Britt Alexander
@BrittaAlexand
Science Officer at the European Marine Board. Former sponge biologist and open access publishing professional. Views are my own š
ID:745356579143356416
21-06-2016 20:43:51
336 Tweets
519 Followers
1,6K Following
We are very excited to be represented at the UN Ocean Decade conference in #Barcelona next week by our Director Sheila Heymans & Science Officers Britt Alexander & Angel Muniz Piniella! More on our work supporting the #OceanDecade as Implementing Partner: marineboard.eu/emb-and-ocean-ā¦
At the BRIDGE Black Sea General Assembly in Ankara, TĆ¼rkiye Sheila Heymans & Britt Alexander from the EMB Sectretariat led a scoping workshop as a first step towards developing the BRIDGE international Policy Brief. Find out more about the project here: tinyurl.com/3xu4kk8p
Yesterday during #EurOCEAN2023 we launched our new EMB Position Paper 'Building Coastal Resilience in Europe'. It was a pleasure to meet the Working Group Chairs Sebastian Villasante & Kristin Richter after 3 years of working online! Download the document here: tinyurl.com/3x43ujkj
Our EMB Ambassadors are in Ostend today for their training day. It's great to meet the new abmassadors Riwan Leroux & Alexandra Hahn and to see Juliette & Alfredo GarcĆa de Vinuesa again. Keep an eye out for their upcoming activities: tinyurl.com/4vanabue
The Chair of our working group on Marine Habitat Mapping Simonetta Fraschetti will give a keynote speech during the upcoming Searica Intergroup event, highlighting how marine habitat mapping can support the proposed #NatureRestorationLaw . Resistration now open: tinyurl.com/5a728bh3.
Curious about the role of the #Ocean in the oxygen we breathe & the threat of #deoxygenation ? Our newest Future Science Brief will dive into the science behind #Ocean oxygen. Find out more on #WorldOceanDay at #ASLO23 & during the online launch on 13 June tinyurl.com/mu6ytdkj
Looking forward to applications for our 2023-2024 #EMBracingtheOcean #artistinresidence programme!
Join us on 19/01 for our #ThirdThursdayScience webinar with Dr Chris Fremantle Chris Fremantle Gray's School of Art Short Course RGU #EMBracingtheOcean discussing how different disciplines such as #marine #science #art work with and understand #risk and #uncertainty . More: marineboard.eu/events/emb-sciā¦
The 1st edition of our #artresidencyprogramme #EMBracingtheOcean has been a great success! Are you interested to be part of this unique experience? Applications for our 2023ā20234 edition will open on 9 Jan 2023 for artists worldwide šmarineboard.eu/emb-artist-resā¦ #artistsontwitter
#Ofrootsandsea successfully premiered UniversitƩ De La Terre. The piece was co-developed by Emily Lartillot- Steps for a change - & Shin Yunne IRD.fr as part of the #EMBracingtheOcean #artistresidency as a moving & emotional expression by young dancers about mangrove ecosystems #UT2022 tinyurl.com/54bnk28v
We are excited to announce the 2023ā2024 edition of our #EMBracingtheOcean #artresidencyprogramme will be open for applications from 9 Jan 2023 for artists worldwide from any creative discipline with an interest in #Ocean sustainability! More: marineboard.eu/emb-artist-resā¦ #artscience
It was great to be part of the panel discussion this evening as part of the community of hope exhibition Centrespace Gallery discussing the #EMBracingtheOcean programme & the role of art in the climate crisis @emarineboard
Today Britt Alexander and I are at the BRIDGE Black Sea general assembly and high tech summit in #Varna #Bulgaria - wonderful to be at the #BlackSea again!
#EMBracingtheOcean #artistinresident Lera Litvinova opens her exhibition āRenaissanceā today at 17:00 at the Museum of Outstanding Figures of Ukrainian Culture, Kyiv. The exhibition explores the impact of Russia's actions on the Black Sea. Find out more: tinyurl.com/5n76nau6
Coming up on 18 August (13:00-14:00 CEST) is the next edition of our #ThirdThursdayScience webinar series! Dr Ana Rotter Ana Rotter from Morska BioloÅ”ka Postaja NIB will speak about #marine #biotechology to advance Europe's #bioeconomy . Find out more and register here: marineboard.eu/events/emb-sciā¦
#EMBracingtheOcean #artistinresidence Emily Lartillot- Steps for a change - has been working on 'Shades of Mangroves' choreography with Yunne Shin from IRD.fr. Youth dancers were joined by mangrove specialist Christophe Proisy to learn about these ecosystems. Find out more: tinyurl.com/bdhymtyd
Our #EMBracingtheOcean #artistinresident Michael Begg has been busy working with his scientific collaborators on developing software to import #Antarctic #Ocean circulation model data into muscial compositions. Find out more here: tinyurl.com/3ax3mbs7 #Ocean Decade #artscience
.Hans Poertner on the importance of arts for societal mobilisation for protection of the ocean, and to look to the future. The science alone is not enough to accelerate action #UNOceanConference2022