The Dive Green blog will not likely be updated until Monday, May 19 as I am doing my PADI IDC course.  Please excuse the lapse!

And as part of Dive for Earth Day, customers booked on Nimrod Explorer’s 26^th April itinerary # 2 trip participated in the Project AWARE Asia Pacific Fish Survey, held at the dive site Steve’s Bommie. On 28^th April guests assisted crew to spot, identify and record their sightings of 10 pre-determined fish species, some of which included: Big Eye Trevally, Lionfish, Leaf Scorpion Fish, Whitetip Reef Shark & Yellowfin Goatfish. Guests enjoyed taking part in this survey and all received Project Aware Certificates and Decals in recognition of their involvement.

 

Our surveys will now been forwarded to Project AWARE for inclusion in their data-base.

 

 

Thanks to everyone who participated in Dive For Earth Day on Nimrod Explorer!

 

In celebration of Earth Day, Caribbean Explorer I turned off as many lights as possible. On Thursday, the crew and passengers on Caribbean Explorer I conducted a beach clean-up. They brought back 4 industrial size trash bags full of trash plus a 44 gallon fuel drum with various other large pieces.

Great Job!!!

 

During their reef clean-up on Earth Day, passengers and crew found more than plastics and fishing line.  They brought up a refrigerator that had somehow recently found its way to the bottom of the ocean!  Donna, the pursor onboard said “at the beginning we thought that we might even be able to get it to work!” 

From Mary Franklin, in the Explorer Ventures Sales Office:

 

My boys and I have started going out to the lake and picking up trash. They love the concept of being kind to Mother Earth so that she will be around for their future and the generations to come. Even my 3 yr old, Elijah is having a great time picking up trash…who would have thought??!!! My 8 year old Dalton yells JACKPOT when he find a whole bag someone tossed!! We can only do 1 bag a week right now because we are bringing it home for trash pickup, but they boys never want to leave. We would love to start a movement!!

HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!!!!!!!!!

We turned out the lights while anchored over a dive site on West Caicos, I believe. I had a wonderful time, not only during that hour (all the STARS!) but during the whole of the trip as well.

– Heather Dobson

In celebration of Earth Day 2008, Nimrod Explorer on the Great Barrier Reef is sponsoring a Coral Reef Monitoring Event with Project AWARE.  Passengers travelling on Nimrod Explorer will have the opportunity to participate in the Asia Pacific Fish Survey and also complete the  Aware Fish ID Specialty course.  Our underwater survey will be conducted at Steve’s Bommie as part of the DAWN DIVE on Monday 28^th April 2008.

Laurene Best, husband David, son Dylan & pet cat Roxy switched off all lights at home and watched the Aussie Rules Football (St. Kilda vs. Carlton) game on the TV on the back patio. The game was played in Victoria where they were 1 hour ahead of us here in Queensland. One of the commentators did say though, that the Carlton Football Club had done their bit to conserve energy by not scoring a solitary goal during Earth Hour!  A number of other residents on the street had switched off lights, but in the same breath, many did not.