Avatar actor spends June with Coral Gardeners

Last updated on June 12, 2024 by Steve Weinman

In response to the major global coral bleaching event, London-based environmental media company Earthrise is running a campaign led by Avatar actor Bailey Bass to raise funds and awareness for the restoration work of the South Pacific-based organization Coral Gardeners.

Coral Gardeners was founded seven years ago by Titouan Bernicot, then 18 years old. He grew up in Moorea, French Polynesia, surrounded by coral reefs and was horrified to see them start to bleach.

The organization has grown to a team of 60 people operating in Fiji, Thailand as well as French Polynesia and has so far replanted over 100,000 corals. It offers donors the opportunity to adopt a coral.

Having previously gained support from movie star Jason Momoa (Aquaman) and the photo-curator Cristina Mittermeier, this time the American actor Bailey Bass, who plays the freediver Tsireya in Avatar: The Way of Water and Claudia in television series Interview with the vampire, takes the lead.

The campaign launched last week on World Oceans Day (June 8), with Bass joined in Tahiti by Earthrise's multimedia storytelling team, led by filmmaker and CEO Alice Aedy, throughout throughout the month. The initiative is presented on social and digital platforms, culminating in the release of a short film.

I'm thrilled to collaborate with Earthrise and Coral Gardeners to help raise awareness not only of the enormous impact of coral bleaching, but also of the incredible group of people who are working day and night to save a vital oceanfront ecosystem. collapse, Basse said.

During these unprecedented times, the Coral Gardeners team is monitoring corals to better understand their responses and resilience, as some corals survive these extreme conditions, Bernicot noted. They don't give up, and neither do we.

Our restoration method focuses on identifying the most resilient corals in order to selectively propagate these varieties to make reefs more resilient and help them adapt to their changing environment and the impacts of climate change.

At the same time, we need to raise awareness and draw attention to the world beneath the surface, where the largest underwater wildfires are occurring. That's why we're grateful to team up with the incredible team at Earthrise and Bailey Bass to reach the masses and create a global movement to preserve coral reefs.

More than 60% of the world's corals are likely to bleach and break up due to heat stress, Aedy commented. Although bleached corals may appear visually striking, they are actually seriously diseased, threatening the ecosystems that depend on them.

Although humanity is responsible for this ongoing disaster, the good news is that humanity is also leading the fight to bring corals back to life and avert this catastrophe.

With half of our oceans metaphorically on fire, there has never been a more urgent time to support the work of incredible organizations like Coral gardeners.

The earthworm says that since its debut in 2020, it has amassed over 4 million people and worked with the likes of Stella McCartney, David Attenborough, Jane Goodall and Barack Obama.

There is a dedicated page for anyone who wishes support the campaign.

Photos of celebrity avatars released in Sweden

Also binding Avatar with global conservation is an American photographer Christy Lee Rogers installation of a selection of it Avatar Muses artwork at Pater Noster, a hotel on a remote flagship island in western Sweden. Made from recycled materials, the photographs are visible on the quay where the boats disembark until September 29.

Commissioned by Avatar Writer-director James Cameron and the Disney studio, Rogers' photographs of hit stars Zoe Saldaa, Sigourney Weaver and Kate Winslet are being sold to raise money for charity Nature conservation (TNC).

The artwork was created in Rogers' unique style, with the actors photographed underwater from above the surface, so that the refracted light evokes the feel of a painting, as previously featured in a profile from the photographer on Miscellaneous.

Disney and Avatar are running a global Keep Our Oceans Amazing campaign to raise awareness of the challenges facing oceans and marine life, and 100% of net proceeds from art sales will be donated to CNC.

Pater Noster's mission is to help preserve the oceans through a series of initiatives, but if visiting the island doesn't fit into your travel plans, the works can be viewed and purchased more easily from Fraser Scott has A gallery of artists or via Rogers website.

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