Megan Loves the Ocean

It's exactly one week before #plasticfreejuly begins, and I gotta say I'm feeling a little nervous. Plastic - especially single-use - has become such a pervasive part of our daily lives that I didn't even notice just how much I use, and how much of it isn't necessary. For some things, there are pretty easy and painless swaps. Others feel like they might not be as painless. All this plastic we're swimming is why we need something like Plastic Free July in the first place. The initiative started seven years ago in Western Australia (which abbreviates to WA. This was a source of confusion for me for longer than it should have been). The movement is really looking at cutting out single-use plastics - aka the shrink wrap on produce, shampoo bottles, the wrapping your Amazon delivery may come in, what have you - as these are not sustainable and choke out the ecosystems they end up settling in. I already had some plastic-reducing habits, which is why I thought going al...

Hi friends! I found out about an initiative called Plastic Free July   while attending a conservation class at the Seattle Aquarium and decided to take the plunge! In two weeks, I’ll start one whole month of avoiding single-use plastics. In addition, I’ll be writing about my successes, failures, and challenges along the way. I plan to make weekly updates, and then after the month of July start posting bi-weekly about the ocean as well as conservation topics. Please consider taking the pledge yourself – you can start small like cutting out use of plastic utensils or committing to your reusable water bottles and coffee cups. Also please feel free to join the conversation and share! I’ve been casually interested in ocean conservation for basically my whole life, but am just starting to deep dive into this stuff, so I’ll be learning along with everyone else. Next week I’ll post my first full entry, and then it’ll be July! (Where does the time go?) Looking forward to taking this jour...