What You Need to Know to Organize a Coastal Cleanup

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underwater cleanup If you’re thinking about organizing a cleanup of a local beach, dive site, river or other coastal environment, here’s what you need to know to get started. And keep in mind, Earth Day is a great day to hold your event, but so does any day of the year! Remember, when planning an underwater clean […]

Don’t Want to Choose Between Travelling & Scuba Diving? Give Indonesia a Go!

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Indonesian flowers After only two trips to Indonesia, I know it is one of those countries I will keep coming back to again and again. Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world with 13,466 islands. Of the main islands, I have visited Bali, Lombok, Flores and Komodo but I dream of exploring Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi and […]

How Scuba Diving Opened my Eyes to a Whole New World of Conservation

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New world of conservation plastic bag ?The human world is a mess. Life under the sea is better than anything they’ve got up there? #IamPADI #padi #fjordsandbeaches A post shared by LISA // Travel Inspiration ? (@fjordsandbeaches) on Feb 26, 2017 at 12:03pm PST Many new divers will tell you how scuba diving changed their world. As I force (I mean, […]

Sunscreen Beyond Oxybenzone

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coral reef threats Written by Autumn Blum   As a conscious diver, you probably already know that oxybenzone found in many sunscreens bleach coral and kills larva at incredibly low concentrations – or if you missed that news, check out these reports from the United Nations, Vogue, UPI,  DAN, or this article about the best natural sunscreens. What’s less […]

How Scuba Diving Can Help People With Autism

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How Scuba Diving Can Help People With Autism In honor of World Autism Day, we spoke to divers and families affected by autism about their experience with scuba diving. Though there isn’t a lot of research about the benefits of scuba diving for autistic individuals, we hope you’ll agree our interviewees have some promising things to say. First, we’d like to introduce you […]