This Saturday (29th Apr) Quay Arts is pleased to co-host a free event exploring the World’s Oceans and Deep Sea Mining devised by artist Emma Critchley.
The deep ocean covers more than 60 per cent of the planet with biodiversity that is equal to our tropical rainforests.
Today concentrations of minerals formed across the deep seabed are holding the attention of both researchers and the mining industry as a potential resource for smart and ‘green’ technologies.
Should we mine the seabed?
This year a question that has been debated for decades has reached a legal precipice: should we mine the seabed?
Whether you are interested in art, the environment, climate change, the imaginative space of the ocean, or would just like to learn more about this rarely explored topic, you are warmly invited to join us for this very special event.
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FREE Take part in person or online.(Please book your tickets via Eventbrite Website.
The afternoon includes a short film screening, panel discussion / Q&A (see more detail on panel members below) and workshops with opportunities to handle deep sea objects.
Madeline Warner, The Ocean Foundation
Madeline (Maddie) Warner is an ocean science communication specialist at The Ocean Foundation and a current graduate student at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, pursuing an MA in International Environmental Policy with a concentration in Ocean and Coastal Resource Management.
She works to bring conversations around protecting our deep ocean to the public and educates The Ocean Foundation’s online community through multimedia content. Maddie focuses on international policy for deep ocean conservation, deep seabed mining, ensuring stakeholder inclusion, and the preservation of Underwater Cultural Heritage.
Socials: @maddiiewarnerr on Instagram, and tag @theoceanfoundation
Jon Copley, Professor of Ocean Exploration and Science Communication at the University of Southampton
Jon is a marine biologist investigating the patterns of life in deep-sea environments that cover most of our world. His research involves discovering new species in the deep ocean, and he is interested in exploring what we can learn from them for medicine and materials science.
Jon also studies the life-cycles of deep-sea animals, which may help us to understand their vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, pollution, and extraction of resources. He works with documentary makers to share the exploration of the deep ocean with wider audiences, for example as a contributor to BBC Blue Planet II, and he is an author of popular science books about the deep sea. Twitter handle: @expeditionlog
Khadija Steward, Regional Representative – Caribbean Sustainable Ocean Alliance
Khadija Stewart is an enthusiastic ocean and climate specialist from Trinidad and Tobago using innovative storytelling as a catalyst to raise awareness and mobilise behaviour change. She holds an MSc in Climate Change and Development from SOAS University of London as well as a 2nd MSc in Sustainable Development and Management Studies from Kingston University London.
Throughout her environmental journey, she has represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 8th World Water Forum with the World Youth Parliament for Water in 2018, at the Peace Boat Ocean and Climate Youth Ambassador Program in 2019, at the Our Ocean Youth Leadership Summit in Oslo with Sustainable Ocean Alliance also in 2019, at the UN Ocean Conference in 2022 and at the Our Ocean Conference in Panama 2023.
Presently, she is the founder of Ecovybz Environmental Creatives a company focused on opening access to environmental knowledge, building young leaders and developing impactful environmental content creation centred on Climate Change, Ocean Conservation and Water Resources. Some examples of her work include the Caribbean Ocean Perspectives E-Magazine and the Thinking Beyond The Tides capacity-building workshop series. She is also the host of the EcoVybz Podcast and the Caribbean Regional Representative for Sustainable Ocean Alliance working on Deep Sea Mining. Social media handle: @ecovybz on all platforms
