HYDROSOUL'S
True North
Community connection creates commitment. Commitment builds capacity. Capacity enables conservation. Conservation sustains communities and strengthens the connection.
This regenerative philosophy guides every program, partnership, and investment made by HydroSoul. Rather than treating conservation, education, tourism, and enterprise as separate activities, HydroSoul integrates them into a single system that continually builds local conservation capacity.
President
Tom Geer
Treasurer
Tammy Geer
Education & Knowledge Systems Advisor
Andrew Knepper
Team Members
Program Logistics & Participant Coordinator
Jadin Lewis
VICE President
Tiffany Geer
Scientific Diving & Safety Advisor
Tyler Geer
Program Manager & Scientific Programs Lead
Shanelle Gilkes
Our Vision
A future where every Caribbean community possesses the knowledge, workforce, resources, and opportunities needed to steward healthy oceans and secure sustainable prosperity from the Blue Economy.
Our Mission
To strengthen marine conservation capacity by creating scalable pathways for community engagement, workforce development, conservation implementation, and sustainable ocean management throughout the Caribbean.
HISTORY & PROOF OF
Concept
Formalized in 2025, HydroSoul builds upon a decade-long family-led vision of ocean-based community empowerment and inclusive, adaptive diving.
In 2020, the acquisition of Aquanauts Grenada provided the commercial, educational, and field infrastructure necessary to test and refine the model.
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Community-based conservation initiatives successfully converted visitor experiences into recurring scholarship funding, establishing an early proof of concept that conservation activities could generate meaningful environmental, social, and economic outcomes simultaneously.
To bridge the gap between academic education and practical field competency, HydroSoul partnered with St. George's University (Department of Biology, Ecology and Conservation) to launch the Aqua Rangers program in October 2023.
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Since launch, 34 Aqua Rangers participants have earned more than 104 diving certifications, including five Master Divers, while approximately 82% are pursuing tertiary education in marine and conservation-related fields, of which 54% are female.
These outcomes demonstrate HydroSoul's ability to transform environmental engagement into meaningful educational, professional, and leadership opportunities.
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By 2026, the model achieved additional validation through the Grenada Sustainable Development Trust Fund's Our Bay Our Future initiative. Through this collaboration, HydroSoul helps train new cohorts of divers and conservation practitioners while supporting a long-term maintenance framework designed to be sustained through regenerative tourism rather than indefinite grant dependency.
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The HydroSoul model is intentionally designed to be replicable. Emerging collaborations with community organizations throughout the Eastern Caribbean, including Mayreau in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, demonstrate the potential for local partners to adapt and implement successful components of the model within their own communities.
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The approach was recognized by the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA), in partnership with CAST (Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism) and The Nature Conservancy, as the overall winner of the 2025 Caribbean Coral Reef Tourism Stewardship Award. As well the Grenada National Youth Award in 2026 for Outstanding Marine and Ocean Conservation Organization and the Grenada Chamber of Commerce in 2025 for Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality.