This guest blog from Gili Shark Conservation focuses on corals – their importance, the threats they face and how we can help. Tag along with them on a research trip to Bali. If this has inspired you to be part of the solution, find out more about how you can become a shark warrior. Coral […]
Starting 2020 as a Marine Educator with WiseOceans has been the best way to begin the New Year. After making the long trip from Texas, the entire team made me feel at home, and helped me get settled into the role. My first view of Petite Anse left me speechless. Towering granitic rock blooming with […]
This guest blog comes from Reef-World‘s Communication Manager, Melissa Hobson. We know there are lots of readers who want to get into marine conservation but perhaps took a different route through college/university. Melissa has heaps of advice and inspiration for those wanting to turn to the blue side! Recently, I’ve been thinking about my journey […]
This guest blog is from French student Mateo Delclos, who recently took part in a two-week internship with our Marine Education team based at Four Seasons Resort Seychelles. Mateo really threw himself into the role and it is great to read how useful he found the experience too. For my university formation in France, I […]
After three years (where I did my undergraduate degree) I am back into the Marine Educator role at Petite Anse, Four Seasons Resorts Seychelles and I feel like I’ve never been away! I was very happy to have been offered this position. Having enjoyed my degree at The University of Seychelles I now love the […]
More and more we are all beginning to understand our effect on the planet, increasingly realising what impact we have. This is in part thanks to a huge movement in education, in particular, marine education. After the General Manager of Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita heard that the International Colour of the Year 2019 […]
When I saw the job advertisement for the post of Marine Educator based at Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita in the newspaper, I was packing up to come back to Mauritius after 3 years of studies in China. I had the feeling that this job was tailor-made for me as I was a former […]
A new coral restoration project on the Gili Islands has been launched to help restore coral reefs, and educate others on the importance of protecting our oceans. The project is underway and the team are using science to help improve further coral research and coral reef monitoring techniques. Coral restoration efforts are becoming increasingly important, […]
I had been following WiseOceans’ social media for a while, and it was through their Jobs Board that I found the organisation in Fiji where I did my Divemaster qualification. Leaving the beauty of Fiji was hard, especially as it was winter in the UK (and unlike most Brits, I enjoy 30°+ weather), but soon […]
At the end of 2018, I was lucky enough to participate in a competition run by the XPRIZE Foundation called Visioneering 2018. The XPRIZE Foundation is the world leader in launching highly incentivised funding opportunities in a competition format known as XPRIZES. When XPRIZE launched “Visioneering 2018” they invited anyone with the drive and passion […]
