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Jill Heinerth

Oct 15
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Earth Friendly Cleaning Book

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How to Make Earth-Friendly Cleaning and Beauty Supplies Save money and save the planet by making your own time-saving organic cleaners.  There are many ways to save water and use less toxic chemicals in your life. I’ve compiled all my favorite recipes in this little book to give you a home reference guide for creating cleaners and beauty supplies out of inexpensive, earth-friendly materials. We’ve printed a small run of hard copies of the book in the US but would encourage you to purchase the inexpensive digital version. All proceeds will flow back into the We Are Water Project to…

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Oct 14
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Water Footprint

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If you have seen the film We Are Water, you’ve already been introduced to the concept of a water footprint. It takes water to grow, nurture and process the foods we eat every day. This article in Huffington Post this morning, helps put a number on the gallons of water per pound required for food production. After reading it, I hope you’ll consider eating a little less meat and being at least a part time vegetarian. It is good for the planet!

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Oct 06
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Earth’s Changes in Surprising Ways as Ice Melts

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This article in the Daily Beast confirms a simple truth. As we lose large areas of ice cover, the earth changes in dramatic ways. When I wrote the movie Ice Island in 2000, I learned that the ice was so thick over Antarctic that is squeezed the earth into a slight pear shape. The large mass also affects gravity and as we shift mass around the planet by melting ice, there are documentable changes that are happening very quickly. The Daily Beast sums it up well.

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Oct 01
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Boom Baby Boom – Volume One

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I’m so proud to announce that my husband Robert McClellan has released his first book. It has been a real journey of discovery for him. I recall the day almost eight years ago, when he expressed the desire to share his story. The revelations he shares in Boom Baby Boom represent a lifetime of challenge, discovery and hard knocks. We’ve been married for seven years and he has been an incredible asset to Heinerth Productions as a writer, producer and talented audio engineer. We’re both explorers in life, but his unique social perspective was formed on the working class streets of Philadelphia,…

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Sep 29
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Pre-Breathing and CO2

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Dr. Simon Mitchell of New Zealand, recently conducted a study that will no doubt rock diver’s understanding of their pre-breathe sequence. The study has not yet been published, but Mitchell felt it was important enough to present a preview at Eurotek last weekend in Birmingham, England. He also posted to CCR Explorers today. He says: I presented two studies at Eurotek. The first aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the 5 minute prebreathe in evaluation of CO2 scrubber function prior to diving a rebreather. This has been a controversial subject and we sought to gather some definitive data. Since this…

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Sep 21
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Earth Friendly Cleaning

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I’ve worked hard over the years to learn how to be a better steward of our planet and use less resources. I’ve also dedicated myself to finding products that are gentler on my body and the planet. I’ve collected and edited recipes for cleaning products and found natural beauty solutions that are more inline with my life philosophy. I decided to combine these into a small book so that others can share in this resource. I’m going to make it available on Kindle and other digital distribution networks and also print a limited number of paperbacks, understanding that some people will…

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Sep 17
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AP Diving Offers Exciting New Features

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AP Diving is showing off some new bling at the NEC Diving Show in Birmingham. They’ve aggressively jumped into the market with a bright new heads up display at a very reasonable price. The unit has been fully vetted with CE Approval setting a high bar for other manufacturers to follow. The unit can be retrofitted to existing rebreathers as an upgrade or ordered on new ones.  The following features are posted in their press release today: Vivid OLED colour display – with excellent readability even in very poor viz Conditional colouring indicates status changes – Green = good, Yellow = info…

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Sep 13
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Women Divers Hall of Fame 2015 Scholarships and Grants

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DEADLINE FOR 2015 WOMEN DIVERS HALL OF FAME SCHOLARSHIPS AND TRAINING GRANTS IS NOVEMBER 28, 2014   The Women Divers Hall of Fame™ (WDHOF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring and raising awareness of the contributions of outstanding women divers. WDHOF provides educational, mentorship, financial, and career opportunities to the diving community throughout the world. Each year, WDHOF awards scholarships and training grants that provide financial and educational support to individuals of all ages, particularly those who are preparing for professional careers that involve diving.    Scholarships are offered in conservation, marine biology, underwater archaeology, and journalism, graphic arts,…

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Sep 12
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Dive Safety – An Interview of Jill Heinerth

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ALERT DIVER, the prestigious and excellent publication of Divers Alert Network recently reached out to me with some questions about how I view dive safety. Establishing a culture of dive safety is of great importance to dive leaders and is central to Divers Alert Network’s mission. They’ll be sharing these thoughts and those of other experts in coming issues of their magazine. ALERT DIVER: Recreational diving culture; what does it mean to you? JILL HEINERTH: Sport diving is a community made up of many different subcultures. These small groups of divers are knitted together by their shop, club, charter operator…

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