. >> reporter: writer sarah bayles. >> i've always loved the ocean. >> reporter: was so disgusted by the litter, she literally was compelled to take action. >> reporter: talked to my husband about some ideas of what i could do. and came up with the idea to do the blog the daily ocean. >> reporter: her on-line chronicle of her quest to clean this small stretch of santa monica beach between two lifeguard stands, 20 minutes a day over 365 days, photographing and weighing cast away debris and waste washed from storm drain miles away. two-thirds of the way toward her goal and sarah already has collected 800 pounds of garbage just in this 200 yard stretch of beach here in santa monica. >> hundreds of pounds of butts and bits of rubbish. >> a lot of trash for 20 minutes at a time. >> reporter: she soon learned she wasn't just collecting trash, she was collecting followers. some of the 12100 people following her blog-- 2100 people following her blog and tweet started to show up to clean up. >> while you are amongst see gulls and kids playing, that is when it hits you that it is definitely a

writer sarah bayles was so disgusted, she was literally compelled to take action.etch of beach between two lifeguard stands each day, 20 minutes a day, over 365 days, photographing and weighing castaway debris and waste washed from storm drains miles away. two-thirds of the way toward her goal and sarah already has collected 800 pounds of garbage, just in this 200 yard stretch of beach here in santa monica. she soon learned she wasn't just collecting trash, she was collecting followers, some of the 2,100 following her blog and tweets started to show up to clean up. >> i've gotten contacts from germany and people who have gone out and done daily ocean cleanups in florida while on vacation. >> reporter: alexis henry with the surf rider foundation which is dedicated to saving the oceans says a sea change starts small. >> sarah getting out there every day for 20 minutes shows it's a real easy thing to do. if you care for the beaches, you can do something. >> reporter: something big, at the end of the year, sarah bayles and her cleanup crew will have removed more than a