Blog – Tagged "Conservation"

What does it take to coexist with nature? (by Kathleen)

Some may know this, but many have forgotten - in Singapore, we live in the remnants of a Big Cat era. Tigers and leopards once roamed lush forest t...

Outside the Pool - Talk about Plastic Ocean with Marine Scientist Dr Kathy Townsend (by Christine)

At Zen Freediving we think outside the pool. While teaching and training freediving build the core elements of our organization, we also aim to lea...

Hope for the future, one clean up at a time (by Kathleen)

Hope runs scarce as an environmental advocate. The changes I seek within political, economic and social systems happen slowly and imperceptibly, a...

Pink dolphins at Lazarus Island (by Michelle)

It was just another normal open water training day, or so we thought. Conditions were looking good as we pulled up to our usual spot between Lazar...

Singapore's First Freediving Clean Up (by Michelle)

On 10 Aug 2019, in the middle of the National Day long weekend, 15 Zenners headed to the bay between Lazarus and St John’s Islands, with the aim of...

Freediving with the Ama in Japan (by Michelle)

Most freedivers know of the legendary ama divers of Japan. Known as “海女” in Japanese, which directly translates to “sea woman“, these ladies depen...

ADEX Singapore 2019 (by Nathania)

Once again, Zen made their presence known at ADEX Singapore 2019, which was dedicated to ocean plastic free future. Our booth was teeming with pe...

Chasing Coral Social (by Nathania)

This month we hosted a screening of 'Chasing Coral' together with BBQ dinner and drinks, and much poolside banter for our Zenners! Our fish peo...

Harvesting Practices of the Sama-Bajau Fishers

In mid August, we invited Shannon Switzer Swanson, a photojournalist, marine social ecologist, and National Geographic Explorer from San Diego, Ca...

"Birthplace" - helping to raise awareness of plastic in the oceans

At Zen Freediving, our ongoing social commitment has been to ocean conservation and awareness (for example, we have been active partners of Projec...

Project Manta (by Michelle)

It’s not easy keeping your cool as giant mantas circle you slowly, their intelligent, friendly eyes fixed on you. The heart thuds not from fear, ...

Birthplace (by François)

At Zen, not only we teach freediving but we also expand the scope of our activities to build a community around the spirit and the values we love....