Share the actions you’ve taken toward sustainable living, a healthy ocean, and a flourishing planet, and you could win a free 7-day surf and yoga vacation in Costa Rica at the inspiring eco-aware Bodhi Surf Camp.
We won last year and are going in two weeks!
Read more about the My Ocean Guardian Journey Contest…
Is plastic a new silent spring?
Rachel Carson’s seminal book Silent Spring ignited a global environmental movement by highlighting the seemingly harmless toxins that surround us.
The parallels with her work 53 years ago and the growing global plastic pollution problem are uncanny and highly disturbing.
Yes, it’s Plastic FREE July, and there is less than a week left to enter the Challenge and Giveaway organized by BALM! Baby, a company specializing in natural baby care products, and which uses non-plastic packaging.
There are fabulous prizes to be had, including a set of our Freezycup Ice Pop Molds…
It looks like a popsicle.
And depending who you ask, it tastes like a popsicle.
Find out about Jay’s use of the newly designed stainless steel Freezycup ice pop popsicle molds to craft delicious – yes, delicious! (says Jay) – green popsicles.
Laundry detergents are a major plastic waste culprit.
Get this: In Canada alone, approximately 94 million plastic 1.5L / 50 fl. oz. plastic laundry jugs end up in landfills each year – or potentially as plastic pollution in the broader environment.
There is now an eco-friendly solution that eliminates all plastic waste – and cleans beautifully.
Environmental Sociologist Rebecca Altman and her father pay a visit to the plastic plant where he worked for a decade making polystyrene.
This is not just any plastic plant – it is the birthplace of modern plastics.
Many interesting reflections ensue.
Looking at efforts and ideas ranging from the Kingdom of Bhutan to Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project to Pharrell Williams Raw for the Oceans, this post examines how the correlation between using less plastic and happiness is valid and important, but not always so easy to implement, and requires a broader perspective.
This guest post by writer and photographer Daniela Ginta provides a solid overview of the pernicious issue of bisphenol A (BPA), including links to some of the latest opinions and research.
There is a lot of it out there in our everyday lives, and it is one to avoid as much as possible.
“I’m optimistic after hanging out with these kids today.”
Those are the words of musician/eco-crusador Jack Johnson during the 2014 Plastic Ocean Pollution Solutions (POPS) Youth Leadership Summit organized by Algalita Marine Research and Education.
Youth from around the globe meet in Long Beach, California on February 27th for the 2015 POPS Summit.
As far as sensory experiences involving taste buds go, this one is near the top.
It’s a European-style rich thick hot chocolate locally made with love.
And you can experience it too…
