Oceans 2019 is this weekend!

Published 6 years agoon September 10, 2019

Oceans 2019 is a non-profit day festival bringing together global conservation organisations, artists, divers, surfers, educators, families, scientists and the public to celebrate our blue planet!

With expert guest speakers, workshops and a VR experience, Oceans 2019 provides a platform to encourage collaboration, positivity and active participation in ocean conservation.

Date: Saturday 14^th September

Place: Clifton High School, Bristol, BS8 3JD

Time: 10am – 5pm

Tickets: Free for under 16 year olds, £10 for a festival ticket, £8.50 for a Virtual Reality ticket. Click here to buy your tickets.

Who’s involved: Marine Conservation Society, WWF, Greenpeace, Extinction Rebellion, Lizzie Daly – Wildlife Presenter for BBC Earth, Surfers Against Sewage, Manta Trust, City to Sea, Blue Ventures, Basking Shark Scotland, Wildlife film-maker Matt Brierley, Viva, Action for Conservation, Tread Lighter – Libby Bowles, The Wave Project, Fins Attached & SharkWater Extinction, WDC (Whale and Dolpin Conservation), Sharks4Kids, Zero Green, Michelle Cassar – Plastic A Lot Less & childrens story book, LAMAVE (Large Marine Vertebrates), Project Seagrass, Feedback, Stu McLellan illustrator, The Marine Diaries, Plymouth Beach Clean, Limina Virtual Reality

Sponsors: Save Our Seas, Incredible Oceans

For more details please follow the links below:

Website: https://oceansfestuk.com

Facebook event page

Facebook: @OceansFestUK
Twitter: @OceansFestUK
Instagram: @OceansFestUK

Nick and Caroline Robertson-Brown

Nick and Caroline (Frogfish Photography) are a married couple of conservation driven underwater photo-journalists and authors. Both have honours degrees from Manchester University, in Environmental Biology and Biology respectively, with Nick being a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, a former high school science teacher with a DipEd in Teaching Studies. Caroline has an MSc in Animal Behaviour specializing in Caribbean Ecology. They are multiple award-winning photographers and along with 4 published books, feature regularly in the diving, wildlife and international press They are the Underwater Photography and Deputy Editors at Scubaverse and Dive Travel Adventures. Winners of the Caribbean Tourism Organization Photo-journalist of the Year for a feature on Shark Diving in The Bahamas, and they have been placed in every year they have entered. Nick and Caroline regularly use their free time to visit schools, both in the UK and on their travels, to discuss the important issues of marine conservation, sharks and plastic pollution. They are ambassadors for Sharks4Kids and founders of SeaStraw. They are Dive Ambassadors for The Islands of The Bahamas and are supported by Mares, Paralenz, Nauticam and Olympus. To find out more visit www.frogfishphotography.com

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