Many people in our world believe that being part of an
environmental group just means recycling or doing stuff that involves plastic
bottles. Let me tell you, I was one of those people, I admit. Then I got
involved in Sea Savers and started learning the meaning of what it really means
to be a person who loves and cares about nature. This doesn’t mean that I am
just writing to make people reflect, of course. I am writing because I want to
be a spark in people’s head to inspire them to make a change not to just forget
after 5 minutes of ‘quick reflection’. Sea Savers is an student organization
dedicated to the protection of the coral reefs of the Dominican Republic. Our
main focus is the lionfish. We have fantastic and really brave girls that
presented our country as well as our organization in the GIN conference in
Costa Rica. These girls made a fantastic and educated presentation that
involved all their knowledge and experience about this topic. They also
expressed their points of view and their ideas about saving the coral reefs
through our intellectual activities. These girls were strong enough to show all
their knowledge and love about nature in a room full of people that were also
interested in knowing how we can change the world and make it a better place
for the next generations. So, that’s Sea Savers, our goals and dreams. We don’t
simply participate in activities that involve posters saying “save the world”
but rather present ourselves to the world as leaders that want to create a
spark, a bright shine in people’s mind not just a phrase that’ll last for 1 or
2 hours.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Children are the future!
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Article by: Laura Losmozos
CMS Team Drift and the Sea Savers
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finished design of a lionfish-diminishing, poulation-controlling robot as the glorious result of our collaboration. Now, what the actual robot does in order to control this invasive species is still uncertain, since the following image is merely a "first draft". The
CMS robotics team has been extremely helpful through out this process, they've been completely willing to do anything form a lionfish crash
course all the way to attending one of our Sea Saver meetings outside
of school. Thanks a lot to Team Drift for your cooperation, the Sea
Savers look forward to our continued work together.
by: Maria Laura Leon
Sunday, December 16, 2012
How to Help
If you have an iPhone or a Windows Phone download the application called Commit2Act By TakingITGlobal and any time you consume lionfish take a picture and upload it through this application as evidence that you carried out an action and gain points for your efforts.
Special thanks to Michael Furdyk who introduced us to this application and included eating lionfish as one of the actions.
Our adventure to Banco Léon
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The places where lionfish are currently being sold and consumed in Santo Domingo include:
Super Mercado Nacional
El Barrio Chino
Restaurante El Vesuvio
Parque Nacional Aquatico La Caleta
COPRESCA y Centro Aquatico El Carey (829) 278-4874
Article by: María Laura León
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Our New Fishy Friends
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Article by: Laura Losmozos
Monday, December 10, 2012
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