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My first year with Environment Divers
This May marked a year since I had my first clean up dive with Environment Divers. So what was my first year with them like? I had been...
mclarcombe
Jul 15, 20213 min read
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Inskip Point Beach Clean with Environmental Divers
Removing the grim and plastic from the alluring Inskip Point to make it colourful and naturally beautiful again! And can you have fun...
mclarcombe
Apr 13, 20213 min read
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Reflecting on year of challenges
After a year full of challenges Moreton island was the perfect place to sit and reflect on the year that was. The beautiful sunsets...
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Jan 18, 20211 min read
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Beach Clean-Up Day With Ocean Crusaders
After a Clean-Up dive earlier this year, the Environmental Divers Crew were shocked to discover a Moreton Bay beach area littered with polys
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Apr 28, 20201 min read
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14th Annual, Inskip Clean-Up Australia Day 2020
Run over 2 days, the 2020 Clean-Up Australia Day Crew got off to an early start Saturday morning. First stop was in the Inskip Peninsula...

peterwhite1966
Mar 3, 20202 min read
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Wet conditions no match for the 'Clean-Up' team
It was a wet Saturday morning at 6:30 am, when our group of amazing Environmental Divers braved the conditions to help with the February...

peterwhite1966
Feb 26, 20201 min read
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'Grouper' joins Curtin Artificial Clean-Up Dive
Visibility was great for the Curtin Clean-Up dive when the Environmental Divers team dropped in on the 'Estrella del Mar' wreck and they...

Environmental Divers
Jan 9, 20201 min read
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Professor Peter Mumby explains the importance of Healthy Mangroves to help coral reef fisheries
Healthy mangroves can help fight the consequences of climate change on coral reef fisheries, according to a University of Queensland-led...
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Dec 3, 20192 min read
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The Trash Vortex, by Finn White.
Polluted waterways spilling into the ocean; The great lungs of the earth choking; Giant islands of floating rubbish migrating in the...
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Dec 3, 20191 min read
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What sort of person would chuck a sanitary pad into the ocean?
A sanitary pad is just one of the unsightly items the Environmental Divers crew found and removed when they conducted their monthly...
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Oct 15, 20192 min read
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Green Island Clean Up: 646kg debris incl 6 tyres, 80 shoes, 247 lids, 792 polystyrenes, 2046 drinks!
Environmental Divers was proud to lend our support at the Green Island Clean Up on September 15 2019, in support of Ocean Crusaders, 173...
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Sep 25, 20191 min read
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A quarter of world's commercial fishing lines lost or abandoned, study finds
A great article by Carla Howarth on abc.net.au about a CSIRO study into abandoned and lost commercial fishing gear — or "ghost gear" —...
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Sep 25, 20192 min read
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Teaching new sailors how to tackle plastic pollution
Cleaning up trash while you are out on the water is something many sailors have been doing for a long time. But thanks to a new ocean...
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Aug 28, 20193 min read
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Shrinking the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The road to success hasn't been smooth for 25-year-old Boyan Slat, the founder of The Ocean Cleanup, which aims to rid the oceans of...
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Aug 28, 20191 min read
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Our passion, our life. Protecting our waterways & wildlife.
Over the past decade many of the Environmental Divers team have been removing rubbish and debris from national parks & waterways all over...
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Aug 28, 20192 min read
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Nearly all species of sea turtle are now classified as Endangered.
For more than 100 million years sea turtles have covered vast distances across the world's oceans, filling a vital role in the balance of...
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Aug 19, 20191 min read
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Why run a beach clean up? Australian marine debris initiative
Environmental Divers are proud to be an affiliate of the Australian Marine Debris Initiative. 18,000 individual pieces of plastic are...
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Aug 8, 20192 min read
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Plastic pollution is killing sea turtles
The world wild life fund recently published a great article, explaining how plastic pollution is killing sea turtles. Imagine you’re in...
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Aug 7, 20192 min read
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The impact of plastic in our waterways
Increasingly we are confronted by images of wildlife that have died because of plastic in our waterways. It may be the bird found dead...
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Aug 7, 20191 min read
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Reducing single-use plastics
Plastic pollution is recognised as a global concern. Brisbane City Council is committed to protecting the health of our waterways and of...
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Aug 7, 20192 min read
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