As most of you know, the good old' Whatever Floats Your Boat' competition is coming to town and the JESS team is thinking of ideas for a boat, made out of completely recycled materials. We need to raise 10,000 DHS for the competition. The money is being raised to save turtles so it's for a great cause! If there are any veterans out there of the 'Whatever Floats Your Boat' competition, we would appreciate any ideas or suggestions you might have. We will also need materials for the boat so if anyo… Continue

Muscat, Oman: December 17-19, 2009:

In keeping with its commitment to giving back to society, employees of Microsoft Oman took part in a project to clean up Daymaniyat Islands to help preserve and protect marine wildlife and the natural richness of the coral reefs in Oman . Supported by the Ministry of Environment in Oman, Tawasul, Extra Divers, Al Sawadi Beach Resort and Waveaction, the reef clean-up project took place over two days where divers removed large volumes of litter such as plastic… Continue

The first cleanup project at the Damaniyat Island that is sponsored by Microsoft, Tawasul and Extra divers. Damaniyat Islands is a world heritage and a UNESCO site. It is few miles off the coast of Muscat.

On Thursday the 17-Dec-09 the infamous group of Eco Scuba Divers met up at the Sawadi Beach resort. Where we spent the evening discussing on how to commence with the net clearing operation that is going to be on the following two days. With few drinks and laughs we ended the night early to pr… Continue

I really enjoyed myself when we went to jumeriah beach with 8JN to learn about ecosystems and how we can help save it. I felt excited when I heard of the geography trip, but when I thought that I wasn't going I started to worry then, but in the end I managed to go after all and it was a real thrill, going snorkling with some of my friends, seeing sea urchins on the rocks under the water. At first I afraid that I would hurt myself (sometimes i do ),but with my friends encouraging me I did it in t… Continue