https://www.onecoralreef.org/home daily 1.0 2024-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/f965a9b9-acd9-4c70-9c77-75bd22484cc3/Kids+in+water+coral+id+class.jpg Home - Become a citizen scientist Want to participate in our Citizen Scientists training programs? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1589237178372-5ZMWDOKQTRP98MQH37GM/IMG-1277+%282%29.jpg Home https://www.onecoralreef.org/mission daily 0.75 2021-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1561153376517-ET3Q1MX23T53A6NDRTXA/IMG-5990.JPG Mission https://www.onecoralreef.org/ourteam daily 0.75 2025-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1563566673257-E5C5DP8PGKWWQ81LKW01/Heather+2+%284%29.jpg Our Team - Heather Howard Heather Howard is a PADI Divemaster, USCG 100T Boat Captain, Yoga Instructor, Life Coach, and Educator. She has over 25 years of experience in business and people management. She is an Ocean Quest Global trained coral practitioner and teaches courses in Hawaii about all things coral-related. Born and raised on the west coast of Oregon her love and curiosity for the ocean started at a very young age. In 2007 she made her first trip to the Big Island of Hawaii where her passion for learning and teaching about this special place became her full-time focus. Heather is a commercial diver and received her training by volunteering at the Oregon Coast Aquarium as a dive technician. She is the co-founder of the Coral Reef Education Institute. She held the Educational Alternate seat on the Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Advisory Council for the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument for two terms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1589242665121-LXPGIJ74RM6O9AKQXV0F/Rachel.jpg Our Team - Rachel Schackne Rachel Schackne graduated cum laude with a Bachelors of science in Marine Biology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. During her undergraduate career she worked as a PhD lab assistant in the Gates lab at the Hawaii institute of Marine Science on coconut island. Helping in coral husbandry and data collection of assisted evolution techniques of keystone coral species in Hawaii. After her undergraduate studies she traveled to Indonesia to work as a divemaster and develop a locally supported coral fragmentation center in Komodo national park in efforts to combat coral reef destruction from bomb fishing. Using calcium carbonate biorock technology and steel grid tables to reestablish broken coral fragments in subsistence fishing villages. After moving to the big island of Hawaii she became a PADI dive instructor and USCG captain, and now works on the water to help educate a vast majority of tourists about the marine world and coral ecology. Passionate about freediving, surfing, and marine science, her end goal is to support a global shift in the importance of the oceans, contributing to marine education, the establishment of marine protected areas, and eco-tourism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1563565471906-VSYV7FD9ZXD0ID7NBX25/Paul+Badgley+%282%29.jpg Our Team - Paul Badgley Paul is the co-founder of the Coral Reef Education Institute. Paul has been a Captain and Dive Instructor in Hawaii for over 30 years. He held the Ocean Activities Alternate seat for 3 years for the Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Advisory Council for the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. TRAINING, CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES; USCG 100 Ton Masters License USCG Sailing Endorsement USCG FAA Radio Operators License USCG Assistance Towing Endorsement PADI Scuba Dive Instructor NOAA Certified Large Mammal Disentanglement Expert Commercial Whale Watching Operators Licence, Washington Volunteer Marine Fire Fighter, Point Baker, Alaska Fishing Guide Licence, Alaska Reef Check International Coral Monitoring Instructor Invasive Species Eradication Specialist Ghost Net and Monofilament Extraction Instructor Sailing Instructor, PUA Polar Bear Deterrence Specialist, Arctic, Alaska HAZWOPER Certification NCTC Safety Certification American Marine Pure Safety Certification Oil Boom Deployment Trainer Safety Training Officer, Arctic, Alaska Oil spill response trainer, Arctic, Alaska Certified Rigger, Crane, Signalman Training, WAC 296-155 Underwater Wing Surveyor Underwater Navigation Instructor, PADI Sea-Scooter Instructor & Guide TWIX Security Clearance TSA Pre-Approved United States Passport https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1561153544648-ZAOSK7MBJF6O1FT15VW3/IMG-1282.jpg Our Team https://www.onecoralreef.org/contact daily 0.75 2021-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1561494997657-7FHRJV1NPERUY4LGRKQC/IMG-0375.JPG Contact https://www.onecoralreef.org/acidification daily 0.75 2019-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1561148670459-VKD442CY5HMU68P4OQZT/Acidification+CO2+diagram.jpg Acidification Diagram source: https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/ocean-coasts-education-resources/ocean-acidification https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1563317170276-BP8WJHAU2AY5MHQKT8RT/PMEL_Feely_dissolving-shells_main_1.jpg Acidification https://www.onecoralreef.org/mobile-response-support-team daily 0.75 2019-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1563319394362-2707LVKAJF8U1AUFZQ6X/Team.jpg Mobile Response support Team https://www.onecoralreef.org/biodiverse-coral-nurseries daily 0.75 2019-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1562541685648-519PUSQMWP81B3A6BS7U/staghorn-nursery-tree-salt-river-stx_noaa_472.jpg Biodiverse Coral Nurseries - In the waters around Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, NOAA works with a number of partners in various capacities to maintain 27 coral nurseries. NOAA uses coral nurseries to help corals recover after traumatic events, such as a ship grounding. Hung on a tree structure, the staghorn coral shown here will have a better chance of surviving and being transplanted back onto a reef. (NOAA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1563312873820-QES4BI051MZQU4PXD515/coral+ecosystems+reeffish+NOAA.jpg Biodiverse Coral Nurseries https://www.onecoralreef.org/creating-marine-protected-areas-and-eco-tourism daily 0.75 2019-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1563314703011-RM8PUU9F5BXKWH4HMGRC/Maui+from+the+air.jpg Creating Marine Protected Areas & Eco-Tourism https://www.onecoralreef.org/single-use-plastics daily 0.75 2019-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1563569433803-6C2LBTHNUE8TBP2ZHHI5/TOC-GPGP-Modelled-Mass-Concentrations-1000px-640x378+The+ocean+cleanup.jpg Single Use Plastics - The Great Pacific Garbage Patch The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Photo Credit: The Ocean Cleanup https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1561152503295-G85SNGAKVUTFR0YBZFRF/marine_debris_hawaii_cropped.jpg Single Use Plastics https://www.onecoralreef.org/bleaching-and-ocean-warming daily 0.75 2019-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1560984250102-4JLQL7OOE2KQN2GV9N1D/Jarvis+Island+Bleaching+Event+2015-2016+NOAA.jpg Bleaching & Ocean Warming https://www.onecoralreef.org/pollution-and-coastal-development daily 0.75 2019-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1560970451310-LZ9XJ4WDCGLN5CCY42JJ/Marine+Debris+NOAA.jpg Pollution & Coastal Development The marine debris team carefully removes a derelict fishing net from coral reef in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, showing the dead corals underneath (Photo: NOAA Fisheries/Steven Gnam). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1560969880514-CGTEGB4GDK9YYB8APK0O/Turf+Algae.jpg Pollution & Coastal Development https://www.onecoralreef.org/over-fishing daily 0.75 2019-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1563317460999-HZPFWF9S3B7ZRP1NAX27/Overfishing.jpg Over Fishing https://www.onecoralreef.org/careless-tourism daily 0.75 2019-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1562646384128-ENDX4WN9OZLIFJ9S4FWF/shutterstock_724892506.jpg Careless Tourism https://www.onecoralreef.org/partners daily 0.75 2024-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1731710258999-0CDIZF76A4NSDY4TJPMB/Screenshot+2024-11-15+123533.png Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1589235722886-4JB7XAQVLWOQGYHW0FQC/Lynker-Logo.png Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1566588463898-VW20ISTETZYA7Y16DQNY/white_PPC_member_badges_940x788+%281%29.jpg Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfd57578dc4ed00010b0dd0/1566159322883-HV5PQEI8GUA9XY3PQCT9/Aloha+Pass+it+on.png Partners - Luana Hospatility Group Coral Reef Education Institute has been chosen as the charity for the month of August for the Aloha Pass it on project! Lava Lava Beach Club, Huggos and Huggos on the Rocks will donate $1 of selected menu items sold, $10 for every Aloha Pass it on t-shirt sold and $1 for every bumper sticker sold for the entire month of August! 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