Sharks: from demonization to glorification
Recently I came across Ocearch, a shark tracking project which has produced some amazing videos of Great Whites and other sharks being tagged: One of the interesting shifts in my lifetime…
Tag: oceans
#Inktober2018 day 12 – #whale
Ok, I have been quite sporadic posting about Inktober. Here are my posts so far: #Inktober2018 Day 1: “Poisonous” #inktober2018 Day 2 – “Tranquil” #Inktober2018 Day 3 – #roasted #Inktober2018 Day 9…
#Inktober2018 Day 9 #Precious
I have been keeping up with Inktober, but for various reasons not as assiduously as last year. Perhaps it isn’t as novel, perhaps I am more critical of my own drawing skills,…
Benjamin Parzybok . “The Hole in the Reef”, Reckoning #1
From Reckoning “an annual journal of creative writing on environmental justice”, comes this tight little story about a father and son, the ocean, and waste by Benjamin Parzybok. A couple…
The Power of sound – Blogging the #Octonauts: Kwazii Meets the Mixed Up Whale
Following a recent post on possibly excessive self-sacrifice in an episode of the Octonauts, here’s a more unambiguously positive post on an episode which neatly illustrates an environmental issue that…
10 things I’ve learnt about conservation optimism
I have posted before about #OceanOptimism. This post is an interesting summary (in handy listicle format) of some learnings from the movement and the wider conservation optimism philosophy. This is…
#OceanOptimism & the psychology of powerlessness and hope from current BBC Wildlife Magazine
The current issue of BBC Wildlife Magazine has a fascinating cover story by Elin Kelsey on hope and optimism versus despair in how we think and act about the environment. Essentially, much…
Séamus Sweeney 