Katrien Vandevelde and Jan Wouters met in 1996 in the local diving club after discovering the vibrant and exciting world beneath the waves while snorkeling on holiday. Their adventurous souls soon lead them to Australia, where they dived with manta rays and whale sharks at Ningaloo reef. Here, their shared passion for this pristine underwater wilderness made them realise they were soulmates and so they closed each other and the ocean in their hearts for ever.

The seed of activism was sowed a few years later, when they learned that a mega resort with hotels and a marina was scheduled to be constructed at their underwater Eden. They felt compelled to take action and so they contacted NGO’s, dive centers and dive tourism companies all over the world, to raise awareness for this serious issue. Fortunately, the building plans were ultimately overturned and the area was designated as a World Heritage Site.

This was however just a prelude to their battle for marine preservation. As the years went by they became increasingly concerned by the deterioration of our oceans: the pollution and the litter, the collapse of coral reefs, the vast emptiness where schools of fish used to swim and the alarming absence of sharks in seas and oceans around the globe...

As most people have no idea of the profound devastation which is happening in the watery world below their dangling feet, Jan and Katrien now feel that it is imperative to be intensly dedicated to the cause and to make people aware that our lifeline is slowly dying. The hobby that turned into a passion, has now become a pure necessity, a moral obligation to do whatever they possibly can do, to assist in saving our cradle of life.

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