Why Connect?

Why Connect?

We certainly devote a lot of space on this website to explaining how to connect to the ocean, but not so much as to why you should connect. And that’s because we all have our own, often unique, reasons for connecting. For some, it is an environmental imperative....
Celebrate Freedom

Celebrate Freedom

“Struggle is a never-ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.”  — Coretta Scott King
Phasing Out Single-Use Plastic

Phasing Out Single-Use Plastic

On World Ocean Day, the Secretary of the Interior issued an order which aims to reduce the procurement, sale, and distribution of single-use plastic products and packaging with a goal of phasing out single-use plastic products on Department-managed lands by 2032.  The...
World Ocean Day 2022

World Ocean Day 2022

On World Ocean Day, people everywhere can unite to celebrate and take action for our shared blue planet, with one ocean and one climate, which connect us all. Get together with your family, community, and /or your company, and join with millions of others around our...
Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industrial levels

Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industrial levels

Carbon dioxide measured at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory peaked for 2022 at 421 parts per million in May, pushing the atmosphere further into territory not seen for millions of years, scientists from...
Transforming Ocean-Bound Plastic into Sustainable Products

Transforming Ocean-Bound Plastic into Sustainable Products

It’s no secret that the ocean is suffocating with plastic waste. Some scientists predict that by 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean. We discovered one company – #tide ocean material – that is collecting ocean-bound plastic waste...