traveling in september (voluntary work, hot, sea, scuba diving, palm trees, etc)?
im looking to go somewhere for a month in september as i have the whole month free. i thought about doing voluntary work in some hot tropical country, and i really like the idea of marine conservation, etc. im open to any ideas though and i would appreciate some help
many thanks 🙂
The Hawaiian Islands have a lot of on going conservation projects – and great diving. Fall is turtle nesting and hatching season (see link below) and September is International Reef Clean Up Month. You could work with a local dive center to coordinate their topside and/or underwater clean up efforts. Hawaii is especially in need of clean up assistance due to the huge population of tourists.
Lastly there’s a program called Coral Watch. You can do this just about anywhere (click link below to find a list of locations). On each dive you bring a card with you that has different colors on it. You position the card next to some coral and record what color you see. This information goes into a database used by marine scientists around the world to monitor coral health.
The island of St. John in the US Virgin Islands is one big National Park – maybe they recruit wardens/workers.
Plenty of opportunity for scuba diving – lovely clear sea and fabulous selection of corals and fish.
The American Embassy in London may be able to help.
You can hop over to St, Thomas on the ferry.
References :
The Hawaiian Islands have a lot of on going conservation projects – and great diving. Fall is turtle nesting and hatching season (see link below) and September is International Reef Clean Up Month. You could work with a local dive center to coordinate their topside and/or underwater clean up efforts. Hawaii is especially in need of clean up assistance due to the huge population of tourists.
Lastly there’s a program called Coral Watch. You can do this just about anywhere (click link below to find a list of locations). On each dive you bring a card with you that has different colors on it. You position the card next to some coral and record what color you see. This information goes into a database used by marine scientists around the world to monitor coral health.
References :
Hawaiian Sea Turtle Information
http://www.wildhawaii.org/volunteer.html
International Clean-Up Day information:
email: lauren.wiskerson@projectaware.org
Coral Watch
http://www.projectaware.org/search/coralwatch.php