Top tips for reducing your plastic
After reading about the plastic bottle house in Tonga (and some of the facts about plastic pollution in our oceans), plus getting a good look at some of the magical …
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Category: Issue 36 – April 2018
Another Bottle In The Wall
How ingenious use of plastic bottles is helping Tongan school children, humpback whales, small island communities and one fairly normal Aussie guy. By Alice Forrest If I summarize it in …
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Tonga, a Photo Series
Angel Grimaldi, wildlife veterinarian, adventurer, photographer. Originally from the Canary Islands, Spain, and now on a constant expedition to capture the silence and the magic of the creatures of the …
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PACIFIC HOPE: Helping puppies on remote Nomuka Island
Nomuka is a small tropical Island that belongs to the Ha’apai group. It’s extremely remote, requiring two flights, a ferry and a small dinghy to arrive on its sandy shores from Australia. There …
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The Global Ocean Refuge System Brings You the Best Blue Destinations
By Matt Coomer, Marine Conservation Institute Communications Coordinator For many travelers, blue parks filled with lush reefs and colorful fish are the ideal destination. In our age of greenwashing, though, …
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Finding solutions to the global coral reef crisis: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs
Tropical nations in the Indian and Pacific Oceans rely on healthy coral reefs for food, jobs, revenue from tourism and fisheries, and protection from rising sea levels and intensifying storms. …
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FOREST SPIRITS: Encounters with Ghosts in the Great Bear Rainforest
It’s early October and autumn has seemingly arrived overnight in the Great Bear Rainforest. It’s a brisk morning, still dark and there’s frost underfoot, clinging to the labyrinth of boardwalks …
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Lady Vespucci: The tall ship “Amerigo Vespucci”
On a foggy October day, the imposing masts of the tall ship seem to emerge from behind the Arsenal bridge in Venice like a sudden apparition. The dense mist of …
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