Clean up challenge!
Every year we get hundreds of requests from people who want to visit “the land” and help out.
While we can’t host everyone at our rematriated sites, we are actually all on Indigenous land and it needs your care!
Give us a hand! This April in honor of our earth we invite guests on Ohlone land to help us out by cleaning up the land we are on.
How to Participate
- Pick up trash on your own, with friends, or organize a whole group!
- Clean up, care for and beautify your neighborhood, local park, or favorite place in Oakland or surrounding area!
- Take a before and after photo, or estimate the amount of trash you collected and let us know!
We will be keeping track and will keep you posted in our social media stories
Other ways you care for the land you are on is plant native plants in your yards, restore habitats, removed invasive species, be mindful about your water and gas use, and of course, support your local Indigenous led land trust. <3
Are you hosting a clean up? Let us know and we will send you some of our stickers to share with your crew.
Thanks for your help, We appreciate you!
There are local organizations that hold different events folks can tap into:
On Going Local Clean Ups in cities where rematriated sites are located:
Oakland: Clean up Hegenberer road!
Oakland: Urban Compassion Project
Oakland: Clean up Lake Merrit!
Oakland/San Leandro: Monthly MLK Shoreline Cleanup
Oakland: Lake Merritt Weed Warriors
Oakland Zoo: #NoToPlastic Community Clean-Ups
Oakland: Earth Day Clean Up Opportunities map
Berkeley: Berkeley Marina Shoreline Cleanup
Berkeley: DeTrash Berkeley, Student organized weekly street cleanups
El Sobrante: Keep El Sobrante Clean and Beautiful
East Bay: East Bay Regional Parks
Earth Day Organized Clean Up Events:
Hayward: Annual Earth Day Citywide Clean-Up and Community Fair
Fremont: Newark Shoreline Clean-Up
Richmond: Earth Day: Give Back and Celebrate with The Watershed Project!
El Sobrante: Earth Day Community Cleanup
Take care of West Berkeley Shellmound and the space near it: 1900 4th St Berkeley, CA 94710
Go to your local parks and tend to them. For Oakland local parks, visit: https://www.oaklandparks.org/oakland-parks-guide/