Ocean's Alive: An Evening of Conservation, Coastal Community and Ocean Care
Tue Mar 1, 18:00 - Tue Mar 1, 21:30
Two Oceans Aquarium
ABOUT
TUESDAY 1 MARCH – TWO OCEANS AQUARIUM
Hosted by Wavescape, Sentinel Ocean Alliance and Gone.
We present an evening with passionate “people of the sea” to find solutions to the multitude of threats we face to keep the ocean blue, the earth green, and the beaches beige and sandy.
In the light of numerous recent, and not so recent, challenges facing the oceans and coastal communities around South Africa, we profile NGO’s whose representatives seek solutions for the benefit of the planet and her people. This is not an evening to be weighed down by a heavy heart, despite the overwhelming sense that sometimes the obstacles are insurmountable, but to come together as a community to feel hope, and to gain inspiration, from those who create social and environmental impact for planet A. After all, there is no planet B.
We profile people from four NGOs: Sentinel Ocean Alliance, Sea Change Project, Litterboom Project and Protect the West Coast, with short films and talks, followed by a panel discussion with scientists, small-scale fishers' representatives, activists, and seafarers to dig deeper into issues facing us as ocean lovers. This is followed by a Q & A with the audience.
MCs
MCs Spike (founder, Wavescape)
Maryke Musson (former CEO, Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation)
Speakers
Marguerite Hofmeyr (Sentinel Ocean Alliance)
Grant Cleghorn (Gone.)
Kholofelo Sethebe (Sentinel Ocean Alliance)
Josh Redman (Litterboom Project)
Faine Loubser (Sea Change Project)
Camila Budden (Protect the West Coast)
Panelists
Kholofelo Sethebe and Frank Solomon (Sentinel Ocean Alliance)
Josh Redman (Litterboom Project)
Thando Mazomba (marine biologist and All Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance Ambassador)
Faine Loubser (Sea Change Project)
Hilda Adams (founder Weskusmandjie, South African Small Scale Fishers Collective)
Camila Budden (Protect the West Coast)
Serge Raemaekers (Founder, Abalobi)
Maddie Rasmussen (former Sea Shepherd activist who manages food choice organisation Oceaneers)
Date: Tuesday 1 March 2022
Time: Arrive 18h00 for refreshments
Event starts: 19h00
Venue: Two Oceans Aquarium, Dock Rd, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town, 8002