I am a huge sustainability and environmental freak who constantly gets teased by my sisters about the drastic measures I go to in order to cut my plastic consumption. Besides bringing my own utensils and tote bag everywhere I go, I also throw my small food scraps into our backyard and find every little way to reuse single-use packages as trash bags to cut down my trash bag consumption. If I crave milk tea but don’t have a straw or a reusable cup, guess who’s not gonna be drinking milk tea that day.
Because of my crazy OCD-like save-the-environment kine nature, I was beyond stoked when Ryan (from Hawaii Happy Hours) invited me to the super-secret-not-so-super-secret movie premiere that he was helping host at Secret Island, in partnership with Karmagawa and film producer Amir Zakeri, entitled “Save the Reef.” I invited my sisters to attend with me, and it was such a beautiful venue and amazing production. String lights everywhere, a huge grass patch, the open ocean with a dock, a few incredible vendors that advocate for sustainability, a photobooth, and a movie screening that reminded me of those drive-in theaters in the 1900’s. While we were taking photos, we met an amazing photographer and her two adorable daughters, @anelaleeofficial that went above and beyond to take our photos. The film was eye-opening, showcasing the devastating outcomes of our negligence on the reefs, oceans, and overall environment. Save the Reef opens with an animation of what life could be like in a few decades, with warnings not to step outside due to toxic levels of pollution, and continues on to show the different reefs and oceans that the team visited and how much they’ve deteriorated within the past few years. The film furthered my opinion of humans being selfish creatures with no regard to other life besides their own. We constantly take without giving back, and we always choose the easy way rather than the correct way. I’m always trying to be conscious about the waste I create and the carbon footprint that I leave, but I know I’m not perfect. I use a plastic cup every now and then, and I trash things when I’m too lazy to drive to a second-hand shop. It’s human nature to value convenience, but it’s time we start turning things around and giving more than we take.
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