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Bidding for the Project AWARE 2016 Silent Auction is now open
Project AWARE’s Silent Auction is back with even more prizes and opportunities to support ocean protection.
Running until October 22nd, Project AWARE is using this international celebration of tourism to raise funds for its critical ocean conservation work and remind the dive community of the importance of ecotourism and responsible travel practices.
The wide range of prizes, donated by Project AWARE’s generous sponsors, will give divers and non-divers alike the opportunity to travel and discover the underwater world. Project AWARE used World Tourism Day (September 27th) and this year’s theme – Tourism for All – to kick off the auction and remind the dive community that dive tourists, with their environmental awareness and deep connection with the ocean, have the power to encourage conservation and support local communities.
“Dive tourism offers unique experiences and unforgettable memories. As divers, we have a responsibility to protect the ocean and its inhabitants. Supporting Project AWARE’s silent auction is a great way to give back to the ocean we all love so much,” says Louise Kraechter, Project AWARE Campaign Coordinator.
Funds raised through the auction will go a long way toward engaging scuba divers in environmental programs and activities such as Project AWARE’s citizen science program, Dive Against Debris™, to support a return to a clean and healthy ocean. The winning bidders will be announced at the 2016 Sport Diver Awards Ceremony by adventurers, explorers and keen Project AWARE supporters Monty Halls and Andy Torbet.
Click here to take a sneak peek at all the amazing prizes ranging from dive equipment to dive travel vouchers, and much more. Happy bidding and remember to make a difference for ocean protection every time you dive, travel and more!
Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
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