Well we are back at the Brighton Science Festival again this year. http://www.brightonscience.com/2014/
As before the event is hosted by Hove Park School, which is also the school where Steve's daughter goes to 6th Form College.
As usual we took a display about my travels
Our display looks at our local beach at Shoreham where I live and how its connected to the global ocean. The beach is a nature reserve where the Friends of Shoreham Beach and the management group help look after the rare vegetated shingle habitat and during my travels I have been finding out how global issues such as climate change and plastic debris might endanger the beach at Shoreham.
The Friends of Shoreham Beach also had a fascinating stand telling people why Shoreham Beach is so special.
They also had a sea bird quiz and a beach litter quiz.
Steve did two talks during the day. The first talk was about the ocean and why its important. The ocean controls our weather and climate, provides freshwater, oxygen, medicines food and much more
I also had a visit from a young visitor who had brought his class bear to see me. the bear was called Barnaby. Each child in the class takes Barnaby home for a week and writes a journal of what the bear has been doing.
This is me with Barnaby.
In between the talks people could also watch a TED Talk by Sylvia Earle a legendary ocean researcher who has done so much to help our understanding of the oceans and share the message to others
You can see this inspiration talk by clicking the link below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43DuLcBFxoY
It was an amazing day and we were able to share my message with lots of visitors.
Bye for now, Ed the Bear
Hi Ed!
ReplyDeleteI'm in the UK and would love to come and visit you but I can't get a hold of you by e-mail. Please get in touch so that I can come and visit.
Your friend
Abby Aquarist :)
(from South Africa)