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Help Us Educate Over 500,000 People About The Ocean This Week
June 10, 2009 @ 06:43 PM (EST)
Although World Oceans Day was Monday, there's no need to stop recognizing the oceans this week, or the rest of this year, or every single day.
In fact, after a bit of frustration over how quickly World Ocean Day has come and gone, we came up with a way that you can help - and it will be fun, we promise.
You have often heard us use the phrase "What have you done for the ocean lately?". Well, this week we have a very specific task that we wish to ask of our readers on behalf of the oceans. It's remarkably simple, and underwater photography related - simply share one or more of your underwater images with 10 friends or colleagues who are non-divers, and include a fact or two about ocean health and ways to help (see below). If the DPG community did this, we could expose and educate over 500,000 people about the oceans.
I promised it would be an easy and enjoyable task you can do for the oceans this week. It's as easy as sending 10 emails with images ... or better yet, if you don't have a gallery on DPG yet, go ahead and
create a gallery and share the link with everyone you know, along with some of our top suggestions for what others can do to help the ocean:
- Stop accepting plastic bags when you shop for groceries or other items. Plastics often end up in the ocean and we can do our small part not to contribute to that. Convince as many of your friends and family to do the same.
- Start using non-toxic organic and biodegradable cleaners and soaps. Eventually all of this wastewater ends up in the ocean.
- Only eat sustainable seafood. Get a free pocket guide or use Blue Ocean Institute's text message service to understand the threat levels to the species you will consume. If you still eat Chillean Sea Bass, Shark, Bluefin Tuna, or imported Shrimp, as but a few examples, you are consuming seafood that is unsustainable.
- Reduce your carbon footprint. The oceans are warming and acidifying. You can do your part by being efficient with your energy consumption - switch to compact fluorescent bulbs, maintain your vehicle properly, and purchasing carbon offsets.
- And for the underwater photographers and videographers...Keep diving and shooting. Share your images with as man non-divers as possible. Help them understand the beauty that lies in the delicate balance of human overpopulation and overconsumption. Your underwater photos and videos are the eyes and ears of the ocean, and the ocean thanks you for being its ambassador.
So what have you done for the oceans lately?
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