Good news! Recently, Portugese airline Hi Fly announced that it would offer four (count ’em!) flights from Lisbon to Brazil. Seems like pretty standard stuff…planes take off every day Ryan, what’s so special about this news? Oh just that all passengers flying aboard these planes would receive no single-use plastics during the entire flight, that’s…
Success story time! I recently traveled to Nelson, BC – a place revered by environmentalists the world over (apparently – I’m new to Canada and still learning the ropes) and while there, we frequented a non-chain grocery store called The Kootenay Co-op, which is an independent cooperative grocery store in the downtown region. The experience…
Brené Brown preaches it. Social media is abuzz about it. Yogis learn about it in their teacher training (hollaaa!) and we all need to be practicing it every day, but we’re not. Say it with me folks: vul-ner-a-bil-i-ty. Vulnerability! It’s, like, the most important concept ev-ar. Why? Because a lack of vulnerability is holding up…
Oppor-tuna-ty In New Ideas This started out as an ode to my sandwich: a tuna-free tuna fish sandwich (say that 5 times fast!). Its final destination was set for my dusty, not-oft-updated food blog and I did end up publishing it there. As I was typing up a short blurb for Instagram though, it hit…
We are parked alongside the highway, joining the throngs of cars parks on either side of this busy road, as far as the eye can see. We hike through a lush, green forest, the path occasionally littered with the evidence of humans that have come before (and blackberry brambles, from which we feast). Finally, we…
Road trips are good for many things: they get us out of the familiar and put us in touch with our surroundings in a whole new way. We see places differently, we meet people we wouldn’t normally, and we get inspired. This is why I love road trips! Right now Jan and I are on…
OK…what the frack is “dharma” and why are you spouting off yogic terms on a blog dedicated to waste-less living and plastic pollution rants? Chill. Little known fact about me: yoga changed my life and indeed, set me on the path that I now find myself tripping down. I’m amazed I haven’t let more yoga…
This past weekend was one of those where you get to Sunday night, look back and realize, “Sheesh! My life ain’t so bad, look at all the amazing things I did!” In fact, I heard someone say on Sunday, “I don’t want it to end!” and I’d agree with that, although if every day could…
If you’re reading this then congratulations – you figured out how to navigate my mess of a website update. Welcome! It feels a bit funny saying that, seeing as how this blog has been on the web for a solid 8 years now (yay!) but I recently moved Seven In the Ocean from wordpress.com to…
At this point, nut milk has been written about on the blogosphere enough times that it’s no longer a “new” or “trendy” topic. We get it: it’s healthy, it can be a contentious topic, and yeah, it can be pretty pricey. So why am I taking up blog real estate to talk about it? Because…
No, the title of this post has nothing to do with me as a person. HA. It does, however, have everything to do with plastic. Duh. 😉 Here’s the situation: today, I decided to go for a run, along a new route with a halfway stopping point at a nearby public beach. Context: I live…
I’m having one of those “I’m-so-speechless-to-write-and-I-don’t-know-where-to-start” moments. Ever have them? Ugh. That’s all I want to say, but I’d like to be a bit more articulate, so here goes. As predicted, this is a rant on plastic. If you’re not feeling it, I’d suggest leaving now because I’m really digging into this one (i.e. it’s…