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    A Brief History of Baja Hoodies / Jerga Hoodies(Post)

    As baja hoodies / jerga hoodies are one of the more popular items we sell at BeachNecessities.com, we thought doing a deeper dive on their origins might be of interest to people. If you grew up ...

    World Water Day 2022(Post)

    Today, March 22, 2022, is World Water Day.  While this year's theme is Groundwater - Making the Invisible Visible, before we drill in on that let's step back and take a look at how much water is ...

    Giving Thanks(Post)

    Four years ago yesterday I landed in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu, as I was visiting my 50th state to watch my alma mater, UMass Amherst, play Hawaii in football on Thanksgiving Day.  Great g ...

    Memorial Day Weekend (aka start of Summer), World Reef / Ocean Day & miscellaneous thoughts...(Post)

    Welcome to Memorial Day 2022 and the unofficial start of summer. Hope folks are planning on a beach weekend, whether the ocean, lake, pond, river or stream, but if not that doesn't mean you can't tak ...

    Happy Holidays 2019!(Post)

    Just a quick note to wish everyone happy holidays and more beach time in 2020 time given the health benefits.  Yeah, because of the health benefits. >;^ )  And while visiting the beach l ...

    2021 State of the Beach Report (Surfrider Foundation)(Post)

    Earlier this week Surfrider Foundation released it's 2021 State of the Beach Report.  While we have yet to read through the entire report, that will take a few weeks at 85+ pages, thought it was ...

    COP27, Climate Change & the Ocean(Post)

    Lots of news landing in my inbox today so with COP 27 starting on Sunday in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt thought this would be a good time for a blog post.The first bit of news came from The Economist and ...

    The Blue Economy(Post)

    Over the last few years, we keep hearing about the Blue Economy so thought it made sense to unpack this a bit to bring more clarity to the concept.  The Blue Economy is not new as humans have be ...

    World Rivers Day 2022(Post)

    Tomorrow, Sun, 9/25, is World Rivers Day which is a day of celebration and recognition for the world's rivers (the image used is my fav swimming hole on a river here in Oregon).  Water is 70%+ o ...

    The (New) Blue Economy(Post)

    The Blue Economy has long history, dating back to at least 6000 BC when humans are believed to have begun whaling in Korea so we're talking 8000+ years.  For most of us though, we equate the Blu ...

    Earth Day 2022 + other stuff(Post)

    So here we are at Earth Day 2022 where the theme is invest in the planet.  I have to be honest, I think the tag line is overly optimistic as we, humans, as a species, don't seem to grok the dama ...

    Welcome to the Start of Summer 2023!(Post)

    As we round the corner into Memorial Day weekend, for many of us it's time to head to the beach, whether the ocean, lake, river or stream.  It also means it's time for Dr. Beach's annual ranking ...