Starting today, let's challenge ourselves to be mindful of our water usage habits and seek changes that will make our ocean, waves and beaches healthier for everyone.
Each plastic bag that doesn't end up in the ocean counts, every sustainable seafood choice you make in a restaurant or the grocery store counts, and everyone can get involved in a local beach or river clean-up and work to make our ocean cleaner, healthier, and more beautiful.
The real question is: Why are we making our oceans too dangerous to sustain all life?
Depending on which lifecycle analysis one cites, paper often comes out as the larger greenhouse gas emitter -- this is important, as CO2 emissions are making our oceans more acidic and warming the planet.
What if, instead of having to drill for oil, we could extract the carbon and hydrogen available in the oceans, and make our own hydrocarbons?
"As we make our way back from Astoria, Ocean tells me that he's got at least five projects in the works, among them a song he wrote for Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained; songs he's working on for Alicia Keys and Beyoncé; songs for his own third album; and a European tour, which he says he wants to model on Pink Floyd's The Wall tour," Amy Wallace writes in her profile of the artist.
We should hold as our highest priority taking care of the ocean systems that make our lives possible.
It's time we make this our oceans moment and protect it.
Where we literally and metaphorically band together to build floating micro-countries on the world's oceans, making our own rules, like some bad Kevin Costner movie?
Making sure our oceans stay vibrant and healthy in the future is one of the best insurance choices we can make.
