Actress Photos Actress Cristina Zenato HD Photos and Wallpapers January 2024 By GethuCinema Admin January 22, 2024 Related Posts Actress Cristina Zenato HD Photos and Wallpapers June 2024 Actress Cristina Zenato HD Photos and Wallpapers May 2024 Actress Cristina Zenato HD Photos and Wallpapers April 2024 Actress Cristina Zenato HD Photos and Wallpapers March 2024 Actress Cristina Zenato HD Photos and Wallpapers December 2023 Share This Post FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsAppReddItTelegram I am banging my head against a rubber wall! That’s how I feel today. A rubber wall, because in a concrete wall, I might be able to make a dent, but against a rubber wall, my head bounces back, and the wall remains intact, while I get a major headache. Why? Very simple: there is nothing like the word shark for people to jump on the train of fear, closed mind, and unacceptance of the reality of them, coming back with comments about the viciousness and the mean demeanor of these animals, comparing them to this or that, without any personal in water experience, yet being such excellent keyboard experts in all that is sharks. Repeating the same cliches, the same sentence, clinging to beliefs that cannot and will never be changed, trying to convince me, on my profile, in my line of work, with 30 years of experience, that what they read on the internet has of course much more value than any life long experience. Part of my work is in education, and my mission is to help people transform fear into fascination or at least respect. I have decided to share this state of mind because if you, too, are involved in shark conservation and education, you might hit these walls, and it’s okay to feel this way. It doesn’t mean I will stop or give up; that is not an option; at the same time, it’s okay to share a state of mind that is not always positive and to show that feeling this way is part of the journey. If knowledge is water and different materials absorb water (knowledge) differently, let’s say today I came across an ocean of plastic! I kindly ask that you refrain from comments of the kind: “Deal with it,” “You are on the internet, what do you expect?” or “Ignore them.” Thank you for coming along with me on this journey! Follow your heart, it knows the way! But remember that there is always a price to pay and it’s up to us, not others, to decide if it is worth it. For me the biggest price has been being away from my family, missing most of the holidays, the milestones, the celebrations and the losses. And times doesn’t help, nor makes things easier. If anything time makes it harder; each year there is someone less to say “see you next time” to; every year there is someone we can’t visit anymore but in our memories. When I started this I thought one day it would hurt less; it doesn’t. It hurts more, perhaps because I already know the feeling and the pain that is to come. Now having two families with @kewinlorenzen instead of one, it has created an even higher price tag. I am not saying this for sympathy or words of encouragement, nor please don’t tell me “your choice” but to give a little behind the scenes of what it means to follow our heart. It is the most rewarding choice we could ever make, but it has a price and it’s up to us to decide if we are ready to pay it, sometimes over and over again. The dragon fly on this necklace by @goghjewelrydesign is my way to carry my grandmother with me. This is why everything we do matters. Great question by @becthediver during the S2:E19 episode with Cristina Zenato on The Scuba Diving Podcast (link to show in bio) 🤿🐠🪸 #oceanconservation #starfishstory #sharkconservation #scubadivingislife #inspire #sweetwaterscuba “It all started as an act of love towards the sharks I knew; seeing them suffer made me want to help them by removing the hooks they showed up with. Little did I know it would inspire people to want to help sharks all around me and start a conversation about how vulnerable sharks are from the presence of humans. Each hook and each shark in turn became ambassadors for the voiceless ones, they raise awareness towards the plight of sharks that are invisible to our attention and mostly our care. It’s a small hook that started a big conversation on how shark conservation goes beyond the hook itself and enters the world of food choices, legislation, land (yes land) development and consumerism. For each hook removed there is the hope for a better understanding that as individuals we have the power to change the world around us. Words by Cristina Zenato Video by @kewinlorenzen of @cristinazenato @isotta_underwater_housings @waterproofinternational @fourthelementdive @neptunic_com We are not only… More often than not, we allow society to stuff us into a box. People are so used to what we do that they expect us to always and only show that aspect. When we change, when we show a different side of ourselves when we speak about new, creativity, inventiveness, and being a lot more than one box, we may scare many away, we may deter them from following, and we become afraid of whom we want to be and to evolve into. We allow others to stuff us into a box and go quietly into the night. Why? Is it because we fear the consequences if we break out of the box? In a way, have we convinced ourselves that our choices are the only ones we can keep? In life, we change all the time; for sure, we cannot say we are the same age (fill in the blank) as when we were 18 (if you have already passed that age.) While I have an unmovable passion for sharks, oceans, caves, and their conservation, I have always had other interests and loves. I do not wake up every morning thinking only and solely about the sharks (gasp!) I do not always and only need the ocean; I love the mountains and the snow, and I can stay away from the sharks for a few weeks as I stay away from my pups when traveling for work. My diving has changed since I started; I had an encounter with a long-time guest a couple of months ago, and this person was shocked I was no longer guiding groups of divers on regular reef dives, as I did 30 years ago. I was hit with a “Oh, you are too good for that, now?” I am not; I have evolved as a scuba diving professional and ocean conservationist. I have seen and experienced different environments, I have matured, and I have changed. Who I am today doesn’t make me less than what I was yesterday, and I can be many different aspects in one. As I always say, we need to follow the heart in life, and the heart knows what’s best for us. When we deal with people, let’s try not to put them into a box and to try to watch them from different angles, understanding we come in 360 and not in a flat digital format. Image from a special day in the mountains while visiting my family and being caught up under a major snow storm by @kewinlorenzen If we always follow a plan we might miss an opportunity. When I started in this industry I had a plan, and it had nothing to do with scuba diving as a profession. Within months the plan disappeared and my life changed course. In the last few years it has changed over and over again; each time I didn’t follow a plan but I listened to what was my deepest desire and tried to realize it, changing yet again along the way. Keeping my mind open, keeping listening to what was really what mattered to me, I was able to catch opportunities I would otherwise ignore because not part of a “plan.” Many friends and well wishing people worry about my lack of plan for when I age, retire, become unable to do what I do, but the fact is, that while we plan for when we stop, we sacrifice doing what we really love to do. In a way it’s scary, at the same time, it’s what has allowed me to cross paths with @kewinlorenzen and for the two of us to build something new and unique, which we know, eventually will be subject to change. Image by @madeline.g.kennedy taken during our recent project together. Of the many arguments around shark diving tourism is that we should leave sharks alone. It is a great concept and one I would wholeheartedly agree with. If a healthy population of sharks existed, we would see sharks everywhere. Unfortunately, our presence on this planet and the changes we have caused since the industrial revolution have put tremendous pressure on the oceans, including sharks. Most sharks present a combination of slow growth and late sexual maturity, long gestation periods and small litters. Combining these elements doesn’t allow sharks to compensate for the pressure posed by modern fishing. The high demand for shark fin soup and by-catch has put a strain on populations worldwide, bringing many species on the verge of extinction. Sharks are a vital component in the food web; as an apex predator and mesopredator. Healthy and protected populations of sharks guarantee balanced eco-systems. Sharks play an essential role in maintaining an equilibrium between the species on the food web. They act as ocean cleaners and remove weak, sick, and dead creatures. By keeping control over the number of individuals per species, they maintain coral reef and seagrass habitats, contributing to a broader diversity and concentration of individuals. Shark tourism is a viable solution to shark conservation through economic benefits. Governments, such as The Bahamas, Palau, and Fiji, have realized the economic and natural advantages of promoting shark tourism and protecting sharks. The Bahamas register an average annual 113.8 million dollars in revenue in shark tourism, 109.4 million directly from shark diving. These numbers exclude the extra income produced by the additional activities conducted both by the divers and the traveling partners during a single stay in the Country for shark diving. Shark Diving Tourism is currently beneficial to both sharks and the local economies; however, like anything else, it needs to be conducted with consideration for the people involved, the people who might visit the area before or after and the sharks themselves. But these points are for the next post! 📸 by @kewinlorenzen during our CZKL liveaboard trip I have recently celebrated another spin around the sun. What does it mean for me? Another year to ponder, evolve, develop and hopefully to inspire the future generations to protect our oceans and the sharks. Another year to appreciate even more this precious gift called life. But mostly another year to learn more that “There is no explanation required” for following our dreams, and for staying true to our hearts. It is not always easy to keep the external voices trying to convince us that what we are doing is not, full in the blank. Those words are a projection of their fears, their doubts, their frustrations, they are not really directed at us. For that reason we don’t need to explain who, why, when. We need to be, that is the best explanation and example we can provide. Wearing @slipinsurfskins The business of shark and ocean conservation I recently received comments about loving my work but being disappointed about the commercial side of some of my posts. The comment shamed me for using an emotional connection to a token I was wearing that was part of raising funds for our work and told me they hoped I would find myself again. I am all here that I can guarantee. I am commercial; I have to be commercial. I learned to be a little more as I used to feel guilty charging for my services, knowledge, expertise, and years of dedicated work. Like everyone else, I have to make a living, and my living is made by being a professional scuba diver, providing unique encounters and experiences with sharks, teaching and guiding in caves, and using tech gear such as rebreathers. I use products I love, I have purchased and used for years before we started to collaborate, and in exchange, we support each other in our work and mission. It is an aspect we need to accept to keep functioning and being able to continue our contribution. In return, I use my income to welcome students into my life, to teach them for free, to conduct online education free of charge, to explore, map, and collect data for caves we submit for review and conservation, to go out and remove hooks from sharks on our time off, to provide images and content to many who are seeking support for their educational and conservation mission and so much more. Many of these actions we do not advertise; we do them. Being commercial is one aspect of the business; it does not take away from who we are, what we do with all our heart, and the results of our efforts. Image @kewinlorenzen @neptunic_com I often receive different questions about the shiver of Caribbean Reef sharks I work with. 👉some answers 👇 1. We name the sharks after a repeated recorded presence of at least six months on the site 2. We wait to see which markings stay and do not disappear in the time the new shark keeps coming back; we usually pick three to four different markings to first ID the shark, then keep the one that remains 3. Yes they are all mostly girls; males occasionally show up when injured, sick or during mating season 4. The girls show up when sexually mature, at about 3ft long 5. In Caribbean Reef sexual maturity is by size not age 6. We record them with video and ID images, measure them and keep a data base 6. We also keep a log of each sighting each time 7. The name is decided based on the markings to make the ID fast and the connection between a person seeing them and recognizing them immediately 8. A name reflects a marking, sometimes together with a personal trait. 9. They are individuals, they act and think differently and with each one the relationship is slightly different 10. The longest recorded presence has been 14 years; they live an average of 15-18 years. @neptunic_com @scubapro @waterproofinternational I watched for the 1000s time these different species of sharks, some considered “dangerous” or even “aggressive,” a word I do not like to use to describe animals, sharing their space with our small group of divers during our liveaboard experience. Although I have been here many times before, I have seen all of this unfolding over and over; my brain could not stop going back to the negative push that sometimes organized shark dives receive, mainly from those who have never been on one and do not understand sharks and their behavior. I watched Tiger sharks mixing with Bulls, Lemons, and the Caribbean, all cruising in front, around, and behind each other and our divers, and once again wished that everyone could watch this, realize the reality of sharing the space with sharks, and how with knowledge and understanding it is possible to learn more, love more and ultimately protect more. Images taken by me yesterday during one dive: Bull Shark, Carcharhinus leucas Lemon Shark, Negaprion brevirostris Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Tiger sharks swimming over divers Lemon shark resting in between divers With @kewinlorenzen on board @shark_explorers for our liveaboard trip to learn more about the sharks in The Bahamas. @isotta_underwater_housings @waterproofinternational @scubapro @fourthelementdive I watched for the 1000s time these different species of sharks, some considered “dangerous” or even “aggressive,” a word I do not like to use to describe animals, sharing their space with our small group of divers during our liveaboard experience. Although I have been here many times before, I have seen all of this unfolding over and over; my brain could not stop going back to the negative push that sometimes organized shark dives receive, mainly from those who have never been on one and do not understand sharks and their behavior. I watched Tiger sharks mixing with Bulls, Lemons, and the Caribbean, all cruising in front, around, and behind each other and our divers, and once again wished that everyone could watch this, realize the reality of sharing the space with sharks, and how with knowledge and understanding it is possible to learn more, love more and ultimately protect more. Images taken by me yesterday during one dive: Bull Shark, Carcharhinus leucas Lemon Shark, Negaprion brevirostris Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Tiger sharks swimming over divers Lemon shark resting in between divers With @kewinlorenzen on board @shark_explorers for our liveaboard trip to learn more about the sharks in The Bahamas. @isotta_underwater_housings @waterproofinternational @scubapro @fourthelementdive I watched for the 1000s time these different species of sharks, some considered “dangerous” or even “aggressive,” a word I do not like to use to describe animals, sharing their space with our small group of divers during our liveaboard experience. Although I have been here many times before, I have seen all of this unfolding over and over; my brain could not stop going back to the negative push that sometimes organized shark dives receive, mainly from those who have never been on one and do not understand sharks and their behavior. I watched Tiger sharks mixing with Bulls, Lemons, and the Caribbean, all cruising in front, around, and behind each other and our divers, and once again wished that everyone could watch this, realize the reality of sharing the space with sharks, and how with knowledge and understanding it is possible to learn more, love more and ultimately protect more. Images taken by me yesterday during one dive: Bull Shark, Carcharhinus leucas Lemon Shark, Negaprion brevirostris Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Tiger sharks swimming over divers Lemon shark resting in between divers With @kewinlorenzen on board @shark_explorers for our liveaboard trip to learn more about the sharks in The Bahamas. @isotta_underwater_housings @waterproofinternational @scubapro @fourthelementdive I watched for the 1000s time these different species of sharks, some considered “dangerous” or even “aggressive,” a word I do not like to use to describe animals, sharing their space with our small group of divers during our liveaboard experience. Although I have been here many times before, I have seen all of this unfolding over and over; my brain could not stop going back to the negative push that sometimes organized shark dives receive, mainly from those who have never been on one and do not understand sharks and their behavior. I watched Tiger sharks mixing with Bulls, Lemons, and the Caribbean, all cruising in front, around, and behind each other and our divers, and once again wished that everyone could watch this, realize the reality of sharing the space with sharks, and how with knowledge and understanding it is possible to learn more, love more and ultimately protect more. Images taken by me yesterday during one dive: Bull Shark, Carcharhinus leucas Lemon Shark, Negaprion brevirostris Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Tiger sharks swimming over divers Lemon shark resting in between divers With @kewinlorenzen on board @shark_explorers for our liveaboard trip to learn more about the sharks in The Bahamas. @isotta_underwater_housings @waterproofinternational @scubapro @fourthelementdive I watched for the 1000s time these different species of sharks, some considered “dangerous” or even “aggressive,” a word I do not like to use to describe animals, sharing their space with our small group of divers during our liveaboard experience. Although I have been here many times before, I have seen all of this unfolding over and over; my brain could not stop going back to the negative push that sometimes organized shark dives receive, mainly from those who have never been on one and do not understand sharks and their behavior. I watched Tiger sharks mixing with Bulls, Lemons, and the Caribbean, all cruising in front, around, and behind each other and our divers, and once again wished that everyone could watch this, realize the reality of sharing the space with sharks, and how with knowledge and understanding it is possible to learn more, love more and ultimately protect more. Images taken by me yesterday during one dive: Bull Shark, Carcharhinus leucas Lemon Shark, Negaprion brevirostris Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Tiger sharks swimming over divers Lemon shark resting in between divers With @kewinlorenzen on board @shark_explorers for our liveaboard trip to learn more about the sharks in The Bahamas. @isotta_underwater_housings @waterproofinternational @scubapro @fourthelementdive How big is the size of your dreams? Dreams become reality when we put our minds to it, but they do not become true out of magic. For Dreams to come true we need to put in hard work and determination. In my words it’s called stubborn, 😂 If I had not been “determined” I would have listened to those who tried to deter me, who tried to undermine and convince of the many reasons why my career choices were not the right ones, the good ones, and more specifically the inappropriate (read for a woman) ones. So show up with your dreams and roll your sleeves up, and when they say “you can’t” remember to answer “watch me!” Image by @kewinlorenzen @slipinsurfskins Moving with the weather, we used the winds to sail to Bimini and are planning to sit here and dive with Great Hammerheads and on other sites for the remaining days at sea. Once again, these sharks share the same environment and swim around divers and fish, aware of their and our presence. Many are surprised sharks won’t go after the fish swimming around us; they don’t because the fish are healthy, and there is no need to remove them from the ocean’s food web. As humans, we can learn a lot from sharks; one of the lessons is that they take what and when they need it; they do not overkill, overstore, or overconsume. They share their space with their possible prey in a balanced manner. This behavior is the reality of sharks. As much as we hear about it, seeing it in the first person leaves an impression that makes us change how we view the world and the relationship we need to establish with nature, not against it. We had a fantastic first day with four hammers, including Gaia and Queen, and a carpet of nurse sharks. With @kewinlorenzen on board @shark_explorers @isotta_underwater_housings @waterproofinternational @scubapro @fourthelementdive Moving with the weather, we used the winds to sail to Bimini and are planning to sit here and dive with Great Hammerheads and on other sites for the remaining days at sea. Once again, these sharks share the same environment and swim around divers and fish, aware of their and our presence. Many are surprised sharks won’t go after the fish swimming around us; they don’t because the fish are healthy, and there is no need to remove them from the ocean’s food web. As humans, we can learn a lot from sharks; one of the lessons is that they take what and when they need it; they do not overkill, overstore, or overconsume. They share their space with their possible prey in a balanced manner. This behavior is the reality of sharks. As much as we hear about it, seeing it in the first person leaves an impression that makes us change how we view the world and the relationship we need to establish with nature, not against it. We had a fantastic first day with four hammers, including Gaia and Queen, and a carpet of nurse sharks. With @kewinlorenzen on board @shark_explorers @isotta_underwater_housings @waterproofinternational @scubapro @fourthelementdive We have embarked on the first 2024 educational CZKL liveaboard trip around The Bahamas to allow divers to meet and learn about at least seven different species of sharks; at the same time, someone published an article about the consistent global decline of shark populations, despite new conservation laws. Enforcement in a vast, wide ocean will always be a significant issue, especially when paired with individuals who are offered shark fins 100 times more than what they could dream of making with any other job. The shark fin markets exploit social differences and low-income populations; these populations cannot ignore those offers when making ends meet is an essential survival matter. Those who fin sharks on the boats are, at times, the desperate people of these societies, and it’s with them that we need to work, not against them. Better solutions and education to show how a living shark can provide better income than a dead one for them and their kids would be a significant step forward. Still, we also need people to step off their pedestal condemning lead shark encounters. Through our work and throughout The Bahamas, live shark encounters are a viable way for locals to make a living and understand that protecting sharks provides a long-term income. For our trips, we only use local live aboard, owned and managed by local people registered in The Bahamas; it provisions here and asks people to come into the Country, providing a radiate income for those not directly involved in shark diving. We currently have three more trips scheduled for 2024 (all fully booked) and four more for 2025 (three fully booked and one with still space on board- April 6-16.) If you want to learn more about our trips, message us at [email protected]. The current price for 2025 is $5924 per person, with a maximum capacity of six individuals on the boat. Image by @kewinlorenzen from our Caribbean Reef shark encounter from yesterday, January 17th 2024. @isotta_underwater_housings @neptunic_com @waterproofinternational @scubapro @fourthelementdive PAUSE. I have not posted about the new year. Charging ourselves with too many goals and expectations and thinking that one day (31st December) into another (1st January) makes a complete difference in who we are, and how we think, act, and react will set us up for disappointment. I love to pause. Starting with what we are familiar and slowly building change, is a better formula than expecting ourselves to be instantly changed at the gong of midnight as we were Cinderella. Change comes slowly, slower than we wish and it comes with self-understanding, love, and mostly forgiveness. This attitude works in most aspects of our lives. Image by @kewinlorenzen while freediving in the winter sunrays of Owl Hole, Grand Bahama Island, The Bahamas. @isotta_underwater_housings @fourthelementdive “Imagine you are in a completely dark room; what will you do? – Stop imagining” it’s the cute joke by a six-year-old I hear while we sit at the table. “Stop imagining.” I cannot get the punchline out of my head. How perfect when placed in a sentence about sharks, what we imagine they are, and how they behave compared to the facts and reality. “Stop imagining” How the sound of the word “shark” evokes only certain species and fear-fueled information. Stop Instead, let’s open our minds to the over 500 species of sharks, their span in size and behavior, their acceptance of our presence in their territory, the rarity of a negative encounter, and the timeless beauty of the more numerous positive ones. Imagine their beauty, their presence as a blessing to the health of the oceans and as a consequence to us. Imagine a different fate for sharks. Stunning image of Hook by @kewinlorenzen with @isotta_underwater_housings @waterproofinternational @scubapro I would love to introduce you to one of our old timers, Ms. Caribbean Reef Shark Liz. I have known Liz for ten years. She is one of the mature females on the site at 8ft11inches. She might be one of the hardest ones to recognize at first look because her name comes from the little black dot on her nose. It reminds me of the mark of beauty Liz Taylor used to have and as it was not going away, decided that would be the perfect name to give her. Liz is easily approachable but not very keen on remaining my lap, so you might never see her relax with me, but she is constantly present and seeing her every day makes me very happy. Macro picture of her beauty mark by @kewinlorenzen with @isotta_underwater_housings @waterproofinternational @neptunic_com A “tail” from a different world. It’s the world of sharks, so different and unique from ours. They are not mammals; they do not feel, taste, hear, see, or detect their world as we do. There are no terms of comparison, making it even harder to understand and appreciate them. I have made it my lifetime mission to interpret what sharks are so that they can be better understood and appreciated. Image by @kewinlorenzen during our trip to Tiger Beach to explore and understand the world of sharks. @isotta_underwater_housings @waterproofinternational @peopleofthewater @scubapro @paditv “Never Apologize For Being a Powerful Woman” Homage to Coco Chanel as a thank you to a wonderful woman and amazing supporter Monica Paterlini. Underwater Image created with @kewinlorenzen for @damapreziosa @isotta_underwater_housings TagsCristina Zenato Previous articleActress Dulceida HD Photos and Wallpapers January 2024Next articleActress Jo Hye-joo HD Photos and Wallpapers January 2024