This did not stop the young co-organisers of the HGH working group on sciences and arts for sustainability to auction off some of the best works from the exhibition in favour of the development of the Oloibiri Resources Centre in the Niger Delta in Nigeria. Ansgar Beer regretted that the Nigerian artists and scientists invited to attend had not been able to join for receiving their visas late and for other problems. In the preparation, youth groups in several countries had prepared new works or further elaborated reflections on existing ones. The opening was also framed by contemporary and classical music offered by groups from HGH, much to the delight of the public. It was in this spirit that the exhibition combined works mostly from young people from some 10 countries, thus also underlining the desire for international cooperation and solidarity to address the challenges and opportunities more effectively. Such subsidies enabling destructive practices must stop as they are against economic, social and ecological sense. for depolluting rivers to relieve the sea.įighting subsidies for fuel-intensive trawling has the twin benefit of reducing CO2 emissions and stopping the physical destruction of habitat on the ocean floor. by using seafood advisories to avoid eating baby fish or products from overfished ecosystems and support concrete ecosystem restoration measures e.g. Nauen, President of Mundus maris, gave further explanations and also made the point that these many threats should not be taken with resignation.Īmple opportunities existed to act oneself and that the combination of research results and artistic and cultural engagement could help more effectively.Ĭoncerned citizens can take action, e.g. Rädisch, Ansgar Beer, the main organiser, and Cornelia E. The mayor and other speakers, such as the director of the school, Mr. Thiele, made it a point of honour to open the exhibition himself and explain the context and objectives, namely the desire to draw attention of the public to the threats posed to the seas by overfishing, pollution, climate change and other human interventions.Ī short fact sheet (in German) summarised the major threats. This was the long-awaited day of the Opening of the SeeArt youth exhibition in Hilden Germany organised by the Helmholtz-Gymnasium Hilden (HGH) and Mundus maris in collaboration with the municipal office for culture and local sponsors.
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