Sugar kelp from Penobscot Bay, Maine. Photograph: Josie Iselin

We have featured the promise of various seaweed schemes many times, and we find it evergreen for further exploration:

Mascara, smoothies, T-shirts: I spent a day (and $500) on seaweed products

Could I live and breathe seaweed – and reduce my use of plastics – for 24 hours?

Seaweed Day starts at 8am. Haunted by pervasive news that so many of our everyday habits harm our planet, I wonder how to minimize my personal use of plastics. I embark upon a day of replacing the microplastics that pollute our atmosphere, our water and even our bloodstreams.

From left to right, Chondracanthus, Agarum, Ulva (sea lettuce), Nereocystis (juvenile bull kelp). Photograph: Josie Iselin

How much of my daily life can I accomplish with seaweed? Eating, washing, dressing? Armed with a budget of $500, I set out on a seaweed-based product shopping spree. Continue reading →