Tuesday, September 2, 2008

What YOU can do for the World

After all that's said and done, we hope that our dear readers feel the urgency to help our salty coral friends. The future for the reefs, seafood and marine recreation lies in your hands! Here are some of the things almost ANYONE and EVERYONE can and should be doing (: If you really love the marine world, here's a chance to kick off your less-guilty lives:

Don't buy coral jewelry
Removing corals to wear around your neck is deadly, to the corals. Either way, stringing them like beads is nothing compared to the beauty of actual live corals. A quote by Tiffany and Co., '[such things are] too precious to wear'

Choose your seafood wisely
You heard of dolphin free tuna? Also, choose seafood that's sustainably harvested and safe to eat (oh both factors are incredibly important). How do I know what to buy

Leave a legacy
Include any marine conservation groups in your will. That way you can help even when you're not around

Educate others
Tell them more about what you know and the importance of reefs! Alternatively you could send them a link of our blog, and we'll take it from there. Feel free to mail us with your questions (: reefmealone@gmail.com

Propaganda
Send e-cards with corals/marine life. These cards are nearly always beautiful, and can be used in a wide variety of situations.

Donations Donations
Time / Money. Both are so so important. If you love the reef, but don't have time, try buying some dive magazines or other products. You learn more about what you love, get amazing pictures and articles, and have contributed a sum for a good cause. If you aren't working and have time, join any local society that helps marine life (i.e. the local university's marine lab, coastal cleanup or conservation groups, etc.)

Contact the media
If you're in school, write (or ask someone to) a coral related article in your school's newsletter to get everyone started on conservation. If you're an adult, how about the newspapers' forum section where people get to write in?

3R's
Reuse, Refuse and Recycle. Lessen the impacts of pollution and global warming and the corals benefit too!


Help us!
Thought of another way to contribute which we haven't? Thought of an interesting topic to write about corals which we have yet to write about? Send it to us at reefmealone@gmail.com (: Let's make this a group effort!

Now that you know what you can do, do it! Hopefully influence all your friends and family to do the same and the whole world will thank you for it.

Jacque and Theophilus finished work at 1:39 PM

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