Sara Campbell, friend of Sauce and the World Champion freediver, who in 2007 amazed the diving community by claiming all three deep freediving World Records and in April of this year broke another World Record, joined a HEPCA (www.hepca.com – a leading Non Governmental Organisation working in the field of marine and land conservation) clean-up week in the Red Sea, Egypt to help remove some of the rubbish around some of the main dive sites.
Sara said: “I’ve always had a close connection with the environment, and am delighted that I can use my diving to reach a wider audience to help protect not only the Red Sea, but all water environments. I was on the fourth Hayah/blue o two clean-up week and we collected around 30 kilos of rubbish, mainly glass, cans, plastic wrappers and fishing lines. The amount of waste that ends up in the sea is shocking – it not only looks horrible, but it destroys the reefs and, particularly in the case of fishing lines and nets, can create the most awful devastation to wildlife. And if you think that was a lot a rubbish – the following week the guests brought up over 100 kilos, including used oil and diesel filters from two sites!”
As well as giving a week of her time to help HEPCA, Sara has been working with British environmental group, The BLUE Climate and Oceans Project (www.theblueproject.org). Alongside other ‘marine’ athletes, Sara’s goal is to engage people in environmental issues through her sport.
Sara made a report on the clean up dive for new broadband TV channel, The Underwater Channel, to help further raise awareness of this crucial work – www.theunderwaterchannel.tv . For more information on Sara please go to www.sarafreediver.com
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By Olivia Cameron
Tags: HEPCA
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