Did you know that MASNA (parent organization of MACNA) gives yearly scholarship awards to the brightest and most creative young minds in our marine industry? I covered this last year and was so impressed that I decided to do more this year. Why is this so important? Because these young minds give [...]
Those of you that know me personally, know that I am extremely passionate about our hobby and industry. Like many of you, I will never forget the first time I saw the saltwater section in my LFS when I was in college in Gainesville, Florida. Vivid colors, movement, and unique marine life hooked me [...]
In 2007, Annie Leonard released her groundbreaking 2007 online [...]
Reef A Palooza is not just a place for people to come and buy corals. Show organizers work tirelessly to bring various different types of speakers of national level to engage and to educate hobbyists so that they can either integrate what they learn into their own personal system(s) or in this [...]
Modern clothing, whether in the form of Paris-runway couture or suburban mall fast fashion, is not known for being particularly sustainable. But rising sea temperatures and the scourge of plastics in our oceans are reaching catastrophic levels, threatening all life on our fragile planet – [...]
By now, we all know about fertilizer runoff and our marine ecosystems: when it rains, fertilizer from the fields is washed into streams and rivers, where it eventually makes its way to the ocean. The fertilizer causes algae blooms, which releases harmful toxins and deprives all other living [...]
It’s a simple concept. Limit or stop fishing in some areas to allow fish populations to regenerate and individual animals to reach a greater age and size, and there’s more fish ultimately available for everyone. Perhaps understandably, the fishing industry has been concerned about threats [...]
Almost three years ago, I shared some good news; Adidas had partnered with the collaborative environmental group Parley for the Oceans to design and produce a sneaker whose shoe upper was made entirely of yarns and filaments reclaimed and recycled from ocean waste and illegal deep-sea gillnets. [...]