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We get together on weekends to wander around San Francisco, sketching people and places, natural and urban. We usually sketch for 2-3 hours, then sit down in a cafe to share sketches and chat. Sometimes we join up with other sketching groups or do field trips outside the city. Everyone welcome.
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See all- Nature Journal Club: Earth Day TrashMob @ Seal Point ParkSan Mateo Seal Pt. Park, San Mateo, CA
## Details
Join the SF Bay Area Nature Journal Club for an Earth Day TrashMob Clean-up and field trip at Seal Point Park in San Mateo, CA.
Be in community to give back to the Earth on Earth Day (or nearish to Earth Day.) We'll start with intros and a warm-up, then head off to Journal. You'll have the choice to participate in a "Trash Mob" to pick up trash and journal the location and items you find. Together, we'll create a consolidated map of our clean-up efforts!
Bring gloves, a trash bag, your nature journal, and something to share for our potluck. We will celebrate Earth Day by joining together to clean up this natural area and leave it more beautiful than we found it.
We'll meet at 10am near the bathrooms at the North of the park, for welcome intros and warm-ups. Then it's off to forage trash while you journal. Mid-day we'll break for a potluck lunch and journal share. In the afternoon we'll continue journaling until 3:30pm, do a final journal share and closing circle, then wrap at 4pm.
Learn more about the location:
* https://www.cityofsanmateo.org/3384/Seal-Point-Park
Field trip host: Kate Rutter, Regional Nature Journal Club Trip host
Weather:- Conditions may be windy, wet or cold, or hot, so dress in layers, bring a hat and plenty of water and sunscreen.
- There is no shade in the park, so bring a hat and sunglasses.
- If for any reason the weather is awful or if the park is for some reason closed, we will have to cancel, so check this Meetup site before 9am, day-of.
Transit & Parking:
- Parking can fill up, so allow some extra time.
- Public transit via SamTrans is possible, but includes a 20-min walk from the closest stop to the park
- Carpooling recommended.
How to find us:
Meet at Seal Point Park at the bathrooms at the north end (to the left as you enter).
Bring:- Trash bag and gloves for the TrashMob clean-up
- Seasonally appropriate clothing / dress for variable (including HOT, CHILLY or WINDY) weather.
- Sunscreen and hat.
- Waterbottle (water is available onsite.)
- Nature journaling supplies.
- Potluck Lunch: Bring potluck treats to share for lunch, and bring your own bowl and spoon.
- A sense of wonder and humor.
- Anything else to make the day lovely for you: folding stool, magnifying lens, umbrella, depending. ;)
Good to know:
- Open to all ages and ability levels. No registration is necessary.
- $20 suggested donation benefits Wild Wonder free programming.
- Accessibility: paved and relatively flat and accessible pathways; optional hilly section to the top of the park; some benches and seating.
- Water available on site.
- Bathrooms available at on site.
Bring friends and family!
