It can be a tough challenge to achieve the greenest shade of green today. It's not easy to stay on your best eco-ethical, carbon-friendly toes. But now, more than ever, it's critical to help make positive change. If you’re reading this, chances are, it’s not hard to find your green mojo. As a diver, you have a natural affinity for the blue planet and ocean protection specifically – it’s baked right in.

Just like climbers and campers have an ethic or code to live by – so do scuba divers. Since Project AWARE first launched its environmental ethic for divers 20 years ago, we’ve armed millions of divers with tips on how to “leave only bubbles”, to protect and advocate for the dive sites you love most.   

Project AWARE’s new 10 Tips for Divers to Protect the Ocean Planet helps make it easy to be an eco diver and protect the places we play in. Thanks for doing your part and taking these tips to heart every time you dive, travel and more.

10 Tips for Divers to Protect the Ocean Planet

1. Be a Buoyancy Expert
2. Be a Role Model
3. Take Only Photos - Leave Only Bubbles
4. Protect Underwater Life
5. Become a Debris Activist
6. Make Responsible Seafood Choices
7. Take Action
8. Be an Eco-tourist
9. Shrink Your Carbon Footprint
10. Give Back

Download and share the full version today. Thanks for helping protect our ocean planet – one dive at a time.