From: Favorite Hunks & Other Things
Sunday, July 3, 2016
Favorite Pic of the Day for July 3, 2008
One of my favorite things to do on a hot summer day, lay in the grass somewhere with a good book.
From: Favorite Hunks & Other Things
From: Favorite Hunks & Other Things
July 3rd is International Plastic Bag Free Day
Most of us use them every day, the thin plastic bags used by almost every retailer we visit. Whether we’re shopping for groceries or the newest Prada, you can almost guarantee that you’ll be leaving the store with a plastic bag stuffed full of your new goodies. Then, when you arrive home, you’ll quickly remove them like a kid opening Christmas presents, tossing aside the wrapping with thoughtless abandon. Have you ever stopped to consider what happens to those plastic bags? Has it ever occurred to you just how many of them we go through, individually, in a year?
International Plastic Bag Free Day is dedicated to heightening awareness about these and very real and pressing issues brought about by this most popular of disposable carrying devices. We are reminded that those bags we pick up from the retailers are used for an incredibly short time, usually under 25 minutes, and are then disposed of. They may pass out of our thinking then, but they do not pass out of our world. Plastic bags remain in the world for anywhere from 100-500 years before finally decaying completely, and have a profound impact upon our environment as a result.
Out in the great reaches of the ocean are massive reefs made up of all sorts of plastic waste, and plastic bags play heavily among them. Such is the magnitude of the problem that these great floating islands reach hundreds of miles, like great monuments to mankind’s wastefulness, and disregard for the world upon which we live. International Plastic Bag Free Day gives us an opportunity to remind ourselves, and others, that every action we take, and every bag we dispose of, effects the lives of everyone in the world for generations to come.
There are a lot of good ways to celebrate, and the easiest requires a simple resolution on your part. Even if just for one day, choose paper over plastic, or even better bring your own bags to the retailers to pick up your goods. Some stores even offer discounts or other perks for the customers that bring their own! If you own a store yourself, start a program to encourage your customers to bring in their own reusable containers and stop offering plastic bags as an option.
If you want to become even more proactive, then you can head to http://www.plasticbagfreeday.org/ to help organize events, network with other people in your area and around the world who are striving to make a difference, or find an event to volunteer and help with yourself! There’s also an option to tell a story about a bag free day to your fellow plastic bag free folks!
Among the most popular activities for International Plastic Bag Free Day are simple gatherings of people walking roadways, beaches, and rivers and picking up all the garbage they find there. A disturbing amount
Everyday millions of plastic bags get disposed of, and without active people like yourself getting involved, the future is going to be dealing with hundreds of millions of pounds of plastic bags clogging oceans, rivers, and the world at large. The problem has reached such proportions that what was once clean sand on the beaches of the world are now being found to be made of composites of natural substances and garbage plastic.
July 3rd is Stay Out Of The Sun Day
Everybody loves a sunny day, but in the height of summer it’s easy to get dehydrated, sunburn and worse. Stay Out Of The Sun Day is about looking after yourself by taking a day away from the sun and finding some nice, relaxing shade – and if you are out and about, make sure you’ve got sun cream, plenty of water and some shade!
July 3rd is Compliment Your Mirror Day
Annually celebrated on July 3, it is National Compliment Your Mirror Day. Find the closest mirror, take a look in it and compliment the person that you see!! Examples of what you can tell him/her are: you look great!, you are awesome!, you are doing a super job!, you are very kind!, you are going to have a good day today! and etc..
The amount of time that you spend talking with that wonderful person you are looking at in the mirror is totally up to you. It can be just a few seconds or it can be a few minutes or more.
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the greatest of them all……. It is YOU!
ELDERLY PURSUITS, SUNDAY MORNING REYKJAVÍK... WITH KOLBEINN H
From: Elska Stories
I have to applaud the guys from the Reykjavík issue for being so willing to be photographed out the cold. Even with my coat, hat and gloves, I was feeling the freeze, but these guys were often wearing less, if anything at all.
But special props go to Kolbeinn H, who we shot at Reykjavíkurhöfn (the harbor) on a Sunday morning. It's not just because of the cold that he deserves credit (it was maybe 2 degrees that morning), but because we seemed to have a constant audience ogling at him. Being a Sunday, there weren't too many port workers around, but instead there was a constant stream of elderly couples slowly cruising around in their cars. As they'd approach, they'd slow down to a crawl, Mr and Mrs both crooking their heads out to see what was going on. And somehow Kolbeinn paid no mind. Maybe he's used to people staring at him!
I suppose in the summer, the more popular elderly pursuit would be to take a stroll along the shore, but in winter they still want to go out but with a bit more warmth. I imagine they'd follow this driving ritual with a trip to a local swimming pool where they'd follow a few laps with a soak in a steamy hot tub, playing a game of chess on a floating chessboard while the snow falls gently on their shoulders. Then they'd head to a bakery for vínarbrauð (Danishes) to have with afternoon coffee. Bliss.
Hmm, thinking of retirement already...
Elska Boy: Kolbeinn H
Photographer: Liam Campbell
Location: Reykjavík, Iceland
Elska Magazine: Issue (03) Reykjavík
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Celebrating Today July 3rd
Happy Birthday Today To:
From: Favorite Hunks & Other Things
From: Favorite Hunks & Other Things
Actor Corey Sevier turns 32 today.
Tom Cruise turns 54 today.
Rugby's Pierre Rabadan turns 36 today.
Actor Thomas Gibson turns 54 today
