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Ocean Wins: Small Biz Love, Art-ivism, and More
Hi there, readers, and welcome to another edition of Wednesday Wins! This week’s wins are all are ocean wins (to me)! We’ve got some small businesses tackling waste through their products, stories of art-meets-activism, and projects combatting marine pollution. Why the Focus on Ocean Wins? Well, if it hasn’t become abundantly clear, I have two…
Get Involved: The Science of Marine Debris
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Wake-Up Wednesday Wins!
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Words to Live By, Local Business Love, Products Changing the Packaging Game, and…Phytoplankton?
Hello dear readers! This week’s “wins” are a bit of a compendium of the last couple of weeks. I er…fell off the publishing wagon, it seems! >.< But here we are, back again. This month has felt like a whirlwind of information and updates. I’m not sure if you heard but the US just got…

