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It's beyond time to start talking about the massiv

It's beyond time to start talking about the massive environmental impacts of ocean freighting.

This is something that's not easy to talk about because most people don't want to look behind that curtain. Why? Because we know that our modern lives are tightly wrapped around ocean freighting, and no matter how environmentally conscious one is in their choices and lifestyle, there is almost no escaping it completely. It's an ugly stain on an environmentalists best intentions, and an area I personally feel shame as a human (even whilst doing my best).

The recent oil spill in southern CA was thought to have been caused by an ocean freighter dragging anchor and damaging the oil pipeline. Since last summer, southern CA has been seeing a record breaking number of ocean freighters sitting just off our coastline in the ports of Long Beach and LA, stuck in a traffic jam awaiting their turn to offload cargo (hence the need to drop anchor). Currenly there are 73 ships sitting like ducks, with more arriving daily. All just ticking time bombs for more oil spills and leaking of toxic substances into our waters and air.

These are cargo ships, bringing goods and materials manufactured overseas to Americans. "The Americans' buying strength is so strong and epic that we can't absorb all this cargo into the domestic supply chain" Gene Seroka, the port of LA director, told CBSLA.

It may feel hopeless to try and quit a unhealthy relationship with ocean freighting entirely, but we have to start trying. We need a multi directional approach of reducing consumption of overseas products, putting consumer pressure on brands to localize their supply chains, and speaking up to hold freighting companies accountable for their cut corners that lead to environmental disasters.

Pelican House was founded upon doing something different, to address environmental issues across the board, especially around ocean freighting which in my opinion is the heaviest hitter out there. I worked tirelessly from day 1 to ensure that every aspect of our suppy chain is domestic if not local, so that not a damn sliver of our materials and products involve ocean freighting. Continued in comments..

Current favorite^^^ The Tigris earrings. Made with

Current favorite^^^
The Tigris earrings. Made with vintage deadstock tiger cowrie shell, 14k gold fill, and black recycled "sea" glass. Cowrie shells represent the divine feminine, prosperity, fertility, and the powerful energy of the ocean.

We love these paired with a black bikini or dressed up with a little black dress 🖤

GUESS WHAT!? It's time for a giveaway! We've team

GUESS WHAT!?

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Hapy fall equinox beautiful humans 🍁🌻 I gues

Hapy fall equinox beautiful humans 🍁🌻 I guess summer is officially over, but the weather here is just getting good 😎 I hope you spent some time outside today soaking up the autumn sun, and connecting with the rhythms of the earth.

Okay I've been avoiding this post for way too long

Okay I've been avoiding this post for way too long lol, but as part of my honest effort to be more consistent with posting on here I thought I should kick it off by reintroducing myself! 👋

Hi! I'm Justine.. I'm the person behind Pelican House. Yes Pelican House is just one person and she is me. I am a Pisces baby in every sense. I have a BS in Marine Biology with a focus in conservation, and used to tag sharks and breed jellyfish before I took a side road and started Pelican House 🤓. My fashion/sewing/design background is self taught and I've been figuring it all out as I go lol, with the help of some fairy godmothers/fathers along the way ;) I also am a photographer and it might just be my favorite part of this job.

I've lived in CA my whole life, and spent a large chunk of my childhood camping/roadtripping up and down the CA coast which no doubt inspired all my branding lol. I love a sunny beach day like no other but my real happy place is curled up in a blanket and sweats in the pocket of a sand dune and listening to the fog horn lull me into a nap.

I grew up in the wine country and am obsessed with good food and cooking. I always say if I wasn't doing what I do I'd probably be a personal chef catering parties because I love feeding people beautiful food.

I also grew up dancing and used to compete on a hip hop team. Nowadays I get most of my dancing in at my office twerking in between sewing bikins 😆

There's honestly so much more to know about me but in a nutshell I'm a big heart with feet and a head of blonde hair lol.
I am here to live harmoniously with our beautiful planet and spread love and light across the universe 🌈🌞🌠

Kayyy your turn! 👇 please introduce yourself!

New jewelry collection has arrived! This collecti

New jewelry collection has arrived!

This collection ended up being bigger than I was originally planning thus taking a bit longer to get everything ready. But I'm super happy with all the pieces, each one having so much intention behind the design, sourcing of materials, and ability to matchy match with our bikinis.

Each piece is hand made by me with lots of love from sustainability sourced materials, many of which are vintage and old stock (deadstock). I had so much fun working with these beautiful materials, I hope you love them as much as I do!

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Handcrafted with love by Georgia Lou Studios.