Author Bio This guest post was written by Jay Recinto. Jay is the Media Content Manager for Warm Winds over at Narragansett Beach in Rhode Island. Warm Winds is a locally-owned surf shop that aims to give back to the community and the environment through education, events and support of green initiatives. Did you know … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Sustainability
Green Your Weekend: Eliminate Microbeads
At some point while roaming a library, I came across a book entitled The Weekend Makeover: Get a Brand New Life by Monday Morning. It was kind of silly and I never ended up checking it out, but the basic premise has stuck with me. Each chapter focused on an area of improvement- organization, exercise, … Continue reading
The California Drought: why I care and implications for sustainability
The current drought in California has taken over the environmental sciences news headlines (not that there are a whole lot of environmental science headlines in the first place…) with the recent announcement of drastic mandatory cutbacks in water issued by the state’s governor. Having lived on the east coast for the last 20 years of … Continue reading
Searching for MH 370 in the world’s largest trash can
Are the oceans a limitless resource? No. Clearly not, but we still have policies intact that treat them as such. We are overfishing down the food chain. Blue fin tuna is worth a small fortune and we dredge the deep sea to catch a fish called the Patagonian Toothfish to sell at market. Perhaps you … Continue reading
Megafauna madness: killing dolphins, mistreating orcas, critically endangered sharks.
Twitter and world media have been abuzz this week about the Taiji Cove dolphin drive. A practice in a small Japanese town that leads to the death or capture of hundreds of dolphins each year. You may have heard of this before if you are a fan of documentaries. “The Cove” is a documentary by … Continue reading