#catch some rays

[lightningsocks]

Feels so good to walk in the sun

[euesworld]

"Good morning.. open your eyes, there is a world waiting to bring you joy!!! Life wants to bring you happiness and success, it wants to show you beauty like you have never seen before.. the kind that comes from inside you."

Wake up and hold your head high cause the sun is rising in the sky so why not catch some rays - eUë

[fit-as-fxck]

Hanging onto every bit of positivity and motivation I have! Today was truly beautiful and full of nature walks with my best friend and homemade gluten free banana muffins. Although I feel like I’m hanging out in limbo everyday, I still set up a game plan for this week - some workouts, minimal mileage to run and some prepped meals. There’s something about being out in nature that just makes you feel positive.

[deterioratingrobot]

[sleepytisi]

How We’re ALL Contributing to Reef Death

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Image: Time.com

Climate change is a major factor in coral reef bleaching and death. There’s another problem of which a great majority of us are guilty, without even knowing about it.

When you go to the beach, or especially when you go to snorkel or scuba over the reefs to admire their beauty, there’s something you’re probably doing to hurt the reef just by being there. Something you’re not thinking about. Something that you may not even know is happening.

That something is your sunblock.

Before you head to the beach to catch some rays, float on the water, or swim with the fish at the reef, take a look at your bottle of sunblock. There are ingredients in most sunblocks right now that are very harmful to the reef and contribute to bleaching!

The good news is that more and more manufacturers are replacing these chemicals. The bad news is that this is still relatively new. The study that gave evidence of this was done only a couple years ago.

More bad news is that you can’t just take the word of the manufacturer that the sunblock is reef safe. The FDA doesn’t regulate the term “reef safe” at this time.

Grab your bottle of sunblock and look!

These four common sunscreen ingredients were shown to kill or bleach coral at extremely low concentrations (as low as one drop in 6.5 Olympic sized swimming pools).

Oxybenzone (Benzophenone-3, BP-3) - Sunscreen ingredient that disrupts coral reproduction, causes coral bleaching, and damages coral DNA. Oxybenzone is found in over 3500 sunscreen products worldwide.

Butylparaben - Preservative ingredient shown to cause coral bleaching.

Octinoxate (Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate) - Sunscreen ingredient shown to cause coral bleaching.

4-methylbenzylidene camphor (4MBC) - Sunscreen ingredient shown to cause coral bleaching. Allowed in Europe and Canada, not in USA or Japan.

Image: TheInertia.com

How Can I Help??

Look at your sunblock label. Don’t use sunblock that has any of the above ingredients in it. Don’t trust “reef safe” sunblock to actually be safe! The FDA does not regulate “reef safe” sunblock. You have to look!

Use biodegradable sunblock.

Use water resistant sunblock. The FDA does regulate the water resistant claim.

Opt to wear a hat and covering clothing, or hang out in the shade rather than wearing sunblock if you can avoid it. 

Spread the word!

Sunblock brands which are reef safe:

Reef Safe from Divers-supply, SPF 45

Raw Love Sunscreen, SPF 35 (Made in Maui)

Deter Mineral Reef Safe Sunscreen, SPF 30

Maui Surfer Honey Natural Sunscreen, SPF 30

Badger Sunscreen Cream, Unscented, SPF 30

Badger Broad Spectrum Sport Facestick, SPF 35

Joshua Tree Reef Safe Sunscreen SPF 30

Elemental Herbs Sport Sunscreen, SPF 30+

Green Screen D Organic Sunscreen, Original, SPF 35

BurnOut Ocean Tested Physical Sunscreen, SPF 30

All Terrain KidSport SPF30

Star Naturals Sunscreen Stick SPF 25

You can gather additional information from the National Park Service.

Sources: x,x,x,x,x

How do I dispose of the sunblock I have so it doesn’t get back in the ocean?

Call the manufacturer to find out if they will accept returns. Be sure to ask the rep you speak with how they dispose of them; after all, you don’t want to spend time and money shipping your product across the country only to have it end up in a landfill or worse, down the drain.

If you can’t return it, check your local community to see if they have a hazardous waste disposal program. If you go to your waste disposal company’s web site, it will most likely have a link that will guide you on disposing of potentially toxic and hazardous materials.

Locate a drop off facility.  Most local government websites can direct you to the appropriate contacts to help dispose of hazardous waste.

Check out my other post on Ocean and Beach Safety!

[idiomland]

Hello everybody! Our idiom of the day is ”Catch some rays,” which means “to get some sunshine, to tan in the sun.” 🌞 ⠀ This idiom began as a slang expression during the second half of the 1900s. The word catch is used in the sense of “become affected by or to be subjected to.” The rays being caught are the light rays of the sun.

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[deterioratingrobot]

I got bored and...

(Volume warning on the 15-16 mark!)

[deterioratingrobot]

Screen doors?

Her one weakness.