Over the course of the last few years, Sutama has trained 3 Balinese local divers, 4 international students, and Surabaya Diving School which resulted inFriends of Surabaya. As well, yacht Mir provides are vehicle to provide this course to island people in The Coral Triangle. Over the past few years, we voyaged to Raja Ampat and Moyo Island (off Sumbawa) to initiate and train leaders for two new nature groups: Friends of Moyoand Friends of Mansuar.
Over the course of the last few years, we have trained over 14 people and established community-led reef restoration programs: Friends of Surabaya (Java), Friends of Moyo(Sumbawa) and Friends of Mansuar (Raja Ampat).
There is a worldwide movement to restore our seas and lands and it is growing. Get involved!
Together, we are pioneering new educational programs and hosting Earth Day events, which include trash clean-ups, mangrove planting, coral awareness, and song & dance for nature. As an example, please see Menjangan ~ A Music Video, which was performed on Earth Day in 2016 by local musicians and high school dancers in NW Bali. The song is about not throwing trash in the ocean and it is sung in Bahasa Indonesia. As well, on Earth Day 2017, we held an event at BBNP with local schools, orphanage, NGO’s, nature groups and hundreds of students. There local students joined our musicians to perform Everyday’s An Earth Day! – song composed by Christopher Dolphin (Mir’s onboard musician), to inspire everyone to love and care for our biosphere.
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