Whales subsisting primarily on fish ingest an estimated 200,000 pieces of microplastic per day, while those eating krill ingest at least 1 million pieces. Whales that feed on both ingest 3-10 million microplastic pieces per day. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #WhaleWednesday

Sea turtles are also ingesting ocean plastic. 52% of sea turtles have ingested plastic. 22% die after ingesting just one piece of plastic, and the mortality rate jumps to 50% when reaching 14 plastic items. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #TurtleTuesday #PlasticsTreaty

Wet Tribe has an unwavering commitment to end plastics - for the health of the ocean - and the sake of marine life, animals, and humankind alike. Plastics are not only a primary marine pollutant but a significant driver of the climate crisis. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #EarthDay

Earth Week puts the spotlight on the climate crisis, as negotiators from around the world are gathering in Ottawa Canada for the fourth round of the United Nations Plastics Treaty to draft a legally binding global agreement. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #EarthWeek #PlasticsTreaty

While many hikers are familiar with Lanikai Pillbox at Kaiwá Ridge and the Pink Pillbox atop Pu'u'ohulu kai, there are remnants of a battery of WWII pillboxes across O‘ahu, including 'command point', all with great views of the ocean. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #AlohaFriday

Wet Tribe products are truly worthy, conforming to our strongly held beliefs of protecting our ocean planet. There is nothing imitation or false about it, from manufacturing and designs to the wearers themselves - true to the spirit of the tribe. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean

“I would have men of such constancy put to sea, that their business might be everything, and their intent everywhere, for that always makes a good voyage of nothing.” - William Shakespeare #ShakespeareSunday #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #CauseRelatedBrand #SustainableProducts

Three-quarters of the Earth's surface is covered in water! The ocean holds about 96% of all Earth's water, with the rest in the air as water vapor, frozen in icecaps, flowing in rivers, and underground in aquifers. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #OceanPlanet #EarthDay #WaterIsLife

Wet Tribe tees returning this Summer, are organic and authentic. As strong as the moon’s pull on the tide, as soft as the moonlight. Hemp and Bamboo are both grown organically, without insecticides or pesticides and use far less water than cotton. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean

Our weekly meeting is a continued discussion on sustainable products; and how to create and sell organic clothing, to not contribute to fast fashion and microplastics issues - considering the full carbon footprint & lifecycle from creation to disposal. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean

“A course more promising than a wild dedication of yourselves, to unpathed waters, undreamed shores.” -William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #ShakespeareSunday

To paraphrase Shakespeare, “We are a drop of water in the ocean that seeks another drop, falling there to find his fellow. Unseen, inquisitive, confounded, we find our family in the quest.” #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #ShakespeareSunday #SundayMorning

Jimmy Buffett and Gov. Bob Graham co-founded ‘Save the Manatee’ in 1981. The two enjoyed working together and were unafraid to have fun in the process - performing a skit wearing each other’s iconic styles at the 1984 Press Corps. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #ThrowbackThursday

Coral reefs around the world are experiencing a mass bleaching event as climate change drives record-breaking ocean heat, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI). #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #Coral

No other species on earth evokes so much human fascination and empathy as whales and dolphins, which have become tragic symbols of our deteriorating relationship with the ocean. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #WhaleWednesday #ShipStrikes #Entanglement #SaveTheWhales #SaveTheDolphins

Legislation to protect endangered sea turtles has passed the House and heads to the Senate. The Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance & Rehabilitation Act enhances funding for sea turtle stranding response, rescue, rehabilitation, and release. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #TurtleTuesday

To paraphrase Shakespeare, “He that commends me to mine own content commends me to the thing I cannot get. I to the world am like a drop of water that in the ocean seeks another drop; falling there to find his fellow.” #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #ShakespeareSunday #SundayMorning

“Our hemp shirts are the best idea since the pot brownie! OK, to clear the smoke, hemp does not actually contain THC, so don’t spark the tee.” #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #420day #OrganicClothing #Hemp #Tees

More than 54% of the world’s coral reef areas have experienced bleaching in the past year, likely to surpass the previous peak of 56.1% soon - affecting at least 53 countries in large swaths of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #Coral

With our moon icon and penchant for surfing, sailing, diving, and coastal cleanup, we watch the ‘time and tides’ closely – so it is the theme for #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #Friday #Playlist .
‘High Tide or Low Tide’ - Bob Marley & The Wailers youtu.be/KWeDXyxT3Qg