Kelsey: In the past year I’ve been active in trying to use less plastic. I told Conor about it when we met. Conor: Now I’m with a brand that’s coming out hopefully next year, an alternative to plastic. A nutrition tech company producing non-plastic pods that dissolve in water. They’re gonna have utensils like chopsticks just dissolve in water in seven minutes. She turned me on to how the element I love, the oceans, are being ruined by plastic. I took a deep dive into it and realized this is something that’s ruining our planet. Kelsey: I have a following here and the Philippines is a top five contributor to plastic in the oceans. I cannot use plastic by myself but that’s not gonna change the world so I try to spread awareness. We’re going to Palawan, Siargao and Boracay. Hopefully, we can include beach clean-ups in our itinerary.

Mananquil, M. M. (2019, April 3). Conor Dwyer and Kelsey Merritt dive deeper beyond swimming and modeling by helping save the oceans from being ruined by plastic. The Philippine Star, p. E2.