We Need Your Signature to Protect Chagos

PADI and Project AWARE encourage all scuba divers to support the designation of the Chagos as the world’s largest protected area, and by doing so, help preserve one of the most unspoiled marine environments left on Earth. Please add your voice by simply adding your name to the Protect Chagos petition. There is only three weeks more to convince the government that a no-take Marine Protected Area is the right decision. Learn more about this initiative on Project AWARE's blog

Show Off Your Support

Select the 2010 Project AWARE version of your PADI certification or replacement card and support underwater conservation.

For a minimum donation, any diver can sport the new sea turtle card and know 100 percent of your gift supports protection for the environments you love most.

• $10 supports 10 children in local AWARE Kids conservation activities.
• $25 supports one underwater cleanup, providing data for marine debris solutions.
• $50 activates 10 volunteer divers, monitoring coral reefs for stress and bleaching.
• $100 contributes to threatened shark protection and sustainable global ecosystems.

To find out more about Project AWARE Foundation’s ongoing conservation efforts and to become directly involved visit www.projectaware.org.

Vote on the Project AWARE version of the PADI C-Card

Cast Your Vote

Vote for the next Project AWARE version of the PADI certification card. Your votes determine the new conservation card for 2010.

Volunteers Wanted! April 22, Dive for Earth Day

Volunteers Wanted: Dive for Earth Day Help put underwater environments on the Earth Day map. Volunteer for coral reef monitoring, underwater cleanups and AWARE Kids events near you this 22 April.

PADI Matches Your Conservation Donations- Dollar for Dollar

As Project AWARE Foundation’s corporate partner, PADI, has put cash on the table! The challenge to employees, divers and water enthusiasts is to commit more for conservation. From now until 31 March, PADI Americas will match – dollar for dollar – every individual contribution to Project AWARE Foundation’s conservation action plan up to $30,000 US. Take advantage of this rare, limited opportunity to make your gift for conservation go twice as far – donations $25 and up. Your direct support will help equip Project AWARE and its global dive volunteers with tools to:

• Monitor fragile coral reefs for signs of stress and bleaching around the world.
• Assess information and help improve resource management of reefs threatened by global warming and other human pressures.
• Raise awareness about climate change among divers, tourists and the general public.
• Support protected areas and other sustainable ecosystem management tactics.

Just weeks ago, Project AWARE supported the launch of The Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2008 in Washington, DC, USA. This comprehensive report, compiled every four years by 372 global coral reef scientists, reveals that 19 percent of the world’s coral reefs are dead. But there’s still hope to rescue remaining reefs! With your donation and PADI’s match, Project AWARE Foundation aims to raise $60,000 US to support conservation now - when reef rescue is critical. Project AWARE Foundation, in partnership with divers around the world, initiated 2000 new reef conservation actions during International Year of the Reef 2008 alone. The momentum gained for reef environments shouldn’t stop now. Thank you for becoming a Project AWARE Patron. We appreciate your support!

With a gift of $100 or more for conservation, you’ll receive FishFlips of the Caribbean. The perfectly wearable, waterproof guide to what’s swimming around you. Project AWARE Foundation, a registered nonprofit organization, partners with divers and water enthusiasts to conserve underwater environments through education, advocacy and action. Project AWARE Headquarters in the United States and offices is Australia, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Japan combine efforts to protect aquatic resources in 180 countries and territories of the world. For more information on Project AWARE’s environmental initiatives visit http://www.projectaware.org/.

PADI Donates Manual for FREE DOWNLOAD

A.W.A.R.E Our World, Our Water

download now from projectaware.org

Courtesy of PADI, Project AWARE's Our World, Our Water is now available as a free download from projectaware.org. It's a 10MB Adobe .pdf document. Go check it out!

The Project AWARE specialty course (which uses this manual) counts toward the Master Scuba Diver rating and can be conducted in one day.