June Newsletter - Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival

VOLVO OCEAN LOVERS FESTIVAL - JUNE NEWSLETTER

    
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Welcome!
We are headed back to Bondi Beach for a celebration of Hope for the Ocean in November this year. Join us, with our new naming rights partner Volvo, from November 25th to 28th for the Festival of Ideas, Art + Music and Actions for the ocean. It is all free and with the support of Waverly Council. We have a new location in Bondi Beach Park North, adjacent to the Bondi Surf Club - you can literally wander off the beach to hear some 'Science in your Swimmers' and boogie to our bands in your boardies, see some art in your bikini, dive into an installation at Icebergs and more. Let's make it a date in the first year of the UN Ocean Decade, United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

Volvo Ocean Rescue
Volvo Australia are stamping their world leading ocean credentials right here in Australia, becoming the naming rights sponsor of the Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival where we will showcase their amazing Living Seawall  ocean restoration project.
 
Volvo are the world’s first car company to cease building fossil fuel combustion engines. They will join us in Bondi with the Sydney Institute of Marine Science to showcase ocean science solutions in the famous Bondi Icebergs swimming pool. It is so easy to be inspired when you meet the marine scientists saving our oceans in our very own beach backyard.
 
Volvo advocates design and innovation as the essence of solutions. With Volvo Car Australia supporting the Living Seawall ocean conservation project they are restoring artificial marine habitats to regenerate healthy marine ecosystems. The smart and stylish design replicates mangrove habitat and it has been enormously successful in cleaning up Sydney Harbour – home to more unique marine species than the entire Mediterranean. Come “Sea Science” for free in the pool during the festival.

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Dive In Without Getting Wet 
Underwater Earth (UWE), our official charity partner, will exhibit their spectacular Out of Sight, Out of Mind photography exhibition. It’s an experience not to be missed. You can all use a QR code nowadays so bring along a device to literally dive into their underwater images without getting wet. Have a look here at their latest venture and come see the exhibition at the Festival from November 25th. Try the QR code on screen with your phone camera.
 
Donations Open
Our supporters can now make tax-deductible donations with UWE to get behind the festival so get in touch with us if you are interested in becoming an Ocean Lover before EOFY for a deduction. A big thank you to our long term festival major donor Rob Keldoulis and Vivcourt for their support. 
anita@oceanloversfestival.com.au
 
 

Litterarty Expands with Explorers 
We are excited to have Australian Geographic become a partner and particularly support our school Litterarty waste-art competition with prizes of their Explorers magazines. We have expanded our competition nationally this year and have committed to bringing finalist artworks from anywhere in Australia to Bondi to exhibit at the Bondi Surf Club. We encourage kids from Kindy to Year 12 to get involved. Award-winning artists John Dahlsen and Marina Debris are among our esteemed judges. You will be amazed what our young artists have to say and share in their love of the ocean.
 
See our website for free entry details and high-quality ocean curriculum teaching resources from Cool Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum.

Register here

Eco Markets Open
The popular Ocean Lovers Eco Markets will return for the festival weekend in our amazing beachside park location. Dozens of stalls and displays will showcase innovative products and projects that don’t cost the earth and enhance or protect the ocean’s environment and wildlife. It’s a fantastic way to discover cool companies and ideas you can support and enjoy the atmosphere in our Festival Hub where a full day of entertainment includes inspiring talks and ocean loving bands on stage until sundown.

Register here

Inspired by the Ocean
We are delighted to again receive an Inspiring Australia science education grant to bring you our Ocean Lab program. There will be free workshops across our festival weekend in a big marquee at the Festival Hub by the beach. The fabulous Fizzics team will present shows like the Deep Blue Ocean Workshop, The Weird World of Water and the Slimy Lab.  

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Meet the Scientists
Congratulations to the indomitable Dr Vanessa Pirotta whose spectacular humpback whale research hit front pages and TV in recent weeks for her work with Macquarie University’s marine predator research group. Vanessa is one of our Ocean Lovers Festival Ambassadors and will be joining us for “Science in your Swimmers” talks on our Sunshine Stage at the Festival Hub in November. There might even be some whales still cruising by Bondi to accompany her discussion. She is responsible for pioneering innovative drone technology to enable her studies of whales and dolphins. This year, this mermaid of science was named an official Superstar of STEM by Science and Technology Australia.
 

Fish Tank Fun
We launched our Fish Tank campaign to hook some great ideas for the ocean last year. You can see interviews online with a few fabulous eco- innovators. We would love to discover more inspiring ideas and we know there are a few young people out there with an idea to help the ocean. So, we are opening up our Fish Tank to all ages. Get in touch if you have a great idea for the ocean and want to share your inspiration.

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Volunteers Are On
We didn’t even get the Festival on with COVID last year and the UN says we still promoted a bunch of their Sustainable Development Goals, (SDGs). We are proud and also grateful to the almost 100 volunteers who committed to the festival in 2020. The United Nations Association of Australia is again helping us put together a great volunteer program full of opportunities for 2021. Come join us!

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To Watch
Playing with Sharks - The Valarie Taylor Story
In select cinemas until Wednesday June 30th
On Disney+ from Thursday July 1st
 
The extraordinary life story of pioneering scuba diver, Valerie Taylor, a fearless marine maverick whose passion for sharks knows no bounds - even when there should be.
 
Valerie Taylor is the inaugural Ocean Lovers Lifetime Legend recipient and an icon in the underwater world. A glamorous shark hunter in the1950s, she was a champion slayer with ruthless aim before a personal epiphany transformed her in to a passionate marine conservationist – notably for the ocean’s scariest creature, the shark. Long before anyone else, Valerie dared to get close.
 
This is her incredible true story, swimming against the tide of human misconception of sharks and putting herself on the front line for sharks for over 70 years.

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