OCEAN LOVERS TALKS - JEWELS OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN

Join Tim Jarvis AM to hear about his work on the campaigns to protect Australia’s subantarctic islands and lessons learnt from his multiple journeys.

Tim Jarvis MSc, MEnvLaw is an environmental scientist, adventurer, author, public speaker and film-maker with more than 30 years experience working in the sustainability field. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) 2010 for services to the environment, community and exploration and is Australian of the Year 2024 for South Australia. Tim is committed to finding pragmatic solutions to major environmental issues related to climate change and biodiversity loss and uses his public speaking engagements, films and books to progress thinking in these areas.

Tim has been working with Save Our Marine Life for five years, campaigning for the creation of a one-million-square-kilometre East Antarctic Marine Park, adjacent to Australia’s land-based Antarctic territory. More recently, as our Ambassador, he’s been instrumental in helping to almost triple the size of Macquarie Island Marine Park – to a whopping 475,465 square kilometres – declared by Minister Plibersek in July 2023!

WHERE? High Tide Room, Bondi Pavilion

WHEN? 11:30 - 11:45 am, Saturday 23 March

Ocean Lovers Talks are a feature program of the Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival bringing you inspirational talks by leaders and luminaries, scientists, innovators, adventurers and future-proofers focused on solutions to better protect our ocean, promoting hopeful and inspiring views for the future.

The Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival is an annual celebration of Ideas, Art+Music & Actions, showcasing some of the latest innovations, science, state-of-the-art technology and cool ideas for helping the ocean. Be inspired and entertained with art, music, food, talks, stalls, workshops and more. Visit our website for more information.