by Anya Elis | Apr 13, 2021 | Keeping It Real
There is an emerging battle between small green businesses selling sunscreens and other OTC drugs and the giant companiesthat would rather we not exist. Our friends at Pacific Beach Organics are putting together a campaign to highlight this injustice, made possible by...
by Autumn Blum | Apr 8, 2021 | Keeping It Real
The science is clear: oxybenzone kills coral larva at incredibly low concentrations. But until now, it’s been less clear what happens in the human body at exposures similar to those seen at your average beach or swimming pool. Turns out, it’s not pretty. A study...
by Autumn Blum | Mar 23, 2021 | Keeping It Real, Stream2Sea Products
We received a really nice note from a travel writer last week saying that 70% of the comments on a women’s dive site recommended our Stream2Sea leave-in conditioner. She asked what made it so special — beyond the fact that it’s reef-safe. Like many female...
by Autumn Blum | Mar 12, 2021 | Keeping It Real, Sunscreen
A new report in a study published in the journal Chemical Research in Toxicology by French and American researchers at Sorbonne University and Haereticus Environmental Laboratory shows that Octocrylene – one of the most common ingredients in sunscreens breaks...
by Stream2Sea | Nov 18, 2020 | Keeping It Real
2020 has been a lot of things, hard and uncomfortable decisions, tragic losses and people grappling with what comes next. This Small Business Saturday, I’d like to highlight the issues facing small business about what this means to the decision makers, the customers,...
by Anya Elis | Nov 8, 2020 | Keeping It Real
It was always my dream to live on a sailboat, and that dream came true almost 3 years ago. My husband and I gave up our dive shop in Key Largo, bought a sailboat, gave away pretty much everything we owned, and moved onto the boat full time with our two black cats we...
by Autumn Blum | Aug 13, 2020 | Keeping It Real
It’s never been more important to be an informed consumer! Sharks are in skincare, and consumers CANNOT trust the words on the front of a hand sanitizer or cosmetic package. Yesterday, I did my first Instagram live event for our friends at Shark Allies,...
by Stream2Sea | Jul 23, 2020 | Keeping It Real
Mineral-based sunscreen is not a joke. It got a lot of laughs when Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg over-applied that heavy-duty zinc oxide, but we still think it’s pretty cool. Even through the smiles, people pointed out that minerals like titanium dioxide and zinc...
by Stream2Sea | Jul 6, 2020 | Keeping It Real
At Stream2sea, we pride ourselves on having ‘kept it real’ in regards to the testing of our original line of body care products on fish and coral. Read more: https://stream2sea.com/keeping-it-real-testing-on-fish-and-coral/ Now, Stream2Sea is proud to...
by Stream2Sea | Jun 22, 2020 | Keeping It Real
After months of quarantine, we are all ready to get back outside and spend some quality time with our friends and family. Keeping an eye out for litter is always important, but it really needs to be front of mind during this Fourth of July, a holiday overwhelmingly...
by Stream2Sea | May 12, 2020 | Keeping It Real
Another week staying at home can get a little boring, we get it. That’s why we made a new Protect What You Love coloring sheet, featuring our favorite marine animals! Download the PDF file for free and print at home to color in. Be sure to post and tag...
by Stream2Sea | May 1, 2020 | Keeping It Real
Stream2Sea Founder Autumn Blum joins Sierra Club and 1000 Friends of Florida in asking Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis to veto legislation that would block Key West and other Florida cities from banning sunscreen ingredients that are toxic to coral reefs. The...
