Inspirational piece about how everyday people can create change in their lives and communities by being aware of how simple actions lead to global change. Featuring the ocean guardians who appear in the documentary film Blue.

This short film summarises the importance of the ocean in keeping our planet helping and the challenges our ocean faces because of the pressures of human activity including overfishing, development and climate change.

Lucas Handley who features in BLUE the film, explains how the rate of change that is occurring within our oceans is unprecedented. This is due to the impacts of climate change.

Our oceans are being emptied. Technology enables unsustainable fishing to flourish. Sustainable fishing is possible if the numbers caught are low enough and the capture methods to do not destroy the ecosystem or reproductive capacities of the species.

A short film about Valerie Taylor - how she started in marine conservation work and got into film making through her husband Ron Taylor. Valerie Taylor continues to advocate for the protection of critical marine habitats. Through her campaigning efforts she prevented oil exploration in Ningaloo Marine Park, overturned mining rights on Coral Sea Islands, won protection for many places on the Great Barrier Reef before it was given World Heritage status and lobbied for the maintenance of sanctuary zones in South Australia.

A look at the personal drivers, history and achievements of Lucas Handley who features in the film BLUE. In his interview Lucas describes his experience as a free diving and how it has taken him around the world. He now works with Scuba for Change, an organisation that invests in Pacific Island communities and their sustainable future. He is helping villagers in the Solomon Islands keep their reefs intact by developing their own ecotourism enterprises.

In this interview Valerie Taylor, who features in the documentary film Blue, talks about her experience working with sharks and her close encounters. With archive footage, she talks about how she had to put fillets of fish under her mesh suit in order to get a shark to bite her.

A poem which explores how plastic pollution is affecting seabirds and the forests they live in. Narrated by sea bird scientists, Dr Jennifer Lavers who features in BLUE the film

Lucas Handley, the free diver and scientist who appears in the film BLUE, describes the process of coral bleaching with reference to the current changes on the Great Barrier Reef. The GBR is now experiencing its second wave of bleaching in two years.

Tim Silverwood is a plastics campaigner who appears in the film BLUE. From Kamillo Beach in Hawaii, he looks at how the world’s rubbish is washing up on remote islands. He calls for the responsibility of companies who are using plastic in the manufacturing of their products to help solve this increasing global problem.

Lucas scientist and free diver, explains how the ocean acts the lungs of the planet, producing oxygen and storing carbon. And how through the burning of fossil fuels, the ocean is struggling to keep up with anthropogenic climate change.

Lucas Handley, who features in BLUE the film, explains the importance of marine sanctuaries in the preservation of our oceans.

This short video looks at the simple, practical, everyday things every one of us can do to reduce the amount of plastic entering our oceans.

A look at the personal drivers, history and achievements of Madison Stewart (aka ‘Shark Girl’) who features in the film BLUE. This interview focuses on the power youth have to impact the world. Madison encourages young people to find their voice and their passion.

Dr Jennifer is a research scientist at the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, involved in the long term monitoring of sea bird colonies. She describes how she grew up in Canada and became a scientist. She talks about the importance of science and how scientists have a critical role in guiding us around the decisions we are making about the future.

Explores the importance of sharks (as apex predators) in maintaining a healthy ocean ecosystem. Discusses shark finning, Australia’s appetite for fish (shark) & chips, and the high levels of mercury they contain, which are dangerous for human consumption.

A poem intended for primary school aged children about the life cycle of a turtle - from hatching; challenges of life in the ocean (ghost nets and plastic bags that resemble jellyfish); returning to the same beach to nest, but turning back because of plastic pollution.