Posts by gabrielle parent-doliner


Cold water safety: 8 rules to live by
Gabrielle Parent-Doliner, Director of Swimmable Water Programs

Posted: March 4, 2025

Cold water safety: 8 rules to live by


Swim Guide has a Valentine's Day request for you 🌊💙
Gabrielle Parent-Doliner, Director of Swimmable Water Programs

Posted: February 10, 2025

Swim Guide has a Valentine's Day request for you


Preparing for your polar bear dip
Gabrielle Parent-Doliner, Director of Swimmable Water Programs

Posted: December 30, 2024

Preparing for your polar bear dip


The icky truth about water quality in public pools
Gabrielle Parent-Doliner, Director of Swimmable Water Programs

Posted: December 17, 2024

The icky truth about water quality in public pools


Historically Black beaches to visit this summer
Gabrielle Parent-Doliner, Director of Swimmable Water Programs

Posted: March 6, 2024

Angela Dennis is an editor, journalist and podcast Host. Her research includes an incredible profile ofsix historically Black beaches in the USA. All six beaches are in Swim Guide. The Swim Guide team amplified the important history of these beaches in their beach descriptions, crediting Dennis as well as other researchers, authors, and societies. You can click below to visit each beach.


Indicator Species: How are animals selected to tell us about our waterbodies?
Gabrielle Parent-Doliner, Director of Swimmable Water Programs

Posted: March 6, 2024

In October 2017 Swim Guide welcomed a new country to our family: Australia. In the process we learned that the platypus serve as an indicator species of the health of freshwater lakes in Eastern Australia. This got us thinking: Shouldn’t all animals and plants be able to represent the health of their habitats? How does an animal or plant get nominated as an indicator species for their habitat?

Have you noticed pollution at your local beach? Let us know.