This year, instead of the Black Friday flooding the internet, we are offering you a Blue Friday! The goal? Do your Christmas shopping while supporting the oceans at the same time. Marine conservation associations need support now more than ever. So why not visit their store to find gift ideas or simply make a donation?
By supporting Shark Education you contribute to financing:
– The online production of free capsules and mini-series aimed at expanding your knowledge and understanding of sharks.
– The study of behavior and personality in the natural environment of 15 shark species.
– The production of educational materials to better understand shark behavior while diving and raise awareness about shark conservation.
– A thesis work undertaken by Steven Surina on the behavioral study of oceanic sharks (Carcharhinus longimanus) in the Red Sea, the risk associated with activities in the presence of this species, understanding the population dynamics and geographical distribution of each individual and understanding their personality.
>>> Shark Education Shop <<<
By supporting Ailerons you contribute to financing:
– Prioritized investments towards a set of concrete scientific projects around threatened species in the Mediterranean like the devil fish (Mobula mobular), the blue shark (Prionace glauca) or the angel shark (Squatina squatina). Because we shouldn’t need to dive at the end of the world to marvel.
– The money is used to buy technical equipment (e.g., satellite tags) or perform analyses (e.g., genetics). The association does not buy any flyers and adheres to a maximum zero waste approach.
– Our store is eco-responsible and showcases only labeled products, all printed and embroidered in France, highlighting French authors, artists, and artisans.
>>> Ailerons Store <<<
By supporting the Tara Ocean Foundation you contribute to financing:
– The Foundation’s new mission, the Microbiomes Mission. The scientific schooner Tara will leave Lorient, her home port, on December 12 for this large-scale expedition in the South Atlantic.
After identifying, studying, and decrypting each cog of the Ocean, this new mission will more than ever take a holistic approach and view the ocean ecosystem as a whole. To do this, we must return to the essential, the primary actor present in all facets of this ecosystem, its most fundamental base: the microbiome.
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>>> Tara Ocean Shop <<<
By supporting the Sea Rescuers, you contribute to financing:
– The training of lifeguards and sea rescuers.
– The purchase and maintenance of intervention boats and lifeboats at sea.
– Public information and prevention.
Our equipment specialists create items directly inspired by the missions of the SNSM, with durable and resistant materials.
Discover items directly inspired by the missions of the SNSM, with durable and resistant materials.
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>>> SNSM Shop <<<
Plongez is also committed during Blue Friday!
From this Friday and throughout the weekend, Plongez! is committed to donating €5 to ocean conservation associations for each order of the PRIVILEGE offer (book – calendar and 2-year premium subscription) at €129.
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By supporting Longitude 181 you contribute to financing:
– The Mediterranean shark protection campaign, « No sharks on my plate » and their various media;
– The study in the natural environment of sperm whales in Mauritius;
– The creation of Ocean Academy, a true Ecol’ocean aimed at younger generations;
– The new campaign « Here begins the Ocean, » which aims to raise awareness and bring together simple everyday practices to protect the Ocean from home.
This campaign is more relevant than ever as COVID increases the consumption of masks and other single-use products that end up in the Ocean. With you, we can act to better protect the fragile marine world we love.
>>> Longitude 181 Shop <<<
By supporting An ocean of life you contribute to financing:
– Conferences in schools around the Marseille region to raise student awareness about ocean conservation.
– The creation of an educational website for schools: An Ocean of Life the school network.– Beach and seabed cleanup operations. The waste is collected in our blue nets, and we create a map of polluted areas and cleaned areas.
– The observation, recording of images, and inventory of marine animals: sperm whales, whales, sharks…
– We provide our photos, videos, to scientists and organizations like Mr. François Sarano of Longitude 181.
>>> An Ocean of Life Shop <<<
By supporting Sea Shepherd you contribute to financing:
– Our direct actions to defend, conserve, and protect the fragile biodiversity of our oceans, and enforce international conservation laws, too often flouted.
The profits from our online store are 100% reinvested in our sea actions and fleet maintenance: helping provide essential tools to our deckhands; feeding our crew for a day; providing precious equipment for our engine room; buying audio-visual equipment to monitor poachers; buying a new combo for our team; fleet fuel.
>>> Sea Shepherd Store <<<
By supporting Sharks Mission France you contribute to financing:
– The printing of our informative brochures provided or sent for free upon request.
– We also distribute them during events, conferences, school actions, diving clubs, trade shows, etc…
– A new brochure that will be available in a few days.
– Our presence at fairs such as the diving show, Paris Shark fest…
– Spreading our message for shark preservation by wearing our colors.