Join Hands Across the Sand coming to a Beach near you on Saturday June 26th at 11:00 am
Oil Drilling threatens our Beaches, Marine Life, Waterways and Coastlines with the devastation and destruction of oil disasters.
Let's all join hands and draw a line in the sand to let the world know that we will do everything in our power to protect our our beautiful and bountiful beaches and natural habitats.
Please join us on our area beaches for the "Hands Across the Sand" event taking place on Saturday JUNE 26th from 11:00 am - 12:15 p.m. It is inly about an hour commitment of your time but those 15 minutes of unity and solidarity will speak volumes to the powers that be.
This cooperative social action will be made up of people from all walks of life, will cross political affiliations and will take place in geographic locations all around the world. It is not about politics; This movement is not partisan; it is about protection of our coastal economies, oceans, marine wildlife, fishing industry and coastal military missions. It's about saying no to the devastation and destruction that an oil disaster can cause.
Let's make it clear to our government representatives that we're ready to get off of oil and dirty energy permanently and allocate resources towards the development of clean energy technologies.
Now is the time to keep the pressure on our political leaders.
Come out and join thousands of people across the country (and around the globe) as they come together on their local beaches, all joining hands, to show our leaders that we demand a change.
Won't you please help us create what could become the largest gathering against offshore oil drilling in history!
We hope to see you all there and please remember to spread the word to all of your family, friends and colleagues too!
We are asking everyone (whether you can come to the beach for the event or not), to also make a personal commitment to reduce their own energy consumption (and carbon footprint) 20% by taking immediate action. The less energy we use, the greater our oil independence can become. Making some simple changes and modifying some behaviors can have tremendous impact and make a big difference. Please refer to the article "50 Things You Can Do Right Now to Reduce Carbon and Help the Environment" where you'll find lots of ideas that you can implement in your life right now.
Check out this video from one of the Florida beaches during the last Hands Across the Sand Event in February 2010. Let's make a commitment to get a huge turnout here in SWFL to make a really powerful statement !
What to do for the Hands Acrosss the Sand Event
With the concept of using less oil and petroleum-based products being core to this widespread action, everyone is encouraged to join hands at the beach closest to them and where possible, to try to carpool, bike or walk to the event!!
Please bring any food or beverages you may carry with you in non-petroleum-based products and leave only your footprints behind!
We will be gathering at the following local beaches and need your participation to make this a successful happening.
(You can also check here for the latest information - http://www.handsacrossthesand.com/florida/)
Bonita Springs, Barefoot Beach
Bobbie Lee Gruninger
Barefoot beach, just to the left of Bonita Beach and Docs beach house , drive into the bare foot beach development and on to the parking lots in the beach park, we will be joining hands with the people from Docs beach house and down into the Bare foot beach area and on to the south and north areas as well
Bonita Springs, Bonita Beach
Bobbie Lee Gruninger & Cullum Hasty
bleegruninger@comcast.net, cullumhasty@comcast.net
Bonita Beach road, to Bonita beach, park in public beach parking, go out in front of restrooms and cabana, we will meet there.
Cape Coral, Cape Coral Yacht Club
Rose Young
Coronado Pkwy South ends at beach in front of Yacht Club.
Fort Myers, Estero Blvd
Roger Alejo
Estero Blvd. Fort Myers Beach, FL
Ft Myers Beach, Ft Myers Beach, The Pier
Jessica Mendes (EPEC) & Megan Kuzyk
jemendes@eagle.fgcu.edu,handsfmb626@yahoo.com
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=121819131189399
We will be meeting to the right of The Pier on the beach.
Marco Island, South Beach
Celeste Navara
Parking lots at Collier Blvd and Swallow Ave. Take beach access to the left of the Sunset Grille.
Naples, Clam Pass Beach
Mike Seef
Take US 41 to turn west on Seagate Drive. Go two long blocks straight ahead to public parking for Clam Pass Park. Entrance, to park/beach is at Naples Grande Resort. Take free tram from gazebo or walk 1/2 mile across lush mangroves boardwalk to beach. To park free in Seagate Drive lot, drivers must have a beach parking sticker (or pay meter).
Naples, Lowdermilk Park
Marjorie Ziff-Levine/UGottaGoGreen.com
PLEASE RSVP on http://bit.ly/HandsLowdermilk
1301 Gulf Shore Blvd N. Naples, FL 34102 From U.S. 41 West on Banyan Blvd., right onto Gulf Shore Blvd. Public Parking on left (free with County Beach Sticker). Meet at Concession area.
Naples, Naples Beach
Kurt E. Hoenig
1st Avenue South Access in Olde Naples).
Naples, Naples Pier Beach
Mickey Gargan
End of 12th Ave. S - take 3rd St. S. to 12th Ave. S. Parking lot is on the SE corner (parking is free with Collier County Beach Sticker.
Naples, Seagate Beach
Linda Brown
The North Gulf Shore Beach Access is a walkway between the condominiums of Seagate and North Gulf Shore Boulevard in the City of Naples. A county beach parking lot is available for convenience at the end of Seagate Drive, however the beach is accesible at both the end of Seagate and North Gulf Shore Boulevard via foot. To park free in Seagate Drive lot, drivers must have a beach parking sticker (or pay meter). To Seagate Drive lot, take Tamiami Trail North (Route 41) to Seagate Drive, follow to beach parking lot. To Gulf Shore Boulevard North, take Tamiami Trail (Route 41 to Park Shore Drive, Park Shore Drive to Gulf Shore Boulevard, turn North, follow to end of drive for street parking.
Naples, Vanderbilt Beach
Candy Strafford
Turn onto Vanderbilt Beach Road (W) follow to the beach. Parking is along the road and in the parking garage for the beach. You have to pay for parking unless you have a beach sticker.
Naples, Wiggins Beach
Alan Lowenschuss
11100 Gulfshore Drive Naples, FL 34108
Sanibel Island, Lighthouse Beach
Deborah Belford
Cross causeway, turn left on to Periwinkle Way. Drive to end, Lighthouse beach and parking there.
Tips of the Day
- Use only approved beach accesses and parking.
- Create as long a line or as many lines as you wish.
- Be courteous and respectful to those who disagree with your view.
- Please steer clear of bird nesting areas.
- …enjoy yourself, it’s the beach!
If you would like to help spread the word, please contact us at iWannaBeInvolved@UGottaGoGreen.com and we'll send you the SWFL Hands Across the Sand event flyer that you can download and distribute. It would be great if we could get these out and hanging all around our neighborhoods and commercial centers to publicize the big event!!
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