Earth Day 2022 + other stuff
So here we are at Earth Day 2022 where the theme is invest in the planet. I have to be honest, I think the tag line is overly optimistic as we, humans, as a species, don't seem to grok the damage we are doing to the earth. Silly humans.&n…
Beautiful Day
To quote U2, "It's a Beautiful Day" today! As I would hope most people are now familiar with, earlier today it was announced that Joe Biden was elected as the 46th US President. This bodes well for the ocean as under the current administr…
Memorial Day 2020
As we head into the unofficial start of summer, it's an excellent time for reflection given the global circumstances of the last ~3 months due to both COVID-19 and how the US government is behaving (like a banana republic). Typically, this weekend wo…
50th Anniversary of Earth Day (and 38th Anniversary of the Conch Republic)
In honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day this Wednesday, 4/22, we're going to take a slightly different focus given we are beach and ocean oriented and the ocean makes up ~71% of the land mass of the earth's surface. When the initial Earth…