Water Planet "Water Planet" is dedicated to the development of ecotourism with a purpose. For ecotourism to make sense, it must support the genuine protection of an area of nature, a specie or a region. Our intention is to identify a target (dolphin, humpback whale, manatee, etc.) and the local people involved with these mammals. We will also look for organizations dedicated to the study and protection of these mammals. Should these organizations and communities be interested in exchanges with groups of visitors assembled by us, we will assist them to demonstrate the needs of their area on a global scale. These organizations will provide services like guided expeditions or tours, encounters with marine mammals and educational presentations. Their profit will be used to help finance their efforts in improving the conditions of their environment and insure the protection of their ecosystem. Our purpose is not to sell a thrill or an adrenaline rush. It is to prepare our guests to an intense experience and facilitate their contact with wilderness and ancient traditional cultures. Their emotional response will serve as motivation and will generate the desire to participate in the improvement of the problem area by means of monetary investments, community service or simply a change of attitude towards the world and a new way to relate to oneself and others. An ancient custom and practice of several cultures is to give back as offering to a deity, a portion of the harvest to insure an abundant return for the next time. It is a symbolic way of giving something back to nature for what we take. To most of us, it would seem absurd to spread a pinch of tobacco on a road kill. Nevertheless, this act is a traditional Native American gesture of respect for nature.

One of the goals of "Water Planet" is to promote exchanges between ecosystems, organizations involved in the protection of nature and people interested in rediscovering their link to animals, plants, minerals, and to their own roots. The facilitators of "Water Planet" do not pretend to have the knowledge and the qualifications needed to solve the problem of the extinction of species, but by their extraordinary social and linguistic skills, developed in contact with a broad spectrum of cultures and ethnic groups, they will help you with your approach to understanding your bond to nature and its meaning. Our subjects are mainly marine mammals because of their close relationship with humans. Our approach: There are many different approaches to experiencing the world around us. They are mostly determined by the culture in which we are born and the examples we follow (our education as children). After having carefully looked at the results of those different cultural approaches practiced throughout history, we have focused on the ones most respectful of their environment: The primitive social cells based on bloodline, the tribes or clans. We are getting our inspiration from ancient primitive groups like the American Indians of North, Central and South America; the tribes of Africa and the Aboriginals of Australia.

There is a way to measure the level of development of a civilization. It is by looking at the how they treat their children, animals and plants. Before their ways are lost forever, as are some species of plants or animals, let us give so called primitive cultures a chance to speak and show us a different approach to treating the planet. We are not proposing a return to primitive lifestyles but rather a reevaluation of our concept of nature as a resource created for our consumption. Are minerals, plants and animals there to serve our purpose? Or are we simply here, side by side, in coexistence with other realms of nature? If the purpose of technology is to improve our conditions of life, that purpose becomes totally defeated by its result when it turns into an ecological disaster. Hence our interest for other types of societies less destructive of their environment.

Marine mammals are the top of the food chain, therefore, a good indicator of the quality of their ecosystem. They are also charismatic figures attracting universal attention and they generate a strong emotional response, which is the root of self-motivation. Following is an attempt to describe ecotourism or cultural tourism. It is of low impact, non invasive, cooperative and ethical. Those are the standards we are trying to maintain. There is a major difference between a tourism using its destination or focus as a prepaid consumable item which should yield the expected results and a tourism with the purpose of sharing an experience with a community and an area without imposing its expectations. The latter requires ethic and open-mindedness.

"Water Planet" proposes an educated approach to nature and other ethnic groups or cultures with the idea of exchanging information and build up a positive relationship focused on preserving ecosystems and improving the quality of life of communities by listening to their needs and by creating a global awareness of their problems with publications and reports, essays, photographs and videos, as well as by circulating products of expressive art and craftsmanship. The aim is to generate a wide distribution of information and ideas to promote the harmonious growth and balanced relationship between communities of humans, animals, plants and minerals.

Prerequisites: interest in others, desire to share, need for personal growth and above all, a sense of adventure. We are inviting you to join us for our programs or simply contact us to exchange views and ideas.

We are preparing different new programs and expeditions, which will be available in the near future.

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