# @chel.sea.pear on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CYKE2buPr4q
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/31302130-chelseapear-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/b340bf4818.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-12-31T18:34:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CHELSEA BRADLEY (@chelsearhane) — https://gondola.cc/chelsearhane

## Caption

🚫🎈balloons blow ⋮  don’t let them go 

Since 2018, my family has picked 1,121 balloons out of the Pacific Ocean - and we don’t go out often.

I appreciate the frustration & disgust when I share the balloons & trash we pick out of the ocean, but your support means noting until you STOP BUYING BALLOONS.

Balloons are:
▪︎ a waste of Helium - a finite resource 
▪︎ the cause of unnecessary wildlife (land + water) deaths 
▪︎ a major cause of power outages 
▪︎ a decoration that always turns into an annoyance 

Many of you roll your eyes or swear you won’t let a balloon go, but it’s not about letting them go - it’s about not buying them at all. 

✨balloonsblow is a great resource 

Alternative decorations & ways to celebrate life: 
• flowers or planting a tree
• bunting, banners, streamers 
• pinwheels, tissue pom poms

Please stop rolling your eyes. Please stop fake supporting. This isn’t about me, it’s about our planet, and it’s a mess. 

#whalewatching #earth #ourbluemess #natgeoyourshot #sustainability #sustainableliving #balloonsblow

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## Tags

whalewatching, earth, ourbluemess, sustainableliving, natgeoyourshot, balloonsblow, sustainability

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