“Vamos a la Playa”

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13
PROGRAM #10592 12:00 PM PT

“Vamos a la Playa.” 

A community organization in Los Angeles has launched the initiative “Vamos a la Playa” to give inner-city families and children their first beach day. Organizers round up people at local organizations and churches and drive them up to a beach in Malibu. “Vamos a la Playa” seeks to teach community members about the rights they have to have access to California’s coastline and beaches and provide an opportunity to learn about marine life and environmental responsibility and get energized about improving the quality of the ocean. In other news, a beach in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, is the center of attention due to a complaint filed in September of this year for contamination of the sea with chlorinated and black water and destruction of the marine forest. What does this contamination imply for the ecosystem and the sea of Ensenada?

Guests: Irma Muñoz, Founder, President, and CEO, Mujeres de la Tierra, Los Angeles, CA; Sergio Medrano, Education Supervisor, Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA; Mario Sandoval, Coastal Planner, Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority; Los Angeles, CA; Raúl Macías, Founder, Anahuak Youth Sports Association, Los Angeles, CA; Victor Rodriguez, Reporter, Ensenada, Baja California, MX; Manuel Vivanco Bercovich, Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratory of Marine Botany, Institute of Oceanographic Research, Autonomous University of Baja California-UABC, Ensenada, Baja California MX.

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