Since I was 6 years old and whilst living in South Africa, I have always found sharks interesting. It did not take long for me build up a great passion for these incredible creatures that have been on this planet for more than 400 million years. When I became a PADI Instructor around the same time I was studying sharks in 1998 I brought the two 2 things I love together. I wrote the PADI Shark Awareness Specialty course and taught divers more about sharks and diving with them, but also more importantly, about shark conservation. Instead of continuing to study sharks on a scientific level, I decided I could reach more people and have a greater effect through diving for shark conservation. Shark Guardian is an organization 13 years in the making. An organization that with the main goal of shark conservation through education seminars and presentations encouraging action and motivating people to get involved. I founded Shark Guardian to use as a tool to educate children at international and local schools, dive centers and holiday resorts around the world about the dwindling shark populations around the world. We make it clear that sharks are vitally important for the health and ecological balance of our oceans. We must save our sharks and protect our oceans, to save ourselves. Shark Guardian has been invited to several National Environmental Conferences, International Schools, resorts and learning institutes around the world. And we will keep it going! Please visit www.sharkguardian.org for more information and recent Shark Guardian events