Annie Crawley's dream was to explore the world and now her dream is too share it with you! The DIYI News Crew will keep you up to date with others "Living Their Dreams!" Dedicated to create positive programming for our planet, the DIYI team will touch, move and inspire you with real people doing incredible things on a daily basis!
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Thursday, 17 September 2009 |
 On August 2, 2009 a team of eight young oceanographers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography set sail on an expedition to the North Pacific Gyre. Their intention was to explore the scale and scope of the marine debris problem in this gyre and really had no idea what to expect. These brilliant young scientists are the next generation of experts and chose an important environmental issue to focus their studies: Is plastic and marine debris in our Ocean affecting life in the largest biome on our planet and is it entering our food chain?
In the old days of science, researchers studied for the sake of study, but today more and more researchers are looking for the application of the science. During the past decade, Algulita Marine Research has created a media buzz around the issues of plastic in our ocean due to the work of Dr. Charles Moore. As I left port, I had in my mind we were going to find a floating island twice the size of Texas, more commonly known now as The Garbage Patch.
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Thursday, 10 September 2009 |
August 1, 2001
Mat left the Dive Into Your Imagination office at midnight, when he returned at 8:00 am to drive down to San Diego with me, I was zipping up my last bag for transportation to the New Horizon. As the only person joining the SEAPLEX expedition as photographer and filmmaker, I had a lot of equipment to organize: 7 cases of equipment and one small bag of clothes and personal items! For this end of the journey keeping the number of bags down was not crucial, but when we returned we were going to be landing in Oregon and I was going to have to fly home. I could not even imagine flying with this much equipment on my own!
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I'm Going to The Garbage Patch? |
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Wednesday, 09 September 2009 |
 One never knows they are going on expedition until you are literally on the boat or plane heading to the destination. I met one of the founders of Project Kaisei, Doug Woodring, in Santa Barbara at a talk he was giving about Project Kaisei. Dr. Andrea Neal, the chief scientist aboard the tall ship Kaisei, introduced us after we met at a beach clean-up. Less than six weeks after meeting one another, we were preparing for me to document their expedition.
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Thursday, 14 May 2009 |
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Brenna Quigley Volunteers with Whale Sharks |
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Wednesday, 27 January 2010 |
 Imagine that you’re standing on top of a boat with a small group of people who are all staring intently and silently at the water around them. Suddenly someone screams, “Shark! Shark!” and the mad frenzy that you associate with the word begins. However, before you can completely register how to react, everyone starts haphazardly leaping off the boat, headed straight for the 25 foot long shadow in the water at full speed—and before you know it, you’re in the water with them.
Welcome to the three most wonderful weeks of my life. When I signed up to join the Maldives Whale Shark Research Program I knew I was going to be jumping in the ocean with the world’s largest fish, but what I didn’t know was that I was about to fall in love. His name is Loui, he is about 4.4 meters long, he has spots about as bright as the stars in the sky, and yes, he is a whale shark! But it wasn’t just Loui that I fell in love with. It was Uri and Ella, Fernando and Morgan, and each and every one of the 64 encounters that I had with these amazing animals.
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UN Climate Change Conference |
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Thursday, 10 December 2009 |
 What is wrong with this picture? This image was not taken as an advertisement for the water bottle company. Annie Crawley took this photograph while on a shoot up in the Pacific Northwest, it was bobbing on the shore of one of the remote San Juan Islands. We have a problem on our planet and the leaders from around the world are meeting right now to discuss the impact we have made on our environment.
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California Dive Trip 2009 |
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Wednesday, 16 September 2009 |
California is one of the most diverse ocean habitats in the world. From giant kelp forests, to rocky reefs, to sandy bottoms, to oil rigs, there are many places for animals to live and hide. Upwelling also creates diversity by promoting kelp growth. Upwelling is when deep, cold, nutrient-rich waters flow to the surface due to surface waters being pushed offshore. Habitat diversity as well as a lot of tasty nutrients leads to very high diversity. All of this makes the waters off of California a fantastic place to see ocean life!!
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Doug Hagensen and Backyard Harvest |
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Wednesday, 19 August 2009 |
 We recently spoke with Doug Hagensen and found that his job is green! He, along with his program Backyard Harvest, is helping the hunger crisis in an innovative way. Instead of letting produce in your backyard go to waste, Doug and his team pick up the extras and donate them to the Unity Shoppe, which distributes these free groceries to 20,000 people in need. This program also increases food sustainability through promotion of eating locally grown food.
Why is it better to eat food that is grown and harvested locally?
Over the past many decades, people have lost touch with not only how food is grown, but also with the knowledge of who actually grows it for us. There has been a disconnect from the importance of food and how it is raised. By people participating more actively in our local food system, we can actually put the word “culture” back in agriculture. This idea benefits the entire community. Eating locally raised and harvested food not only reduces the need to transport food from afar (therefore reducing the use of fossil fuels), but it also keeps the dollars spent on food in the community. By supporting local farmers and organizations that are distributing/collecting local food, the community develops a more sustainable relationship with food. |
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Dr. Dre and the Plastic Vortex |
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Wednesday, 05 August 2009 |
Dr. Andrea Neal, or "Dr. Dre," is one of the coolest scientist we've met. She is working with Healing Oceans Together (HOT) and Project Kaisei to help solve the problem with our plastic ocean. Did you know that the average person uses 700+ plastic bags a year for shopping alone! Dr. Dre's goal is to bring awareness, because with awareness we can bring change!
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