Environment
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5 Eco-Friendly Bathroom Swaps
*Post updated August 2022 I know how hard it can be to find an eco-friendly alternative to a product you may have been using and loving for years. Bathroom hygiene can be one particular area you may not even want to think about because either it’s too stressful (so. many. options.) or you assume you won’t be able to find a product that works as well as your “tried and true”. Luckily for you, I have tried my fair share of eco-friendly bathroom products and have settled on a handful that I’m happy to keep in my routine. Below are five eco-friendly bathroom swaps I made in 2019 that you…
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Earth Day 2019 – Current Environmental Issues and Ways You Can Help
Earth Day is an important day to remember how great a gift our planet and her beauty is. Although I think of every day as a chance to make my life more sustainable, I know most people do not live that way. I hope this post will educate you and help you live a more eco-friendly life! Current Environmental Issues Air Pollution – Animal agriculture releases almost one-fifth of the world’s greenhouse gasemissions. Read more about this issue here. Ocean Pollution – 80% of marine pollution comes from land-based sources. Read more about this issue here. Global Warming – The United States comes in second only after China in global-warming pollution, producing 16% of all global CO2…
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Washington Marine Debris Action Plan
Plastic pollution in the marine environment is an increasing concern. Microplastics (0.3-5 mm in size) are of most concern because they cannot be easily spotted, last the longest, and are easily ingested by marine organisms and make their way through the food chain…As beaches erode,…microplastics are transported into Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean. It remains an open question of how many and how much of these microplastic particles are exported from the beaches into the ocean. The above is an excerpt from my senior thesis research paper, “Concentration of Microplastics in Beach Sediments Surrounding Seattle, Washington in the Puget Sound Estuary”. As a University of Washington School of Oceanography major,…
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Port of Edmonds Marina Clean-Up 2018
Summer is possibly the most fun time of the year. Think about it – all the sunshine makes you want to go to the beach, eat at restaurants on the waterfront, and go boating! I love summer for these opportunities and so much more. BUT you know what I don’t love? I don’t love all the garbage that is left behind on our shorelines and dumped (intentionally and unintentionally) into our local Puget Sound waters. Marine debris litters beaches all over the world, ending up in our oceans and contaminating and killing marine life (If you eat seafood, it’s contaminating you, too.). Additionally, garbage in our marine environment is just…
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2 Ways Plastic is Harming Marine Life + How You Can Help
Marine animal art by Washed Ashore made entirely from ocean plastic. Plastic pollution is a hot topic right now. With videos showing up on your Facebook feed of divers swimming through loads of plastic, and pictures of a sea turtle-turned-unicorn by a plastic straw, I tend to think that everyone knows how big of a problem plastic in our environment is. But I’ve found that is not the case. I hope that this post will help make it really clear how marine animals such as sea turtles, fish, and dolphins are affected by plastic pollution, plus provide you with some ideas of how you can personally decrease your impact.…
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Top 5 Easiest Ways to Go Green in 2018
Happy 2018! Since there are still about nine months in this year, there is still plenty of time to add goals and resolutions to your list. Maybe you want to eat healthier, go to the gym more, or even make your lifestyle more eco-friendly 😉 Here I’m sharing my top five easiest ways to go green in 2018 (I bet you’ve already made a couple of these swaps)! Swap your plastic water bottle for a stainless steel or glass one. Stainless steel water bottles are so much cuter than plastic! Plus, they don’t have all the icky chemicals plastic ones do (BPA isn’t the only harmful chemical in plastic). I…