Before we launch into a discussion on balloons and literally, spoil the party with some information you might not be super happy about, let’s start with a few fun facts to keep things friendly: A bursting balloon creates a small sonic boom! the quick release of air is at the speed much higher than the sound of […]
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If you’re not into adrenaline-fueled ocean endurance events or just a little bit crazy, chances are you don’t know what the #r2AK hashtag means. Luckily, at Metamorphic, we are little bit of both! The #r2AK hashtag refers to Race to Alaska, a 750 miles race along the inside coastal passage from Port Townsend to Ketchikan. […]
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Ghost Nets. Sound ominous doesn’t it? Kind of like a sci-fi horror movie from the late ’80s. Fishing nets that have been discarded in the ocean, floating aimlessly, trapping mammals and plants, are definitely horrifying but not science fiction. It is estimated that 10% of marine debris are made up of ghost nets. Birds, fish, crabs, […]
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Today is World Water Day, an annual celebration started as part of a United Nations campaign to raise awareness about water scarcity and safety issues around the world. For most of us reading and sharing this post, water safety brings to mind lifejackets and sail boats. However, the ongoing Flint water crisis is a powerful reminder […]
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Watching Angela Sun’s award winning documentary (available on Netflix) about the crisis of ocean plastic was sobering, to say the least. She travelled to the remote Midway Atoll where tens of thousands of pieces of plastic wash up at the Atoll every year. This is in addition to the massive piles of debris that have collected […]
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How cool is it that one of our favorite brands, PangeaSeed Foundation, has featured our bags as their Pick of the Week. PangeaSeed is a foundation that strives to bring together sustainability, education, ecology and design to inspire change around pressing ocean environmental issues. Their movement is ambitious and absolutely necessary. We are beyond honored […]
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The presentation by Capt. Charles Moore at Town Hall Jan 25 was very interesting and at the same time profoundly unsettling. To hear him talk about his book, Plastic Ocean, and his discovery of the North Pacific garbage patch and the profound changes that are occurring out of sight of our terrestrial world brought the […]
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