Hi dear readers! Welcome to this week’s Wednesday Wins. This week, it’s all about community. Last week, I offered up stories filled with hope and light. Given our still-sort-of-dark times (metaphorically and actually) I wanted to follow up on that with some stories featuring community success. We’ll run the gamut this week, from seafood, fossil…
Hi readers and welcome to the first Wednesday Wins of December! In honour of our Northern Hemisphere’s slow dirge toward darkness on the 21st, I’m filling this week’s wins with an assortment of stories that bring with them hope and light. Let’s face it: December is a hard month. Winter is a hard season. (At…
This week’s Wake-Up Wednesday Wins fall on a particularly frustrating week for environmentalists: the week of Black Friday. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, have no Internet, or don’t use email, you’re aware that this week is home to one of humanity’s most frustrating holidays: Black Friday. I say frustrating, because let’s face it:…
Hello readers! Welcome back to the weekly edition of Wake-Up Wednesday Wins. This week’s edition features stories of small acts that (I think) are making a big impact on this planet. Why small acts? I’ll let Dr. Zinn here tell you why: “We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the…
It’s been a minute since we woke up to any wins on this blog! I won’t waste any time: let’s get back to it. To recap the concept: each Wednesday, I’ll feature a set of “success stories” that feature good news only. Specifically, I’m targeting stories that give our oceans (and humanity) a boost. Waste…
It’s the Wednesday of World Ocean’s Day & Week! It’s a big freakin’ deal! World Ocean’s Day: June 8. Similar to Earth Day, a day to celebrate our watery planet. Also similar to Earth Day, it’s something we should be conscious of every day. I know, there are so many things to be conscious of…
Hello, dear readers and welcome back to another round of Wednesday Wins. It’s been a minute but this weekly offering is back. Now more than ever, we need positive, uplifting stories to keep us going through our weird days. (For those reading this post five years from now, we’re still in the middle of a…
Hello friends and welcome to another round of Wake-Up Wednesday Wins. We’re back on track and posting on Wednesday this time. Because I got a bit of a late start last week, this week’s wins are a little longer than usual. A lot has happened this week in the realm of sustainability, ocean health, collaboration,…
Ohhhh dear readers – sometimes we fall off the wagon, and it hurts. Do you agree? I was going strong! Posting regularly, connecting all these stories to the preservation of our oceans…and then this week happened. Everything was late, I waited until the last minute on all my projects, Mercury went into retrograde and everything…
Here we are again, another week of people taking action for our oceans. But first, a first! Last week, I received a comment on my post from a friend informing me that her husband attended the Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) I was raving about and lo and behold…none of the attendees received plastic-sleeved name tags!…
One thing is for certain: I have never seen weeks fly by as fast as when I’m marking them by this weekly Wednesday post. Sometimes, they fly by so fast I miss Wednesday and have to post this a day late! *face palm* Thankfully, this weekly “thing” has become a very inspiring habit: collect stories…
Hip-hip hooray, it’s Wednesday! Time for another round of Wake Up Wednesday Wins. This week, as with all weeks, we’re connecting the dots between this list and our oceans: with food, clothing, and youth activism. Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, I hope you find this list inspiring; I know I sure did! Happy Wednesday…