5 Ways To Help Save Turtles!
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We put together our favorite ways you can support conservation of wild sea turtles.
1. Join a sea turtle conservation tour!
Witnessing a sea turtle nesting or baby turtles erupting from a nest is pure magic. Proceeds from our trips directly benefit local sea turtle conservation efforts and nearby communities.
Get $50 off your next trip using the promo code “REWILD".
2. Help Save A Billion Baby Turtles!
We support coastal communities working on 40+ turtle nesting beaches. To date, we’ve helped save nearly 20 million endangered turtle hatchings.
A $10 donation saves at least 100 baby turtles on an important beach!
3. Don’t buy souvenirs or other items made from turtleshell.
The tortoiseshell trade is the biggest threat to hawksbills. When traveling, ask vendors what souvenirs are made of and when in doubt, don’t purchase items in question. Learn more about the turtleshell trade here.
See our How To Identify & Avoid Hawksbill Turtleshell guide to learn how to recognize turtleshell or download our app below.
4. Just say NO to plastics!
Sea turtles and other ocean life mistake plastic as food and ingest it. An estimated that more than 100 million marine animals die each year as a result of eating or getting entangled in plastic. Advocate for laws reducing plastic use and for companies to reduce their plastic waste. Learn about our Sea Turtles & Plastic campaign to get plastic out of turtle habitats.
Avoid using disposable plastic bags, bottles, & skip the straw. Check out our tips to reduce your use of plastics
5. Choose sunscreen carefully
Chemicals in some sunscreen damages coral reefs and pollutes turtle habitat. Avoid sunscreen with "oxybenzone" and look for "Reef Friendly" brands & avoid sprays that pollute the sand where turtles nest.
Check out this article in Vogue about the best ways to avoid sunburn.
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WHAT IS SEE TURTLES?
We're a nonprofit organization that protects sea turtles through conservation travel and volunteer tours, our Billion Baby Turtles, Too Rare To Wear, & Sea Turtles & Plastic programs, our education programs, and by promoting inclusivity in the sea turtle community. Our award-winning programs help save millions of sea turtle hatchlings on important nesting beaches around the world, work with the tourism industry to end the turtleshell trade, help clean up plastic waste from turtle habitats, promote inclusivity in the turtle community, and educate students and travelers about how to help save sea turtles. Learn more about our organization.
Photos: Neil Osborne, Tui DeRoy, Ben Hicks, & Daniela Langer (drawing)