Eco Dive Club has an open club meeting the first Tuesday of every month, 7:00 PM at Eco Dive Center main classroom. It's open to all and no cover, no membership, no charges of any kind... just show up, grab some pizza, a drink, a chair and enjoy the presentation. Eco Dive Center invites special guests each month to teach, preach and entertain.
Speakers range from environmental experts, technical diving speakers, marine biology professors, dive doctors and more. Meetings also feature updates on upcoming dive trips, eco-events and eco-adventure trips to keep us all up-to-date on what’s happening under water! And every few months Eco Dive Center offers free specialty certifications so that you can be the safest, most environmentally aware and best diver possible.
Pictures - EcoDiveClub.com WebSite
NOTICE!: January club is NOT on the 1st, it's been moved to the 2nd Tuesday, the 8th!
| May 6th at 7 PM |
Jenny Miller Garmendia - Project AWARE |
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Project AWARE Foundation started as a diving philosophy nearly 20 years ago:
Aquatic World Awareness, Responsibility and Education. This philosophy
has helped create divers focused on environmental conservation and trained them
to advocates for the underwater world. For more than 15 years, the Foundation
has existed to promote this philosophy and preserve our underwater
environment. Whether through Project AWARE Diver Training programs,
research conducted by scientists and volunteer divers, advocacy at an
international level, or through project grants in your local diving community,
the Project AWARE Foundation has been at the forefront as the leading
environmental organization within the dive industry.
On Tuesday, May 6, Jenny Miller Garmendia will be coming to Eco Dive Center to
share with us Project AWARE's global celebration of the Year of the Reef, as
well as research being conducted in to the health of sharks, other marine life
living on these reefs, and what divers are doing to save our oceans.
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| June 3rd at 7 PM |
Mary Luna - Topic: Year of the Reef - U.S. NGO Facilitator for IYOR 2008 |
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The Reef Check Foundation is an international organization dedicated to the conservation of tropical coral and temperate rocky reefs. Our teams of scientists and recreational divers monitor the health of reefs in over 90 countries and territories. We train volunteer divers, regardless of their scientific background, using a scientifically sound, yet simple monitoring method that allows them to collect important data that we analyze and make accessible to governments and other interested parties globally. In addition to our educational goals, we work with coastal communities and businesses on projects that support sustainable socioeconomic development. Reef Check has received international environmental awards for its work, and is the United Nations' official community-based reef monitoring program.
During her presentation to the Eco Dive Center on Tuesday, June 3 2008, Mary Luna will talk about Reef Check International, Reef Check California, and the International Year of the Reef; and how you can get involved in any of these exciting programs.
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| July 1st at 7 PM |
Paul Dimeo - Dive Safety Officer at Long Beach Aquarium |
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More info coming soon
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| August 5th at 7 PM |
John Kades - Topic: Diver Error - Lieutenant - Investigations Division - LA County Coroner |
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Info Coming soon
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