About MWAP
For as long as I can remember, I have had a strong connection and affinity towards dolphins and the ocean.
There isn’t anything that I love more in the world. I feel the most free and at home when I’m in the water, especially the open, salty kind. Warm or cold, it doesn’t matter. I’d just rather be in the ocean than on land.
MWAP was born out of this love, along with a strong desire to dedicate my life towards helping conserve and protect dolphins and the ocean.
I have spent a lot of time since my teens learning what I can about my passions (seriously, you should see my book collection on cetaceans and the ocean) and even more time over the past ten years volunteering for marine research and conservation organisations like Sea Shepherd and the Marine Mammal Foundation. Through my time volunteering, I’ve come to learn the importance of education, awareness and sharing the beauty of the things you love. I’ve also learnt through other aspects of my life that if we want to change things for the better, whether it’s something in our own life or a bigger change in the world, then we need to focus more on what we want that change to be and less on generating more anger and frustration about the way things are.
Through MWAP, I aim to use my creativity, knowledge and experience presenting to raise awareness, educate and inspire others to care for and want to help protect dolphins and the ocean too.
Why Mermaid?
When we hear the word mermaid, images of beautiful women with long hair, swimming through the ocean with a fishy looking tail in place of legs, generally come to mind. Whilst that’s a lovely notion, it’s not what being a mermaid is truely about.
If you break down the word mermaid, you’ll find that ‘mer’, comes from the old English word ‘mere’ which means ‘sea’ and the word ‘maid’ means ‘servant’. So to be a ‘mermaid’ is to be a ‘servant of the sea’.
Being someone who centres her life around conserving and protecting dolphins and the ocean they live in, I feel I embody what it truely means to be a mermaid, all without wearing a tail (though it would be nice to have a real one).
Every time you take action to defend or protect the ocean, you embody what it means to be a mermaid. From picking up rubbish, reducing your environmental impacts and making more sustainable choices as a consumer, to raising awareness and educating others.
The more people that can embody being a mermaid, the happier and healthier dolphins, the ocean and ultimately the entire planet will be. So go and be a mermaid!
