ACTIVE ENVIRONMENTALISM: Episode 1 - Understanding the Ocean with Oliver Steeds - ‘You can’t value what you don’t know’

27/01/2021 25 min Temporada 1 Episodio 1

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Episode Synopsis

Recorded on Wednesday 13 January 2021 - as part of our 'Active  Environmentalism' series of talks and exhibitions.  
Online conversation with Olly Steeds on his mission to genome the ocean.  Oliver is Chief Executive and Mission Director of Nekton - a  not-for-profit, charitable research foundation established to accelerate  the scientific exploration and protection of the ocean. 
Prior to  Nekton, Oliver was a critically acclaimed investigative journalist  including with NBC, ABC, Channel 4, Al Jazeera, Discovery Channels.  Depending on who you are ask, Oliver is either a ‘leading ocean  explorer’ (Economist) or ‘part Captain Nemo, part Steve Zissou’  (Telegraph). By his own admission, he is not a very good submersible  pilot. Oliver is also co-founder of the educational non-profit,  Encounter EDU and the Ocean’s Academy.r a conversation with Olly Steeds  on his mission to genome the ocean.