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Our Top Ten Sustainable Gift Ideas for Ocean Lovers
Many gifts end up under the bed or even worse, in landfill. This year, we are asking you to consider the life of the gift that you choose, whether that’s a durable piece of kit that lasts year in, year out; a gift that enables the opportunity of adventure; or an item or experience that gives back to the ocean.
1. Gift with Love
Support what you love by symbolically adopting it!
Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) is an animal charity dedicated to protecting the whale population, dolphins, and marine mammals. If you are looking for a gift for an ocean lover, you can choose a named whale to adopt and you’ll receive an adoption package with facts and information about migration patterns, ocean habitats, the size of a whale, and their diet. Included in the whale adoption package is an adopted whale family tree poster!
Symbolic whale adoption supports their work to create a world where every whale and dolphin is safe and free and living in a healthy ocean habitat.
https://adopt-us.whales.org/whale-adoption-project/
2. Gift with Meaning
Art from the Ocean
Why not choose a gift with impact that can be valued every day? French-Taiwanese artist, underwater photographer, and author, Jade Hoksbergen brings a fusion of street art and expressionism to her ocean-inspired works. She lives in Devon, U.K., with husband Henley Spiers and their two young daughters.
“Growing up in the Philippines allowed for weekly visits to the sea, and I was introduced to scuba diving at the age of 9. This exposure to the underwater world would start to directly influence my art and has continued to do so in many ways. Now I keep my head above the water by painting what may lurk below.”
https://www.jadehoksbergen.com/
Discover more about Jade’s art in our Wetnotes blog > https://fourthelement.com/staying-afloat/
3. Gift with Warmth
The eco way to beat the elements
Needing a gift for a diver, swimmer or snorkeller? Our OceanPositive Storm Poncho is warm, fast drying and packs down small, enabling you to take it anywhere. Throw it on to get changed into your wetsuit at the beach or on the boat. Use it to warm up after a session in the water or to cover up between dives.
The cosy fleece backing contains 37% recycled yarn with S.Café® technology, derived from post consumer plastic bottles. It’s waterproof, windproof and manufactured using innovative, resource-conserving and environmentally friendly techniques.
4. Gift with Adventure
Get them diving!
Remember your very first scuba dive? The first time you took a breath underwater? You could gift that unique experience to a friend or family member! Most agencies and dive centres offer dive gift certificates for scuba courses and there are options from 8 years upwards. If your loved one has a holiday planned, why not book them a course while they are out there?
If that is too much of a commitment, many scuba diving shops offer Try Dives, a one-off dive experience with an instructor so you can ‘dip your toe in’ – chances are it’ll be the start of a whole new adventure!
5. Gift with Thought
Sponsor a brick
No-one wants a brick as a gift, right? What about a sustainable eco brick?! Rrreefs are supporting the regeneration of coral reefs alongside scientific investigation, monitoring and education. Using 3D printing, they are producing complex earthenware bricks to help meet the needs of a coral reef ecosystem.
Why not adopt a brick for their next reef in the Caribbean? Your eco brick will provide habitat for lots of reef animals and corals, and help restore ocean health and biodiversity. You can choose to dedicate it to someone who will receive a certificate with an image of their very own brick!
6. Gift with Care
The Sea Sponge towel
Need a gift with function AND eco-credentials? Our organic Sea Sponge towel was inspired specifically by the glass sea sponge – a unique sponge due to their ability to regenerate on the foundations of deceased sponges. They filter 250,000 litres of water every 24 hours, are home to over 85 living species and can absorb as much carbon as 1 hector of temperate rainforest.
Now, worldwide rising ocean temperatures, over-harvesting, dredging fisheries and sewage discharge are putting these unique creatures under threat, so we are donating 10% of every sale to the Glass Sponge Reefs Project to help protect and preserve these vital creatures.
7. Gift with Connection
Discover Freediving
Looking for a gift for an ocean-lover? Or someone who’s a bit of a free spirit? Give them the truly unique gift of being at one with the sea, with a freediving or mermaid/merman course. There are many freediving clubs or schools that offer both types of course and will teach you all the skills and techniques you need in a pool or the ocean to be truly comfortable in the water. Remember to check minimum age limits.
8. Gift with Endurance
Eyewear from ghost nets
We worked with Cornwall-based Waterhaul to make our cave line markers but did you know this inspiring company make sunglasses too? These aren’t any normal sunglasses – they act as ‘symbols of change’ for our oceans and make perfect gifts for the eco-conscious.
Utilising the strongest form of plastic in our oceans to produce exceptionally sustainable, recycled eyewear that meets the technical demands of adventure, ocean-exposure and UV protection, Waterhaul sunglasses frames last you a lifetime, because they are made from nets that would last decades in the ocean.
9. Gift with Reason
Ocean Debris Bag – No diver should be without one!
This is the ideal stocking filler or Secret Santa gift for a diver or freediver! This bag can go on every dive! Small enough to be stashed in a pocket or clipped on externally, the bag unrolls to provide a handy way to get involved with cleaning up our dive sites. It can be quickly deployed and used to collect and remove rubbish from the water.
After the waste has been disposed of responsibly, recycling it wherever possible, simply roll the bag up and stow it again for the next dive. If the dive is blown out, it’s perfect for beach cleans!
10. Gift with Longevity
Support the future of our oceans
We all want to protect and give back to the ocean, but now you can gift someone the experience of actively doing just that! There are many restoration programs around the world, including the Coral Restoration Foundation who offer visits to visit a coral nursery and the chance to help with coral outplanting. https://www.coralrestoration.org/dive-programs
Looking for stocking fillers? A supporters pack from Project Seagrass can help to protect marine life and ecosystems from overfishing and habitat loss.
