Earn points by participating in conservation-related activities throughout the year. See how your efforts stack up to others in the leaderboard below! The PADI AWARE Foundation is a non-profit aimed at driving local action for global ocean conservation. Each September, PADI hosts AWARE Week, in […]

Dive into action during PADI's 6th annual AWARE Week! Taking place September 16-24, 2023, AWARE Week is an opportunity for divers around the world to take local action for global impact. YOU can create positive ocean change through fins-on, fins-off conservation actions, courses and event […]

Are you a scuba diver looking for ways to make a positive impact on our oceans? Earth Day is the perfect time to get involved in community science projects and volunteer opportunities that can help protect and conserve our marine environment. Here are several ways […]

Do you have any dive gear you’re not using anymore and wondering what to do with it? Why not donate it to a good cause?  We’re starting to collect good quality dive gear to send to Biosphere Foundation in Northwest Bali. They need gear to […]

Last year, we had numerous opportunities for divers and not-yet-divers to participate in the conservation efforts we have come to love! We are very thankful to everyone who came out, whether locally here in DC, or on one of our many international adventures, to help […]

Dive into action during PADI's 5th annual AWARE Week! Taking place September 17-25, 2022, AWARE Week is an opportunity for divers around the world to take local action for global impact. YOU can create positive ocean change through fins-on, fins-off conservation actions, courses and event […]

The days are getting longer and warmer and the Spring storms are washing all sorts of trash down Rock Creek, so it's time for another clean up! Anyone joining this clean up will need to complete the RCC online waiver linked to below. You will also […]

The thirtieth annual DC Environmental Film Festival is on! The films will be showing from March 17-27. A huge range of topics are available, and while we may have a bias towards the ocean related films, there is a a ton to check out.  Click […]

It's time for this year's Extreme Clean Up! Each year, thousands of volunteers head out into their section of Rock Creek Park and conduct clean ups as part of this movement. Anyone joining this clean up will need to complete the RCC online waiver linked […]

Looking for a great volunteer opportunity while it's chilly outside? We have rescheduled the MLK Day Cleanup for Feb. 20th! Join Blue Planet divers to clean up Rock Creek and give back to our community and the ocean by keeping our waterways clean! Anyone joining […]