We will join Surfrider to clean up Ocean Beach in San Francisco in honor of the 2024 Earth Day Celebration and theme Planet vs Plastics. Microplastics are sadly ubiquitous in the ocean and collect in the drift seaweed on the sand. We will do our part by removing these and other unnatural debris from the beach.

This event directly supports the following UN Sustainable Development goals/targets:

Goal 11 Sustainable Cities - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

• Target 11.4

Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage

Goal 14 Life below water - Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

• Target 14.1

By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution

• Target 14.3

Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels

Goal 15 Life on Land - Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

• Target 15.5

Take urgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species