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TANGO
Tango Master Class - Images by Fabian Lewkowicz
Santa Monica Bicycle Campus
The Bicycle Campus is an off-street learning area for people of all ages and abilities to become confident about their riding skills. It features a skills course where users can learn and practice bicycle riding, handling, and street skills with the aid of educational displays. The display boards are supported by a web-based bicycle education curriculum including videos of how to use the facility. The Bicycle Campus is also a resource for bicycle educators, schools and other groups that may provide bicycle education.
This off-street facility, located south of Ocean Park Boulevard at Santa Monica State Beach, is the first permanent bicycle learning area in the City of Santa Monica and the first of its kind in the greater Los Angeles Area. The Bicycle Campus provides an opportunity for people to gain the confidence to feel comfortable riding on city streets, as well as familiarity with bicycle-friendly design features that are being deployed on City streets. Promoting the facility simultaneously promotes the importance of safe road use and understanding of the new design elements. The facility has generated support from educators, parents and activists.
Children ride bikes at the new Bicycle Campus at Santa Monica Beach on Earth Day, Sunday, April 22, 2012.
SCIENCE LAB
Donovan Obajinmi, 9, and his brother Joseph, 8, check the vital signs of a Pelican at Santa Monica Pier Aquarium’s new science lab during Heal the Bay’s Earth Day theme weekend on Saturday, April 21, 2012.
Watershed Diorama
Heal the Bay Volunteer Teddy McFarland, 16, demonstrates the Watershed Diorama at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium (SMPA) during its Earth Day theme weekend on Saturday, April 21, 2012. The diorama, which was custom made for Heal the Bay by Andrew C. Aguilar, is designed for pollution education and to illustrate storm water runoff.
Nothin' But Sand Beach Cleanup
Hot Dog on a Stick employees clean the beach during Heal the Bay’s Nothin' But Sand Beach Cleanup at Santa Monica beach on Saturday, April 21, 2012
Stand-Up for Clean Water
Competitors paddle out during Santa Monica Baykeeper and the Waterkeeper Alliance’s 1st Annual Splash: Stand-Up for Clean Water paddleboard race & festival at Santa Monica beach on Saturday, April 21, 2012.
Tadasana Festival of Yoga & Music
Participants take a yoga class during the Tadasana Festival of Yoga & Music at Santa Monica Beach on Friday, April 20, 2012. The Tadasana Festival of Yoga & Music is a three-day transformative experience being held over Earth Day Weekend, April 20-22, 2012. Attendees can choose from 60 master teachers offering 75+ classes and workshops with live, in-class musical performances by artists from around the world, as well as dozens of lectures and an eco-conscious shopping market.. The Tadasana Village features five themed yoga tents, The Daily Love Lounge Lecture Dome, artwork, chill zones, an organic food court, 60+ booths of eco-goodness and so much more!
Filthy Stills
The Filthy Stills, who hail from Rhode Island, sing, "Goneward Bound" at the Santa Monica Boardwalk on Thursday, April 19, 2012.