Tag: The International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem

Happy International Mangrove Day !!!

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Mangroves: Australia – thanks to Jacqui Dreessens for the video

Today is the International Day of the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem , 26th July.

Declared by UNESCO, this day is to “to raise awareness of the importance of mangrove ecosystems as a unique, special and vulnerable ecosystem and to promote solutions for their sustainable management, conservation and uses”.

Mangroves: United Arab Emirates – thanks to Geraldine Chansard for the video

We hoped to open our multi-media exhibition, with amazing events and workshops, honouring today. Due to Covid we had to postpone the opening until 7th August. Still, we will celebrate and commemorate this important day!

Happy International Mangroves Day!

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‘Mangroves from the Water’ is a group multimedia art exhibition that would have been opening today in Geelong, Australia, to celebrate the Mangroves Day 26 July, https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/mangroveday. 
Due to the Corona virus pandemic the exhibition has been postponed to 26 July, 2021.
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In celebration of the upcoming Mangroves Day, ‘Mangroves from the Water’ committed International artist Stephanie Neville has designed our poster.
In collaboration with the Mangroves Fosters Community, Ocean Tree Studio (Maya Greven) in Florida who have designed a poster for the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem.
Mangroves Foster Community

 

 

Mangroves from the Water artists and quest speakers are  artists are:

Alexis Gambis, Nicola Cerini, Enrico Santucci,  Deb Taylor, Richard Collopy, Jacqui Dreessens, Geraldine Chansard, Helen and Peter Martin, Malcolm Gardiner, scientist Oskar Serrano and Zahidah Zeytoun Millie

 

We are all excited to share this special day with fellow international eco-warriors passionate about the preservation of the mangroves!

Zahidah’s interview on The Sustainable Hour, 22 July

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In the run up to the International day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem (26 July), please tune in on Wednesday, 22 July to The Sustainable Hour, at 11 am, to listen to an interview with our curator Zahidah Zeytoun Millie!

Details: The Pulse 94.7 FM, Geelong, Victoria, community radio, at  11 a.m.

You can find the podcast here!

The Sustainable Hour:

By Anthony Gleeson, Jackie Matthews, Colin Mockett & Mik Aidt: The Sustainable Hour is a weekly podcast from Geelong, Australia, out at 11am on Wednesdays – for a green, clean, sustainable Geelong. We talk about how we make our houses and apartments, gardens and streets, our city, neighbourhood or village greener, cleaner, more beautiful, nicer to live in, healthier, more economical, connected and resilient while having fun with it too. Available in iTunes and Stitcher. More on http://www.podcast.climatesafety.info