Carla Norris, age seven from Australia inspires friends and family with her incredibly kind and selfless act; donations instead of gifts at her ocean themed birthday party.

Gone are the days when Natalia was often the only woman on a dive boat. Since joining Fathoms Free – a volunteer marine conservation group conducting regular Dive Against Debris® surveys in the South West of the United Kingdom – she has found a community where women often outnumber men. What unites them all this PADI® #WomensDiveDay and every day is their passion for the ocean and drive to protect it from the pollution and other threats it is facing today.

In this week’s Community Spotlight, we chat with Elvis Bottega who uses his love of diving to create action in the corporate and underwater world.

Meet Gabriele Bonfa, lead Cleanup Instructor at Oceans 5, Gili Air, Indonesia. He's cleaning up the local beaches every week - and involving tourists along the way.

Meet Caio Salles, a scuba diver from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil who gave up a world of film, travel, and surfing to transform action underwater into public policy changes.

Kelly Fletcher, winner of Healthy Waterways Award 2016, shares how she rallies the community of the Gold Coast, Australia to keep their local dive sites clean.

Kerrie Eade, owner of Ocean Turtle Diving shares how she banned both the use and sale of single-use plastic bottles and bags and encourages all her divers to Dive Against Debris.

Discover how just one photo raised over $2k for shark conservation thanks to the efforts of Josiah Mackin.

Grace Williams, a scuba professional in Honduras, Utila shares her passion for conservation and how scuba divers are the key to educating the world about how to protect our ocean.

Ron Willis, a dive center owner in Pennsylvania shares how scuba, teaching and cleaning up the state park lakes go hand in hand.