If you're searching for fun, awesome, cool, ocean-friendly Christmas gift ideas for your favourite people?
This may help.
Because people don’t need to be divers to care of our oceans.
1. Pimp ‘em up and protect the ocean with Project AWAREIt's a fact universally acknowledged that it's simply not possible to have “too many” t-shirts. And, especially for guys, “too many” hats. (Or is that just Dive Bus Mark..?)
An international registered non-profit organization and a global movement for ocean protection, powered by a community of adventurers (that would be you), proceeds from Project AWARE apparel sales help fund their important activities around the world.
Project AWARE's ever-expanding range of cool, ocean-related apparel, printed with low-waste ink, on 100% organic, made in a wind-powered factory, make for awesome, impactful gifts all year-round, “connecting our passion for ocean adventure with marine conservation”.
2. Pimp ‘em up and protect the ocean with PADI Loves
Check out the latest "PADI Loves" range for more super cool, fun gifts that that give back by protecting what you love: the ocean.
Working closely with Project AWARE, according to PADI:
"'PADI LOVES' harnesses the enormous power each of us has to impact our Blue Planet. With every purchase we make, we’re voting for the world we want, directing entire industries toward sustainability.
PADI loves these brands because they enable us to choose products that lessen our impact on the environment. They share our ocean ethos, creating eco-conscious products and developing sustainable practices we can all stand behind."
3. Help change the picture.
If you, your dive buddies, friends and family really do have too many t-shirts and / or would like to give (or receive) a meaningful, impactful gift this Christmas, how about:
- donating to Project AWARE's ocean protection actions on their behalf, as your gift to them this year
- asking your dive buddies, friends and family to donate to Project AWARE's ocean protection actions on your behalf, as their gift to you this year
- 32% Shark & Ray Conservation
- 29% Marine Debris Solutions
- 14% Ocean Protection
- 25% Global Operations
4. Give the gift of diving -
and turn your family and friends into something useful 😉
and turn your family and friends into something useful 😉
Gift a PADI eLearning course or a Discover Scuba Dive at your favourite dive shop, and you'll have a dive buddy for life.
How useful is that!
Whether you choose a local dive shop or one in an awesome year-round dive destination like Curacao (just sayin' 😉) choose a 100% AWARE dive center wherever possible.
100% AWARE dive centers make a donation to Project AWARE for every every PADI dive course certification that they issue. So you'll enabling your chosen dive center to give your family and friends an incredible, unforgettable experience and to take care of our oceans.
5. Ditch single-use plastic gifts. For EVER.
With an estimated 16 billion pounds of plastic entering the ocean each year, avoiding single-use plastic especially over the festive period makes a massive, positive difference to our oceans.
Yup, we know it can be hard to change habits or 'default' / automatic purchase decisions, because we've done it ourselves. But this one is super easy, low cost and massively, instantly, impactful.
Gift a re-usable metal water bottle to your buddies to take on each and every (dive) vacation.
Sure, it may cost a little more in the first place, but re-usable metal water bottles last forever, save money and massively reduce single-use plastic bottle consumption.
(And they can pimp it with stickers from each dive center and dive destination they visit for a fun, unique, cool and practical alternative to single use plastic bottles. And to show off their dive adventure destinations, just a little...)
Not only are these awesome Fair Tradewinds holiday favorites the coolest socks ever, they also protect sharks, plant trees, fight breast cancer, give water, protect dogs, provide relief kits and give people a reason to talk about your feet, while keeping them warm and stylish.
Click here for more Fair Tradewinds Christmas gifts that give back. Gift certificates also available if there are just too many cool things to choose from!)
7. Remove a pound of trash from our oceans and coastlines with these awesome bracelets
Support 4Ocean’s mission to clean our ocean and coastlines, one pound at a time, by gifting these cool and highly meaningful bracelets this Christmas.
With an estimated 16 billion pounds of plastic entering the ocean each year, each bracelet sold goes towards funding their massive clean up operations. It's a great way to "end the plastic pollution crisis together."
8. TONS of great, funky and fun stuff,
made from recycled marine debris!
made from recycled marine debris!
Check out these amazing products made with recycled ocean plastics / marine debris - there's something for everyone, from sunglasses to skateboards, and plenty more:
9. Gifts that give back
Every product in the Fair Trade Winds online store is lovingly handmade by folks working hard to create a better world for their families and children.
Help make that happen - check out this year's Fair Trade Holiday Gift Guide more:
10. Zero Waste, Plastic Free Christmas Decorations & Gifts
Have some fun: make and gift your OWN zero-waste gifts and decorations for your friends and family this Christmas.
You might be pleasantly surprised by your own creativity!
Ho, Ho, Ho and happy ocean-friendly Christmas gift shopping!
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