“This internship was more than I could have ever hoped for, we’ve done so much in a month, it has been and adventure of a lifetime, I’ve grown so much as a person and certainly learned the skills in photography and environmental writing to help me become a conservationist.” Says Charlotte Bond, recent graduate from…
Category Archives: Campaigns
Campaigns, Conservation, Diving with Sharks, Rethink the Shark, Shark Bites, Shark Nets
GET HOOKED ON CONSERVATION, BAN DRUMLINES!
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Apr
Apr
WATCH VIDEO BELOW! Wow, what a way to celebrate Earth Day and launch our new shark awareness campaign! I’ve done some pretty extreme things for shark conservation but our latest campaign, in partnership with Walter Bernardis of African Watersports who was the creative director of the campaign, the GET HOOKED ON CONSERVATION, BAN DRUMLINES, campaign…
AfriOceans Warriors, Campaigns, Conservation, Diving with Sharks, Great White Shark, Lesley Rochat, Rethink the Shark, Shark Nets
Goodbye 2013, Hello 2014!
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Jan
Jan
[doptg id=”24″] WATCH 3MINUTE SLIDE SHOW FOR VISUAL SUMMARY OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS IN 2013! Wonder what AfriOceans and I got up to during 2013, where your donations and support went to, why I didn’t answer all my emails? Well, phew is all I can say! 2013, what a year! We are in full swing with…
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Sep
Sep
[doptg id=”18″] Why do I swim with sharks? This is a question the media and people in general ask me all the time. Of course it is a loaded question, the subtext being, how can you swim with man-eaters, don’t you know they might kill you?! So no, I don’t have a death wish, and…
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Jul
Jul
My Dad use to say to me when discussing my career, “Les, you mustn’t worry my girl, you are very blessed because you do such good things and when you do good, good follows, just be patient.”
AfriOceans, Campaigns, Lesley Rochat, Shark Nets
Proposed removal of Shark Nets from Aliwal Shoal in South Africa
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Feb
Feb
I am writing this blog to give clarity to a misleading post on the Shark Angels website which claimed that the nets would be removed from the Aliwal Shoal, Park Rynie and Scottburgh. There are still many conflicting statements going around so for what it’s worth I herewith share what I have: Early the next…
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May
May
For about six years now I have been working closely with the dynamic ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi, Cape Town. I was introduced to them by the Two Oceans Aquarium and commissioned them to help me change peoples perceptions of sharks for my M-Sea Programme. The result was the award winning RETHINK THE SHARK campaign….
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Apr
Apr
Despite the fact that for the first time in about 5 years I have been knocked down with flu, and coughing and sniffing as I write, I have been at it none stop. Since my last blog entry I have been interviewed by another documentary film crew, a German film crew this time and got…
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Mar
Mar
Today I was interviewed by a film crew from Brazil who are assisting Sea Shepherd, Brazil with a campaign film they are making to raise awareness about the need to conserve the sharks of Brazil. According to Ana Paula and her husband Tony, there are practically no sharks left and people continue to see them as…
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Oct
Oct
Wonderful news! The Rethink the Shark Campaign created originally for AFRIOCEANS and which I used for the M-Sea Programme, the shark conservation programme I designed and initiated in 2004 through AOCA, has won a prestigious PANDA award at the Wildscreen Film Festival! This is equavalent to an Oscar so we are very proud – it…