I-PADI Travel ukuze Unciphise I-Carbon Footprint ye-Dive Travel nge-Seagrass

Abahambi baya ngokuya bexhuma ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu kanye nezindlela abazisebenzisayo ukuhlola umhlaba. Maduze isengezo esisha, esingu-$20 phakathi I-PADI Travel's inqubo yokuphuma izovumela abahlukahlukene basekele Uhlelo lwe-Ocean Foundation lwe-SeaGrass Grow ukuvikela nokutshala izimfunda zasolwandle, ezimunca ikhabhoni ngempumelelo kunamahlathi emvula.

Ezokuvakasha zikhiqize amaphesenti ayisishiyagalombili engqikithi yokukhishwa kwekhabhoni emhlabeni wonke phakathi kuka-2008 no-2013, ucwaningo lwango-2018 olutholakele. Futhi nakuba ngonyaka odlule wabona ukuphakama kwethemu flygskam (IsiSwidi esisho “ihlazo lendiza”) njenge abahambi bazwile ukuthi ukuhamba ngendiza kunomthelela omkhulu kangakanani kuleso sibalo sekhabhoni, iphrojekthi ye-United Nations World Tourism Organization I-carbon footprint yokuhamba kwamanye amazwe izokhula phakathi neminyaka eyishumi ezayo. Ukuhamba nge-dive kuvame ukuncika ekuthuthweni okudinga ikhabhoni; ucwaningo lukhombisa indima enkulu embonini yezokuvakasha yezwe eliyisiqhingi izindiza ezithathwayo ukuze zifike lapho.

Naphezu kwentshisakalo ekhulayo yohambo oluhambisana nemvelo, izivakashi eziqaphela imvelo zinenkinga yokubona ukuthi zingawunciphisa kanjani umthelela wazo—imibukiso yocwaningo. abahambi abakwazi ukulinganisa ngokunembile ukuthi iholidi labo lizokhiqiza ikhabhoni engakanani. Nakuba izibali ze-carbon zingase zibe usizo, i ukuntuleka kokujwayelekile kunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwazo.

Kuyi-quagmire PADI Travel ihlela ukubhekana ngqo.

Ngena otshanini basolwandle. Ama-Meadows amboza amaphesenti angu-0.1 kuphela olwandle kodwa abamba amaphesenti angu-11 ekhabhoni eqoqwe olwandle. I-Ocean Foundation isekela lesi sikhungo sikagesi “sekhabhoni eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka” ngokutshala kabusha izindawo ezilimele nokuvikela izimfunda ezingaqinile, kusho uBen Scheelk, owengamele iphrojekthi ye-SeaGrass Grow. Ukubuyiselwa kwe-Meadow endaweni yasePuerto Rico, i-Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, iphrojekthi yenhlangano edonsa isikhathi eside yotshani basolwandle, ingase ithathe amathani angama-metric aphakathi kuka-600 no-1,000 phakathi neminyaka eyi-100, amaphrojekthi we-Scheelk, futhi angase akhethe ukuthola uxhaso lwezimali kubambiswano lwe-PADI. lapho yethula ngasekupheleni kuka-2020 noma ekuqaleni kuka-2021.

Ngonyaka odlule i-PADI Travel ibhukhe uhambo olungaphezu kuka-6,500, obeluzonikeza ubambiswano amandla okufaka imali efika ku-$130,000 kuphrojekthi ye-SeaGrass Grow. Ngenani lokubhukha elimaphakathi elingu-$3,500, imali eyengeziwe imelela kuphela ukwenyuka kwentengo okuncane.

UScheelk uthi: “Ukwenza abatshuzi bathembisene umshado kuyindlela enamandla ngempela abantu yokubuyisela nokuvikela izindawo abazithandayo.”

I-PADI Travel ifuna ukukhuthaza abantu ukuthi "bacabange ngendlela ehlukile ngalokho abangakwenza ngalolo hambo," kusho u-Emma Daffurn, uchwepheshe wokuqukethwe e-PADI Travel. "Lawo amandla e-PADI-sibaningi kakhulu, kunethuba langempela lokwenza umthelela omkhulu."