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How To Reduce Plastic In Your Kitchen

In the fourth article in our blog series on how to reduce your plastic consumption we focus on the kitchen. The great thing about reducing plastic in your kitchen is that most of it is just upcycling what you have already. It is an affordable way to reduce your plastic and can make a real difference.

How to reduce plastic in your bathroom

How To Reduce Plastic In Your Bathroom | Part Two

This is the second part of our guide on how to reduce plastic in the bathroom. We focus on plastic items which have less of bad reputation than straws and plastic bottles, but probably shouldn’t! They also have easy and affordable alternatives. Part of our series on how to you reduce your plastic waste.

How To Reduce Plastic In Your Bathroom | Part One

Most personal care items come packaged in plastic. In the second article in our series on how to you reduce your plastic waste, we put the spotlight on the items typically found in your bathroom: shampoo, conditioner, soap, body care, oral care and menstrual products. This is part one of a two part article.

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How To Avoid Single Use Plastic When Eating and Drinking On the Go

We are doing blog series on how to reduce your plastic waste. Some of the tips are not for everyone; the alternatives can be more expensive, but may save you money in the long run. This article talks about how to avoid single use plastic when eating and drinking on the go.

Vaavoshi Turtle Festival 2019 sea turtle pledge mural painted by Dr. Claire Lomas

Vaavoshi Turtle Festival 2019

Dr. Claire Lomas created Vaavoshi Turtle Festival to bring together the islands and communities in Baa Atoll with environmentalists and visitors from around Maldives to raise awareness of sea turtle conservation and celebrate our beautiful ocean. Vaavoshi 2019 is the first turtle festival ever in Baa Atoll. Sadly, it was also Dr. Claire’s farwell to Maldives.

2019 Rolex Scholar Volunteers at the Rescue Centre

Kim Hildebrandt, the 2019 Rolex Scholar of the Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society, is a 3rd year Veterinary Medicine student from Germany. She spent two weeks at the Marine Turtle Rescue Centre in July 2019. She found it to be an eye-opening experience and a fantastic opportunity to gain insight in this niche field within Veterinary Medicine.

A green sea turtle with fibropapillomatosis tumors in Kenya. Image.

The Impact of Pollution On Sea Turtles

The impact of coastal and marine pollution on sea turtles come in all shapes and forms, such as sound, thermal, photic, plastics, chemical, effluent, and others. The accurate evaluation of the effects of pollutants on development, survivor ship, health, reproduction, and habitat condition/recovery is one of the main research priorities in sea turtle conservation.

ORP’s First Visiting Veterinarian – Sonya Miles

Sony Miles was the first vet to join ORP’s Visiting Veterinarian Program. The aim of the program is to share skills and expertise. Sony was able to impart her knowledge as an experienced reptile vet and surgeon, whilst gaining experience with a species, in an environment, that she would never normally get the opportunity to work with or in.

Loggerhead turtle caught as by-catch, Oman. The turtle was successfully released back into the ocean. ©Zoe Cox

Effects of Bycatch From Fishing

Ghost gear is not the only fishing gear related threat to marine animals; bycatch is another big – and global – problem.
Bycatch happens when commercial fishers accidentally catch unwanted or unintended fish and marine creatures, and seabirds, in their fishing nets whilst fishing for a target fish species, size or sex. WWF estimates that 40% of fish caught worldwide is bycatch.

A Month-Long Volunteer Adventure

Brian Anton volunteered at the ORP Rescue Centre for a month, and it was a very eventful month indeed! He recommends anyone who loves traveling, animal medicine, and sea turtles to take advantage of this opportunity to volunteer with sea turtles. Find what Brian got up to and why he loved every minute.