Monday, February 20, 2017

Representing the Kuwait Dive Team at OCEANS 2017

I've spent this weekend at the London ExCeL Exhibition Centre, talking with outdoor adventurers about the Kuwait Dive Team and marine conservation at a big Outdoors Show. 


Two years ago, we were at the London International Dive Show, where my audience was mostly divers themselves. LIDS is now part of a much broader operation, so I've been talking with all kinds of folks. 

A few of the Team members journeyed from Kuwait to speak with potential partners and swap ideas, so it's been nice to catch up with them as well!


We have a bunch of our environmental education tools with us, and the IncredibleOceans.org group are here with their plastics recycling project, so I've been doing ocean-friendly arts and crafts during quiet times with few visitors.


We also met and spoke with a number of other conservation charities that we hope to invite to Kuwait or visit at their Headquarters for joint operations.


I'll need to get back to writing this week, but it's been fun to do a mini "fieldwork" weekend in the middle of frantic typing and theorising!

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