Salty Links #7
EDITION SEVEN.
Hi lovely community!
This month’s edition of Salty Links is a mixed bag. We’ve got lots of information coming your way re the Seismic Testing proposals in the Otway Basin. (Hint: it will affect the lovely ocean and coastline we call home!). To break it up a little we’ve also found the most stunningly beautiful artwork that is Finisterre’s new film ‘Hireth’.
Enjoy,
PSS.
WATCH.
Image: Luke Gartside
Hireth is an achingly beautiful film set along Scotland’s rugged Outer Hebrides coastline. Filmed by Seth Hughes and featuring Mike Lay and Colin MacLeod, Hireth is a stunning tale of finding home along coastlines and in the ocean’s wild waters. Evocative film making paired and poetic narration serves to highlight the connection between surfers and the lands and waters which have shaped their lives.
LEARN.
Image: Otway Coastal Environment Action Network
Have you seen a lot of information about seismic blasting proposals in the news lately? And are you still unsure of what exactly seismic blasting/testing even is??? The Otway’s Coastal Environment Action Network have compiled a great resource which gives us some good solid information about all things seismic blasting. There’s plenty in there that even we didn’t know about. We recommend you give it a good read!
LISTEN.
Image: SOPEC
Keeping in the same vein, this interview with Zoë Brittain delves into the local communities response to Seismic Testing proposals along the west coast. A PhD researcher in marine science, Zoë covers the potential impacts of Seismic blasting on marine life, Indigenous culture, local industry and the complexities surrounding the consultation process.