Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has – Margaret Mead
The future of the oceans is beginning to look a lot like a mass extinction. Pollution, over-fishing, habitat destruction, climate change, over-exploitation, ocean acidification and many other threats are contributing to their silent collapse. But the good news is that we can all take action to fix this.
I’ve been campaigning for ocean protection for the past 13 years. I discovered the wonders and beauty of our oceans whilst scuba diving in the Mediterranean where I also discovered the damages we are doing to our seas. A few more dives and trips to the Red Sea later and that was it! I was addicted to spreading awareness of the plight of our oceans.
My Ocean News is an online library of my favourite marine conservation news articles which highlight the good and the bad we are doing to our blue planet and the campaigns I support … Let’s all do our bit to help protect our oceans before it’s too late!
With every breathe we take, every drop of water we drink, we are connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live - Sylvia Earle
Bret @ Green Global Travel
/ January 2, 2012Cool site! Just found you through the post of a friend on Twitter, and our organizations are similarly aligned as far as being focused on environmental conservation issues. We’re @GreenGlobalTrvl there and would love to connect for RT purposes. Always excited to meet new eco-activists!
Michael Worden
/ February 25, 2012This is a wonderful and informative blog for education and awareness. Thank you so very much for sharing the page “Saving the oceans for our children”, You rock Domino! keep up the amazing work you do.
Michael Worden
Bastiaan Vermonden
/ April 12, 2012Hi I am also working on a conservation initiative. I made a website http://www.diveselector.com which compares diving destinations based on the likelihoods of divers encountering certain types of animals like sharks. The information is crowdsourced with a standardized survey that has so far been filled out 300+ times. I hope that by showing divers where they are most likely to encounter certain types of marine life they will decide to go to the destinations with the most abundant marine life. This will give an economic reward in the form of tourism to those destinations that protect their marine life well. Please check it out and if you are a diver please take 3 to 5 minutes to fill out the survey at
http://www.diveselector.com/survey/standard.
Thanks in advance and keep up the good work!
Domino
/ April 28, 2012Great website! thanks for sharing this information and best wishes of success with this initiative! I will promote through my networks.
wesaidgotravel
/ August 9, 2012Domino, Hello! Found you thru EA. Very interested in what you are doing. I had Santa Monica Bay Keepers and Heal the Bay in my classroom every year and am a PADI Divemaster. Love to connect further.
Lisa
WeSaidGoTravel
Domino
/ September 7, 2012Hi Lisa, I’m glad you find my blog of interest and great to hear you are a PADI Divemaster. Please visit projectaware.org to read more about what divers are doing around the world to protect our oceans. Let’s keep in touch!
Peter Jalkotzy (@Tahoe58)
/ October 23, 2012very cool indeed. well done! strong interest in marine issues, luv’d diving at Osprey Reef in GBR, I found you through EA ~ best wishes to you and your efforts!