by Shari Regenbogen | Mar 22, 2022 | Restoration and Protection, Travels
The Coral Crusaders are NOT the name of a rock band, but they are rock stars: ordinary scuba divers, participating in the defense of reefs with superpowers to preserve and restore corals! Across the oceans of the world, there are regional and global factors profoundly...
by Shari Regenbogen | Mar 21, 2022 | Coral, Restoration and Protection, Travels
Coral Reef Ecology Roatan is located in the Bay Islands of Honduras, 35 miles off the mainland coast, and sits on the Mesoamerican reef system – the worlds second largest. The Mesoamerican reef is a main economic driver in Roatan as the mountainous island is not well...
by Shari Regenbogen | Feb 20, 2022 | Coral, Restoration and Protection
More than 80% of nonprofits rely on volunteers to work in their organizations, using these non-paid workers to supplement other human and fiscal resources. André, a local diver has been volunteering with Reef Renewal Curaçao (RRC) since 2016, going twice a week...
by Shari Regenbogen | Feb 17, 2022 | Coral, Restoration and Protection
February 2022 In 2018 along with a group of divers from A-1 Scuba I traveled to Curaçao to get certified in coral restoration with Ocean Encounters. We participated in their restoration project in the underwater nursery of Reef Renewal Curaçao, outplanting...
by Shari Regenbogen | Dec 21, 2021 | Coral, Critters
Returning to Curaçao Take 4 You know how when you’re just getting into something and you see references to that in every article, newsfeed and blog post? That’s how it’s been this year for me. Coral, coral, coral reefs everywhere. It’s not just my heightened...
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