The personal commitment of all PSS professionals is essential in order to instill respect for the underwater environment and awareness of the need to protect it among the diving public.

But, above all, it is our everyday actions (such as carrying a small net on a dive to collect any trash or plastic on the sea bed or dive site) that are important. Good examples also help teach future divers to be nature lovers.

Created through collaboration between PSS and the Anton Dohrn Zoological Station for the recovery and rehabilitaion of turtles accidentally captured or injured; monitoring of beaching; creating awareness and educating the general public in regards to the conservation and the responsible management and use of the marine environment.

As a dive professional leading and guiding scuba divers, you have the ability to positively influence diver behavior and help protect coral and other marine life on every dive. If you can manage your divers and prevent them causing damage, then you are helping protect coral reefs one dive at a time. An initiative by UNEP (United Nations Environmental Programme) - named “Green Fins” - was established in 2004.

The Green Fins initiative aims to protect and conserve coral reefs through environmentally friendly guidelines that promote a sustainable diving and snorkeling industry, as well as supporting the new ISO standards 21416 and 21417 for sustainable diving.

Currently International Coordinators of this initiative is the United Kingdom charity The Reef-World Foundation.

Faced with this challenge, The Reef-World Foundation has distilled 10+ years’ experience coordinating the Green Fins initiative among the global dive community to create a unique, free online training course: the Green Fins Dive Guide e-Course. The foundation designed the course to build on the existing knowledge, experience and passion of local dive guides by empowering them with greater environmental knowledge and tools to better manage their guests.

PSS Worldwide is proudly supporting the Green Fins initiative by hosting the Green Fins Dive Guide e-Course on its EVO System and asking to all PSS professionals to enroll in this free of charge course, with the chance to get a certification which complies with the new ISO standards for sustainable diving. While advising or correcting a customer might seem daunting, taking the Green Fins Dive e-Course can help give dive guides a new level of confidence when liaising with customers. In turn, this can help create better, more informed divers who will take their new-found knowledge with them wherever they go.