Global awareness of the crisis of our rivers and seas is reaching crisis points. To draw attention to this, and as part of World Maritime Day, The Wilderness Foundation UK and The Wilderness Art Collective are pleased to announce their charitable collaboration, jointly presenting a speaker event and art exhibition hosted at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) this September.
Making Waves: Voices for Water speaker event
‘Making Waves: Voices for Water’ will raise awareness of the planet’s precious water and share our adventurous and therapeutic relationship with water.
The speaker event will be held at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), on the 24th of September 2024, from 7pm-9.30pm.
Making Waves: Voices for Water will feature an inspiring evening of speakers who, through their own experiences, will celebrate the incredible impact and add their collective voice about the value of wild water on our lives and explore how we can protect this precious resource for future generations.
This evening continues the work started in 2019 at VOICES FOR THE WILD, which welcomed speakers such as Mike Gunton, senior executive at the BBC Natural History Unit, the world’s largest production unit dedicated to wildlife film-making, and positive stories from young people who have seen their lives transformed through the work of the Foundation. The evening was attended by over 400 people and helped to raise over £10,000 for the Foundation.
This year’s speakers include:
- Paul Rose, experienced television presenter and radio broadcaster;
- Professor Jules Pretty, author of The Low-Carbon Good Life and Sea Sagas of the North;
- Mark Agnew (European Adventurer of the Year 2023) and record-breaking sea kayaker who crossed the North West Passage;
- Amy-Jane Beer naturalist, writer, and campaigner and author of the award-winning The Flow, Rivers, Waters, and Wilderness;
- Dr. Helen Scales, marine biologist, writer and broadcaster, and author including the Guardian bestseller Spirals in Time and New York Times’ top summer read The Brilliant Abyss.
The event speakers will touch on our adventurous and therapeutic relationship to water, impacts of climate change and other threats to seas and rivers.
The evening will raise awareness of our natural landscapes, the wonderful work being undertaken by the Wilderness Foundation UK, and inspire and engage people to conserve nature.
The evening will also consist of an auction, raffle and a book launch and all proceeds from the evening will go towards the Wilderness Foundation UK.
WATERLINES Art Exhibition:
During the event visitors can also explore WATERLINES, an art exhibition curated by, and showcasing artists from, The Wilderness Art Collective, supporting The Wilderness Foundation UK. The Wilderness Art Collective is a non-profit group of creatives, artists, explorers, and environmentalists whose work discusses the natural world. WATERLINES is a continuation of the conversation started in 2019 with their first exhibition LANDLINES, exploring landscape. Artists are now producing work inspired by their own relationship to water and the conservations that surround it.
About The Wilderness Foundation UK:
The Wilderness Foundation engages over 8,000 people per year with the benefits and enjoyment of wild nature. The Wilderness Foundation’s education and therapy programmes help children, teens and adults reconnect to society and themselves through outdoor facilitation adventures, nature-based therapy, and environmental education. Their programmes highlight the positive impact of wild nature on personal and social wellbeing.
Event details:
- Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR
- 24 September 2024
- 7pm-9.30pm (Doors open at 6.30pm – early guests can enjoy Waterlines and cash bar) with Interval
- £15 – onsale via Eventbrite. All proceeds go towards the Wilderness Foundation UK
- Speakers: Professor Jules Pretty, Mark Agnew, Amy-Jane Beer, Dr Helen Scales, Paul Rose
- Raffle, silent auction and book sales