Jan 22 - Long Run to Keep California Beautiful


Submitted by Mark Murray on January 22, 2009 - 18:02.

On Sunday, January 25, I will be running the Carlsbad Marathon with a purpose: supporting the work of Keep California Beautiful (KCB) and their 'Only My Feet Hit the Ground' campaign to reduce litter.

I hope you will join me in supporting KCB and making an online contribution to support their work.

Marathons, like any large event with thousands of participants and spectators, can generate a considerable amount of litter and waste. Keep California Beautiful is partnering with the organizers of the Carlsbad Marathon, the California Integrated Waste Management Board, and Waste Management, to implement a model strategy for reducing and recycling litter and waste at special events.

Keep California Beautiful is a state-wide non-profit organization with a long history of organizing and supporting hands on litter clean up events. Events like the Great Coastal Cleanup, and dozens of other local river and park clean up events have removed and recycled thousands of tons of trash. In addition to their clean-up work, KCB helps raise awareness of the sources and causes of litter. They have long been a partner with Californians Against Waste in these efforts and I hope you will join me in making a contribution in support of their work.


Thank you



Mark

 


California (pronounced

Submitted by Matt John on December 17, 2009 - 02:13.

California (pronounced /kælɨˈfɔrnjə/ ( listen)) is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil. It is located on the West Coast of the United States, and is bordered by Oregon to the north, travel to california state and see the beauty, Nevada to the northeast, Arizona to the southeast, the Mexican state of Baja California to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Its four largest cities are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, and San Francisco. The state is home to the nation's second and sixth largest metropolitan areas as well as eight of the nation's fifty largest cities. California has varied climate and geography and a diverse population.

California is the third-largest U.S. state by land area, after Alaska and Texas. Its geography ranges from the Pacific coast to the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the east, to Mojave desert areas in the southeast and the Redwood–Douglas fir forests of the northwest. The center of the state is dominated by the Central Valley, one of the most productive agricultural areas in the world. California is the most geographically diverse state in the nation, and contains the highest (Mount Whitney) and lowest (Death Valley) points in the contiguous United States. Almost 40% of California is forested, [6], a high amount for a relatively arid state.