Committed to the Environment and Our Oceans
Sulpher Sponge at Ten Mile Pt. Ripped by a Fishing Lure
The UVic Scuba Club is an advocate for a sustainable future. We want to promote environmental awareness and protection of the ecosystem and our oceans.
Our primary mission is to train divers to safely become aware of what they have previously not seen. Interaction with the aquatic realm has changed how people look at the world and our oceans. Diving is the perfect opportunity for divers to explore untouched wildlife while gaining an appreciation for the many organisms below the ocean's surface.
Forests are cut down every day and undiscovered species go extinct without our knowledge; the same is true for underwater. As ocean acidification, shark finning, and global warming grip our oceans, undiscovered species go extinct; species that have survived for millions of years become and endangered, and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch gets even larger; humans must respond before it is too late.
What can you do to help our oceans?
Our primary mission is to train divers to safely become aware of what they have previously not seen. Interaction with the aquatic realm has changed how people look at the world and our oceans. Diving is the perfect opportunity for divers to explore untouched wildlife while gaining an appreciation for the many organisms below the ocean's surface.
Forests are cut down every day and undiscovered species go extinct without our knowledge; the same is true for underwater. As ocean acidification, shark finning, and global warming grip our oceans, undiscovered species go extinct; species that have survived for millions of years become and endangered, and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch gets even larger; humans must respond before it is too late.
What can you do to help our oceans?
- Acknowledge that there is a problem and you can be part of the solution
- Educate yourself
- Support only sustainable fisheries
- Do not support shark finning
- Pick up garbage on the beach and underwater
- Come out to local beach and underwater clean-ups
- Dive with good buoyancy control
- Take nothing but photos, leave nothing but bubbles
29 Barriers to Action split into 7 Genera
Dr. Gifford, in UVic's Psychology Dept. has suggested there are 29 reasons why people do not respond to climate change; do any of these ring true for you?
- Limited Cognition's (non fully-rational thinking)
- Ideologies (Conflicting belief system)
- Comparisons with others (Social norms conflict)
- Sunk Costs (Prior investments of time, money and behaviour patterns)
- Discredence (Lack of trust or belief in others)
- Perceived Risks (Risks involved to change behaviour e.g., financial)
- Limited Behaviour (Justifying behaviours)
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