Everyone:

• Buy organic produce, and don't use chemically enhanced pesticides and fertilizers. Besides the risk to your own health, and although you may live thousands of kilometres from the ocean, pesticides and fertilizers eventually end up in the water cycle and hence in the oceans.
  
  
• Wherever possible, choose environmentally friendly cleaning products that degrade quickly when washed down the drain.
  
  
• Put sanitary waste and wrappings in the dustbin, not down the toilet - or you might just find them on the beach next time you visit!
  
  
• Dispose of household chemical products and waste oil safely; your local council should have disposal facilities. Don't pour them down the drain or flush them down the toilet.
  
  
• Reduce your use of household products containing man-made chemicals that pollute the environment and affect marine animals. Find out more...
  
  
• Reduce your greenhouse gas emissions and so protect marine habitats from global warming and climate change. Find out more...
  
  
• Volunteer and community work, such as coral reef monitoring programmes, are very important in marine conservation efforts. If you do not live near the sea, consider taking a holiday to help a marine conservation organization.
  
  
• Learn more about the marine environment. The more you know, the more you can tell other people. Spread the message and communicate your own enthusiasm about our oceans and how important they are financially, biologically, and esoterically.
  
  
• Consider carefully before buying any item that comes from the sea, such as shells and coral decorative items. Ask from what country the coral, shell, etc was taken and whether or not that country has a management plan to insure that the harvest was legal and sustainable over time.
  
  
• Become a member of your local aquarium or zoo. Ask what they are doing and what your donation can do toward saving the world's marine habitats.
  
  
• Support a conservation organization that works on marine protection.
  
  
• Surf the net! Many websites provide information about our oceans and what you can do to become involved.