photos and follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandglobes/

Accessibility:

By design, the event offers opportunities for everyone to participate and join in however they wish. See the GGNRA Accessibility Guide for more info including free beach wheelchair reservations and ASL interpretation: https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/stinson-beach-access.htm

Details:

Summer Beach Series Cleanup and Sand Globes on Stinson Beach - 2021
Free all-ages public event
Saturday, August 28, 2021
Beach Cleanup: 10 am-1 pm
Sand globe instruction, play, and creations: 12 noon - 1 pm
Stinson Beach Park, 10 Marine Way, Stinson Beach, CA 94970
Near the central parking lot
Sorry, no pets allowed on this part of the beach
Consider carpooling or public transport (Marin Transit)