Asparagopsis & the anthropocene - HoldFast part 2

🧑‍🎨🪸 Welcome to Part 2 of our conversation for HoldFast! You’ll like this episode if you’re curious about the thermal tolerance of kelps and a vision of the near future from a molecular ecologist, if you want a first-hand account of managing a coral restoration project during a cyclone, if you find the word ‘hydrocommons’ alluring.

We hear from Leza Howie, Josephine Johnson and Nicole Steenhoff, three WA-based artists who have organised the HoldFast exhibition in Walyalup (Fremantle). We hear stories from Norway from Dr. Antoine Minne, dip into coral restoration with Research Director of WAMSI, Dr. Jenny Shaw, and - last but not least - we get an insight into asparagopsis (beyond the methane story!) from Tom Puddy, managing director of SeaStock.

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Links to guests and other stuff in this ep:

Leza Howie - artist

Nicole Steenhof - artist

Josephine Johnson - artist

Dr. Antoine Minne

Gecokelp Project - Kelp forests in the anthropocene

White Rock - short film by the Great Southern Reef Foundation

Bodies of Water, Human Rights and the Hydrocommons - Astrida Neimanis

SeaStock