My name is Nicole McLachlan, I’m a 21 year old Australian Marine Biology student and Ocean Advocate from the Gold Coast, and I have been actively pursuing a career in marine conservation for many years.
Please keep updated here on this blog, as I am focused on exposing and educating others on a number of marine conservation issues- both at home in Australia and worldwide.
My passion to bring the issues affecting the world’s oceans and the wildlife within has seen me travel all over the world. I am particularly involved in the education of teens and young adults about marine conservation, direct action activism and underwater videography.
Some of my conservation work includes: education of school and university students, ‘on the ground’ direct activism (including four months exposing and documenting the dolphin slaughter occurring in Taiji, Japan), as well as film making- I am currently in the process of creating a teen marine conservation documentary titled, ‘In Our Hands’.
Please check out my Facebook and Youtube Channel to follow my updates and videos!
If you would like to contact me with any comments, questions, or if you would like to organise for me to talk at a school, event or fundraiser, please email me at: pathtoprotect@hotmail.com
This year I am running a global marine conservation youth project to educate and inspire young adults, teenagers and children to get involved in protecting our oceans. The project is called In Our Hands with a simple mission to empower kids and younger generations to speak up for their future! To learn more about it and get involved yourself, click HERE. Or watch and share the video below this post!
Thank you for your support, and for following my path to protect!
Nicole.
Good job, Nicole, Keep up the fight for those of us who cannot fight anymore. Thank you Tom
Voted for IWC
Good luck!
VOTED for YOU! Thank You for the great job you do! Good luck!
Have you heard anything about how the earth quake and tsunami has affected the operations in Taiji?
Stop killing everywhere, we need peace and freedom to work on many projects, that our kids can also have an short trip in this wonderful SPACE, where we are living all together.
As a dive instructor and fellow conservationist trying to bring awareness myself all I can say is that we definitely need more people like you in the world. Awesome stuff!!
What you’re doing is absolutely awesome. The killing of marine life has gone on for too long. I watched a doco on shark finning tonight and was disgusted that there is no protection for those wonderful creatures either. Sea Shepard and people like yourself do a wonderful job. Keep up the great work!
Hi, im a marine biology student in Hull, UK id just like to say what your doing is amazing and i will definately spread the word. Keep it up!!
Best wishes
Nicc
The most beautiful video on an ugly subject I’ve ever seen. Great timing with the soundtrack too. Thanks for doing this.
The most beautiful video on an ugly subject. Great timing with the soundtrack too. Thanks for doing this.
your doing a wonderful job, keep letting the world no what is really happening out there!
I was wondering if you could post the actual web address of the video on your main page. I wanted to ‘share’ it but as soon as the video is over it just goes back to your page (I’m on my phone). Keep doing what you’re doing. It is very much appreciated.
those idiots should be punished!!
they ruined the natural food chain..
it may cuase us too much trouble if they still
kill the dolphins…
well done Nicole
you are one of many special Australian young ladies who is speaking how we feel about killing even the dolphins..
i would like to see again Harmony, Love and gratitude towards Nature and Earth..
Keep the good persistent work and i look forward to meet you..
God Bless you Girl
hi nicole well done on all your achievements keep up the good work
george
hi am am a student in elementry and you are my insperation i am going to ask my teacher to write letters to japan to sop killing dolphins and wells your going down japan
Nicole you are obviously a person who cares strongly about the planet and protecting its inhabitants.
Keep the faith – and I pray more youth follow your path.
I’m the volunteer media advisor for numerous environment projects here in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula: Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project, the Earth Keeper Initiative, the Earth Healing Initiative and more – all created by the nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute.
We have youtube (and other) channels and wordpress/blogspot blogs.
Right now our biggest fight- is trying to stop the Rio Tinto/Kennecott nickel and silver mine that will pollute Lake Superior and will destroy the Yellow Dog Plains and sacred Eagle Rock – all in the name of greed.
Anyway – was impressed by your heart and had encourage you to keeping fighting the good fight.
Nicole, I applaud your courage and your strength of character in sticking to your convictions and standing up for your beliefs. As a fellow Aussie, I’m proud of you and what you’re doing. I met Nao in Bunbury, WA and share her love for the bottlenose dolphins there and all over the world. I’ve also spent time in Japan and believe that the people at large lack awareness of the situation in Taiji, despite it happening in their own backyard, and helping to spread the word is one of the most valuable things you can do to help to end the slaughter. Keep up the good work and stay true to your heart, and you WILL make a difference.
The world needs more people like you Nicole
Nicole I admire you, I hope you’ll inspire lots of young… and older people!
Found your page on FB, and followed here, Excellent job NIcole, keep it up. What you are doing is simply Wonderful.
I don’t have any words to say. Just best of Luck for your future.
With Regards,
Rajendra Gautam
NEPAL
Cool.
Nicole, I will be following along with you, and reading of your conservation efforts. Again, you are encouraging to me. Best of luck, young lady. Sharon
Nicole great job, I am one of the varsity college students and even though it was a while back I am still very touched by the information you gave us. (Also when you scared us
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Thank you Nicole for everything your doing, from the bottom of my heart your one of my hero’s. I wish you all the very best ; )
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ocean-of-Tears/197588603634210
Hi,
well done Nicole. Your doing a wonderful job. Thanks for doing this.
Eva (Slovenia)
Hey, you talked at my school today. Alot of my friends and myself inculded were inspired by what you do and what you are trying to do. Keep up your AMAZING work!
take care,you are doing great…..schools are the answer the sooner the better they will convert the elders into a different way of thinking,and change their ways Maybe if it where posibile to stop the demand then there is no need for the supply but will it ever end as is the case in africa with black rhino…….when do you dicide when is enough,when its to late………………all the best……..
we are very happy about ur work .we are watching u and we vote 4 u dont give up the fight u ar a great girl
Wow, You also talked at my shcool nicole,
When you spoke…..i had tears in my eyes. I kept thinking that i want to help and be a part of this. PLease take care in taiji and rmember, enythhing is possible if you beleave it. This slaughter will end.
Love Aimee
I hope one day you can also come to Taiwan to spread the words and deliver awesome speeches to educate and enlighten more people to be aware of this issue. Thanks for what you have done for the lovely whales, for the world.
Hello Nicole !
I’m Marie LELONG, I’m french and I’m 17 years old.
I lived in many places (in Africa, in Mayotte… And I return in Africa for two years !) and since I was a young, I love sea… I want to be a marine biologist.
Later, during my studies, I want to be a cove guardian. But, I don’t know how to finance.
Please, do you have any information about this ? About a little job perhaps, to pay for housing, food… Because I’d really like to do that, but if I can not pay, it will be impossible for me…
If you have any information for me, please, answer me by mail.
Cordially,
Marie LELONG
P.S : Sorry for my bad English…
Hello Nicole!!! Thank you so much for making such a huge impact of saving our oceans!!!!
I am going to try and get as many hand prints as i can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks, Sarah!
I hope you exceed your goalsl. You’ve inspired me, If all goes well I may even post a youtube video of our sheet. Fingers crossed.
Thankyou very much, Darren- your support means a lot
Nicole
very, very good
you can show to the people , i can win more money show and protect them than kill them.
the ocean and cetaceans are in our heands
protect what we have better in the world