One world, a thousand dives

Bom dia!! 🌞

A caminhada pelos oceanos "The Ocean Walk" já está a acontecer há umas horitas. 😍💙

Para quem não sabe ainda o que isto é, a Renne está a fazer uma caminhada de 24 horas sem parar, para chamar a atenção de todos quanto às nossas acções do dia-a-dia e quais as suas repercussões no mar e, portanto, no planeta. No website indica quais os tópicos a serem falados a cada hora (um por hora).

Daqui a mais umas horas a Renee vai precisar de todo o apoio já que andar 24 horas sem parar e, ao mesmo tempo, a falar dos tópicos vai ser certamente duro.
Acompanhem-na e apoiem-na através dos live feeds na página https://www.facebook.com/TheOceanWalk/.

Vamos mostrar que todas as vozes são importantes.

Aqui na página também podem encontrar vários posts bem interessantes que ela tem vindo a fazer sobre os tópicos.

Partilhem com família e amigos. O planeta não é só dos mergulhadores...

The Ocean Walk A 24 hour non-stop walk, by one passionate ocean lover, around a small island in the tropics to rais

This is so inspiring!!! 💙

On June 6th, my dear friend Renee, an amazing PADI Course Director, will be doing a 24-hour walk to raise awareness about how many of our day-to-day activities damage the Ocean and the Planet. Each hour will have a topic so, 24 very interesting and concerning topics for us to learn, think bout, and share.

This is not just for divers, this is for everyone. 🌍

As we can't join her in Indonesia, we can join her by following her online: www.theoceanwalk.com

www.theoceanwalk.com

🌎🚮 WORLD CLEANUP DAY 🚮🌍

How long does it take for our trash to breakdown?

🌊 🌍 🌅 🌞 💙 🌈 🚫 ♻️ 💞 😎 🙏🏻 💪🏼

🌎🚮 WORLD CLEANUP DAY 🚮🌍

I've posted these photos before but there's a serious massage I want to keep passing on:

Awhile ago I went to toss my disk at "my" beautiful and pristine beach... All feeling amazing until I get to the last stretch of the beach and find what the tide brought. 😕 Naturally this doesn't come from the fishes; we left it there and the ocean sent it back!

Gathered 5 bags of trash in little more than 30 minutes!... Separate and bagged it, all together, less than one hour task.

I was positively surprised that I only found a couple of plastic straws (maybe we're really changing habits!!) but, found around: .
40 plastic bottles
40 glass bottles (close to 30 of which, those small brown ones that are from an energy drink widely sold around here)
Several pieces of Styrofoam (many from single use take-away boxes and others from what it looks probably coming from the flower arrangements thrown to the ocean during the local festivals)
Several lighters
Many small pieces of plastic, and others

Being used to be on boats, I've seen all sort of things flying away or accidentally dropped overboard (even expensive things like dive computers and cameras...). Yes, it can happen accidentally but are all these really accidents or people are simply uneducated?

The Coral Triangle (to which Thailand is not part of but it's pretty close by) is the true lung of our planet and dramatically is also where, due to several factors, there's a higher level of ocean pollution. We know better already... Shouldn't we think about what's our part on this?

Well, at least thinking small, I like to think that I've saved my next dive by preventing all this trash to go back to the ocean and "my" beach is pristine again!

🌊 🌍 🌅 🌞 💙 🌈 🚫 ♻️ 💞 😎 🙏🏻 💪🏼 @ Kao Lak, Thailand

🌎 INTERNATIONAL WHALE SHARK DAY 🌍

Here's a nice article with some facts about the whale sharks and about Oslob touristic interaction in particular: the feeding, the proximity and the overcrowded sites and the changes it provoques in whale sharks and the ecosystem in general.

"...the tourists were aware of the moral and ethical issues of feeding an endangered species for tourism purposes, but still chose to do the tour..."

Scientific research on whale sharks in the Philippines — Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines What 8 years of research by LAMAVE tell us about the iconic whale shark: impact of tourism, provisioning, scarring, Philippines is a whale shark hotspot, sharks make large scale movements, international movements in Southeast Asia,

This looks very promising but what do you say about us playing God?

"This new research not only saw the amount of fish double in number through the use of underwater loudspeakers, but also saw an increase in the number of species present by 50%.
This diversity in fish could play a crucial part in helping the coral recover -- with each species playing different roles and functions in the complicated aquatic ecosystem."

Scientists used speakers to make dead coral reefs sound healthy. The fish came back A team of scientists from the UK and Australia teamed up to use underwater loudspeakers to try and entice fish back to dead coral reefs and potentially help them recover.

And to end this SHARK WEEK 2020, one of my favorite issues: Myths and Truths about marine life and in particular about sharks.

Spoiler alert: one of the myths here disclaimed is actually a very frequent question I am asked. Find out which.

Myths and Truths About Sharks Busting the Jaws Impression