Journey of Indias 1st Miss Scuba Intl 2016 Ocean Ambassador
[Music]
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your existence into this world
is with a purpose and to perceive the
purpose
of your existence is the defiance
of mankind but when you vanquish
this defines you
explore the unexplored
as a child my nice self never knew
that the tumblr was hot unless
i touched and felt it
as the chapters of life unfolded the
challenges
crept in as i rejoiced
the victories in my life
so did i face defeats
but for me the light was always visible
at the other end of the tunnel
and that light guided me
to pave my way to put my best foot
forward
with an untiring will to explore
i went on to explore the unfathomable
depth of sea by competing
in an international pageant after
facing 17 defeats back home
to be or not to be what’s the question
but as karma decides i took the plunge
to explore from being a girl next
door to becoming miss cuba international
this curvature title gave a new purpose
to my mission and i was extremely
overwhelmed
that i became the first indian
to ever win this prestigious title
and create history for my country
india this is where
i realized what it feels
to know the purpose of your existence
and concur it i was thrilled
this title also paved my way
of becoming the ocean ambassador
because the pageant serves for the
purpose
of saving oceans through beauty
after winning the title i got
opportunity
to travel around the world to attend
learn and explore diverse dive expos
and conferences meet people all over the
world
interacting with them inclining me
completely to the world underwater
on this note i would like to share
a small incident that actually happened
during one of my trips
so it was in australia
when i was trolling with my father
in the keynes market while walking
i suddenly realized i was not carrying
the charging cable of my gopro
and i knew i needed it because i had my
dive tomorrow
and that too in one of my dream type
destination
the great barrier reef
but i couldn’t ask my father that i
needed the cable
because i was not carrying any cash with
me
so i got worried
my dad looked at me he knew something
was bothering me
he asked me is there something that you
want to
convey to me you look worried
i hesitated a bit then i told him
that dad i actually forgot the charging
cable of my gopro
and i would be needing it for my dive
tomorrow
but as fathers are he didn’t take a
second to think twice
he knew there was only three to four
minutes left
for the last bus to arrive still
he ran into the market i ran along with
him
we got the cable and trust me
that incident was a blessing in disguise
because it gave birth to my very first
production
a short movie called
the voice of ocean
it was one of the best dives and the
captures
from the dive contributed greatly to my
short movie
this whole incident i call as the 10
dive because the cable costed me 10
whenever i go for a dive i realize that
climate change
is a harsh reality and is actually
happening
though i’m a climate leader i did my
masters
in environment science but i always had
the theoretical knowledge and experience
above the land after winning this title
i got the opportunity to dive
and when given this opportunity trust me
the world under water is surreal and
absolutely magical you are made to
believe
that it’s a parallel universe out there
that you can only experience
when you dive
this is when we realize how the marine
life
is struggling for their survival
how they defy coral bleaching
trafficking their way out
through the plastic world that is
invading into their space
i wonder is it only fair
that they are struggling to breed in
their own environment
while diving i also witnessed a lot of
plastic around
the way the fishes were actually
struggling
to feed on bleached corals and
the catastrophe of climate change
everywhere
as miss cuba international and ocean
ambassador
it’s my duty to create awareness
what i saw during my dive coral
bleaching
actually touched my heart the way the
marine life
is struggling for their survival there
is actually a very funny thing that
keeps coming to my mind sometimes
when i’m diving that the way we have a
community of people
working towards saving the environment
and conserving our oceans
but yet there are few who are still
damaging it
soon the marine life will form a
community or might have their own
scientist
in maybe five to ten years time that
they start discussing
what to do that the humans understand
that their actions
are actually troubling us they are
bothering
in a way that we are struggling to
breathe
in our own environment so it’s kind of a
funny thing that keeps coming into my
mind
but that is actually what’s going to
happen if we don’t take the
responsibility
so if you don’t act responsibly
then nature will one of my major concern
is global warming due to global warming
the water temperatures have risen
significantly
which contributes to coral bleaching
as facts suggest the longest recorded
global bleaching event occurred during
2014
to 2016 and that event
killed corals in an unprecedented scale
the bleaching of corals in the great
barrier reef
killed almost 29 to 50 percent
of corals
most of us wonder why do we need coral
reefs
coral reefs are extremely important
because they protect the coastlines from
storms
and erosion they provide jobs to the
local communities
they also offer opportunity for
recreation
coral reefs are a great source of new
medicine
and food and over half a billion of
people
depend on reefs for their income
protection and food
we need to protect the coral reefs we
need to save
our oceans also
having said that one of the most
dramatic effects
of global warming is the melting
glaciers
this means that less of heat is
reflected by the polar caps
and more of heat is absorbed by oceans
this gives rise to the sea level
because the temperature is rising
we know that more than 50 percent of the
people
have settled near water bodies that are
connected
to the oceans especially countries like
maldives
and bangladesh low-lying
areas are in great threat
so we need to act faster to protect
and save the environment and conserve
our oceans oceans are extremely
important as they play a fundamental
role
in supporting life on earth by
regulating
our climate and the air that we breathe
majority of the world’s oxygen is
produced
by oceans and they do so
by storing and transporting
a huge amount of water heat
and greenhouse gases our oceans
have two types of currents the warm
currents
and the coal currents which are
responsible
for regulating climate change
similarly oceans also absorb
50 times more carbon dioxide
than our atmosphere
the reason i share all this with you
today
because i want you to realize how
important our oceans are
for our brighter future and our survival
though in the past two to three years i
have seen
people changing their attitude towards
the environment
they are doing their bit to protect it
not throwing the plastic in the ocean
but
yet we need to stand together
and fight to save
our future we need to act
faster because the time is now
i would want to share a thought of my
own
as we may believe reasons
to live are many and deep down
we may find the objectives
but when in life you feel blind
rise up to the sun and say to yourself
i am still alive
this particular thought i shared so that
it gives the hope
that we can still work on it and have a
brighter
and greener planet because we know this
is the only place
we call home and there is no planet b
doing your bit is a huge contribution
towards the environment you can practice
sustainable living
you can reuse the plastic you can also
make use
of the runoff that’s from the air
conditioned at home
offices or the aqua guard
these are things that are doable in your
day-to-day life
so whenever possible create that
awareness
help out each other discuss what is the
need of the hour
because trust me your actions
today will not only create a wave
but will bring a revolution
thank you