[Coral-List] Ocean in Focus Conservation Photography Contest

[Reuven Walder]

Ocean in Focus
Conservation Photography Contest


   The Marine Photobank and Project AWARE Foundation
invites researchers, educators, conservationists and others to  
participate in the
Ocean in Focus Conservation Photography Contest.

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Submit your compelling photos that engage viewers
in pressing marine issues and solutions
that address the rapid decline of our ocean's health.

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Submission deadline is September 30, 2008.

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Grand prize package (worth more than $2,000) includes:
     · Seven nights accomodations at the Plaza Resort Bonaire in the  
south Caribbean with six days of unlimited shore diving for two,  
Tuesday night beach BBQ and round-trip airport transfers. Prize worth  
approximately $1,700.
     · $250 Gift Certificate to Backscatter Underwater Video and Photo.
     · Signed copy of "Wild Ocean" by authors Sylvia A. Earle and  
Wolcott Henry.
     · 16 tons of Carbon Offsets through NativeEnergy for your home  
and car for one year, plus carbon offsets for one round-trip air  
flight, worth $192.

  See links below for more contest details:
Home page >>
Guidelines >>
Recommended Themes >>
Categories >>
Rules >>
Prizes >>


View attached press release:


Reuven Walder
Director, The Marine Photobank



SeaWeb (www.seaweb.org) is a communications-based nonprofit  
organization that uses social marketing techniques to advance ocean  
conservation. By raising public awareness, advancing science-based  
solutions and mobilizing decision-makers around ocean conservation,  
we are leading voices for a healthy ocean. The Marine Photobank  
(www.marinephotobank.org), a program of SeaWeb, advances ocean  
conservation by collecting and providing compelling, high-quality  
marine photos, images and graphics at no cost for non-commercial use  
as well as for media use under special terms. The Marine Photobank  
aims to shed light through photos on pressing marine issues and human- 
related impacts on the ocean.

8401 Colesville Road | Suite 500 | Silver Spring, MD 20910
T: 301.830.7078 | F: 301.495.4846 | www.seaweb.org,  
www.marinephotobank.org

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Project AWARE Foundation (www.projectaware.org) is a registered  
nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving underwater  
environments through education, advocacy and action in 175 countries  
and territories around the world.