February
15th
"Save Koh Tao" in conjunction
with IYOR 2008
The Save Koh Tao Beach and Underwater Clean-up in Mae Haad was a huge success. It all started with a small ceremony organized by the local government officials which included a couple of speeches, followed by the local school band playing. This was virtually all conducted in Thai with the aim to educate the local population in sound environmental & ecological practices.
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"Eco
Helpers" |
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"Eco
Adventurers" |
"Preserve
Paradise " |
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| Brand New PADI OWSI Neil Massey spending some quality time with girlfriend Zoe Vanes. | Dixie Johnson, Emma Webb, Alicia Barron, Darryl Davies, Lucy Williams & Nick Priest | One of the local government officials getting stuck in! |
The morning beach clean-up attracted many volunteers, who all helped clear the beach from Crystal Dive Resort to Sensi Paradise. Then in the afternoon 150 divers from over 15 dive schools around the island came together to conduct an underwater clean-up. They removed tons of scrap metal, plastic, engine parts, and batteries.
"Eco
Volunteers"
DM Trainees: Dixie Johnson, Emma Webb, Alicia Barron, Darryl Davies, Lucy
Williams & Nick Priest
Crystal Dive Resort managed to organize a team of 37 volunteers consisting of Instructors, Divemasters & customers, and coordinated by PADI Master Instructor Justin Meyers.
| "Firestarter!"  |
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"Chopper"  |
| Justin practicing his fire twirling! | . | PADI Master Instructor Jeff "Chopper" Glenn doing his yoga! |
A Big Thank You to everybody that participated, especially the event co-ordinators Dev & Bee from New Heaven Dive Shop.
Data from the clean-up is currently being analyzed and we should have the results soon. We will be joining together again next month to clean Haad Sairee, so check back soon for the date and time if you would like to help out.