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How Yoga Pants Pollute the Ocean
A topic near and not-so-dear to my heart, unsustainable activewear, especially yoga pants, shed plastic in the form of micro threads and show up in marine life across the planet. What goes around, comes around and so we must know that if we put it out there, it ends back up in us. I have […]
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The Environmental Cost of Pretty Lashes
This might be a tough thing to face on a day like Halloween when makeup and false lashes run wild, but as someone who “can’t live without” mascara, I had to investigate what happens to it once it washes off my lids and what impact it has on marine life. CLICK HERE TO READ I’m […]
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Toxic Yoga Pants: 4 Things I’m doing to Reduce the Harmful Effects of my Practice on the Ocean
This is one of the most startling facts I learned recently. Of the many ways a seemingly mindful practice has had adverse effects on society, body image and business, it too has been doing its share to end up, negatively, in the oceans. While I read the amazing book “The Sound of the Sea, Seashells […]
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How Fancy Yoga Pants Destroy the Ocean
I am dismayed to learn that clams are eating our Lululemons. It wasn’t the mention of microplastics that got my attention. Microplastics are mainstream discussion these days, as they should be. It was the fact that eight pages into the book I was reading, I learned that most of the microplastics ingested by sea snails […]
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To Save the Oceans, We Need to Quiet Down
When I sit to write this, I am hindered by the vibration of a neighbor’s television. Skittish, my heartrate quickens, my eyes dart around the page and I am increasingly agitated. Focus is lost and my mind consistently latches onto the annoying sound of the early morning news at full volume. Reluctantly, I put my […]
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4 Children’s Books in Spanish & English to Celebrate Latinx Heritage Month with Marine Animals
In New York City where I live, Latinx Heritage Month brings many businesses to life, not the least of which is publishing. From September — October 15th the library arranges eye-catching displays of books by authors of Indigenous and Hispanic descent and book stores bring their Latino-penned stories to the forefront. Recently, as I was browsing children’s […]
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