And the Winner is!

As I never cease to repeat, we're mighty proud of Mangroves for Fiji!

Nice to see that others appreciate it, too, as per this Kutoa Community Impact Award for Best in Green Economic Development that has just come in whilst we were out diving.
Sweet! :)

Of course, we haven't stopped quite yet.
Our tally now stands at 39 hectares or 390,000 Mangrove trees, meaning that our clients are enjoying a carbon free holiday whenever they come diving with us - not quite 100% but already part of their footprint when traveling is being offset, whilst all of our local activities are now completely carbon neutral!

Now, if only more dive ops would adopt the concept and start planting Mangroves somewhere else!

Step one completed!

I must say, we're mighty proud!

Yes, we've finally done it, and this exactly one year after setting out - we are now completely carbon neutral!

May we be the world's first carbon neutral dive shop?
Dunno and frankly, don't care. The important aspect is that we've not done this by purchasing anonymous and thus suspect carbon offsets, but that we have been an integral part of the process by sponsoring the restoration of Mangrove forests, a vital and endangered marine habitat in close cooperation with Fijian grassroots organizations, villages and Government departments.
Mangroves may well be the world's best biosequester and whilst the blue carbon movement appears to be engaging in the usual games of meetings tourism, committees and working groups, we've gone ahead and shown that the job can be done with zero bureaucracy and zero squandering of money, but lots of personal initiative and dedication instead.
Like our Fiji Shark Project, our latest initiative is yet again an example of how business interests and conservation can co-operate to create results where all the parties benefit.


Yes as usual it has been quite a Process!
BUT - our tally now stands proudly at 33 hectares or 330,000 Mangrove trees that are being counted in the 1 million trees campaign and also represent our personal, hands-on contribution to Fiji's involvement in the International Year of Forests.

AND!
We have already embarked on step two, and that is to offset the carbon footprint our clients generate by traveling to Fiji!
Yes if you fly to Fiji to dive with us, we will offset you carbon footprint by sponsoring the planting of Mangroves on your behalf - at no additional cost to you!

So, what are you waiting for! :)