Upcoming events
Monday, April 28
Waves of Change Forum, Biarritz
Roundtable: “Making Diversity Work as an Opportunity for the Next 10 Years”
Farah will join an incredible panel of global changemakers to explore how diversity, equity, and inclusion can become powerful drivers for positive change — in the workplace, in communities, and for the ocean. Together, we’re reimagining what leadership and impact can look like when everyone has a seat at the table.
Meet the voices shaping the conversation:
• Vishwa Patel – CEO, The Earthist
• Lina Vosyliute – Founder, Heartwarmingly
• Elmahdi Benabdeljalil – Founder, L’Académie Rurale d’Excellence
• Farah Obaidullah – Founder & Director, The Ocean & Us
Moderated by: Marie Dollé – Head of Marketing, Bpifrance EuroQuity
Date: Monday, April 28
Time: 3:30-3:50 CET
Location: Biarritz (in-person event)
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Waves of Change Forum, Biarritz
Roundtable: “Making Diversity Work as an Opportunity for the Next 10 Years”
Farah will join an incredible panel of global changemakers to explore how diversity, equity, and inclusion can become powerful drivers for positive change — in the workplace, in communities, and for the ocean. Together, we’re reimagining what leadership and impact can look like when everyone has a seat at the table.
Meet the voices shaping the conversation:
• Vishwa Patel – CEO, The Earthist
• Lina Vosyliute – Founder, Heartwarmingly
• Elmahdi Benabdeljalil – Founder, L’Académie Rurale d’Excellence
• Farah Obaidullah – Founder & Director, The Ocean & Us
Moderated by: Marie Dollé – Head of Marketing, Bpifrance EuroQuity
Date: Monday, April 28
Time: 3:30-3:50 CET
Location: Biarritz (in-person event)
Click for more information
Past Events
Wednesday, February 26, online
Green Latinos Webinar: Protegiendo Nuestro Océano
Join The Ocean and Us for Green Latinos’ first Water Equity and Ocean Encuentro of 2025, a discussion on the urgent need for a global moratorium on deep-sea mining. This session, titled "Protegiendo Nuestro Océano: A Call for a Moratorium on Deep-Sea Mining," will feature Farah Obaidullah and Meliza Le Alvarado, a marine ecologist specializing in coastal conservation and community resilience. Together, they will highlight the dangers deep-sea mining poses to marine ecosystems and coastal communities while exploring solutions for a sustainable future.
Date: Wednesday February 26
Time: 9-10 am PST / 12-1 pm EST / 6-7 pm CET
Location: Online
This webinar is an opportunity to hear from experts, engage in the fight against deep-sea mining, and be part of the growing movement to protect our ocean.
Register now to be part of this important conversation
Green Latinos Webinar: Protegiendo Nuestro Océano
Join The Ocean and Us for Green Latinos’ first Water Equity and Ocean Encuentro of 2025, a discussion on the urgent need for a global moratorium on deep-sea mining. This session, titled "Protegiendo Nuestro Océano: A Call for a Moratorium on Deep-Sea Mining," will feature Farah Obaidullah and Meliza Le Alvarado, a marine ecologist specializing in coastal conservation and community resilience. Together, they will highlight the dangers deep-sea mining poses to marine ecosystems and coastal communities while exploring solutions for a sustainable future.
Date: Wednesday February 26
Time: 9-10 am PST / 12-1 pm EST / 6-7 pm CET
Location: Online
This webinar is an opportunity to hear from experts, engage in the fight against deep-sea mining, and be part of the growing movement to protect our ocean.
Register now to be part of this important conversation
Wednesday, December 4, The Hague
Farah Obaidullah, founder of The Ocean and Us, will be speaking at the Ecocide Café, hosted by Stop Ecocide Youth during the ICC Assembly of State Parties. She will be sharing her expertise on deep-sea mining and insights from The Ocean Hope Expedition in Mexico. This is a wonderful opportunity to explore the past, present, and future of ecocide in a thought-provoking evening..
Program Highlights:
• Deep-sea mining: a future ecocide we can still prevent?
Speakers: Farah Obaidullah & Seppe Dewulf
• Ecocide in armed conflict: the cases of Ukraine & Gaza
Speakers: Wouter Veening & Lana Sweidan
• France: An ecocide case against TotalEnergies
Speaker: Benjamin Van Bunderen Robberechts
> Utopie Grand Café, The Hague, 7:00 pm
Farah Obaidullah, founder of The Ocean and Us, will be speaking at the Ecocide Café, hosted by Stop Ecocide Youth during the ICC Assembly of State Parties. She will be sharing her expertise on deep-sea mining and insights from The Ocean Hope Expedition in Mexico. This is a wonderful opportunity to explore the past, present, and future of ecocide in a thought-provoking evening..
Program Highlights:
• Deep-sea mining: a future ecocide we can still prevent?
Speakers: Farah Obaidullah & Seppe Dewulf
• Ecocide in armed conflict: the cases of Ukraine & Gaza
Speakers: Wouter Veening & Lana Sweidan
• France: An ecocide case against TotalEnergies
Speaker: Benjamin Van Bunderen Robberechts
> Utopie Grand Café, The Hague, 7:00 pm
NOVEMBER 2024
The Ocean Hope Expedition travelled along Baja California to engage communities in ocean conservation and raise awareness about the urgent threats facing our seas.
The Ocean Hope Expedition travelled along Baja California to engage communities in ocean conservation and raise awareness about the urgent threats facing our seas.
Tuesday, November 12, La Paz
Join us at Casa Fandango for the screening of "In Too Deep: The True Cost of Deep Sea Mining" followed by a panel discussion with marine experts like James Ketchum (Pelagios Kakunjá), Alejandro Olivera (Center for Biological Diversity), SOA Mexico’s Valeria Magaña, and The Ocean and Us founder, Farah Obaidullah, moderated by Nora Torres (Beta Diversidad).
> Casa Fandango
7:00 pm
Saturday, November 16, La Paz
Mobula Sea Café will host a creative evening with Farah, artist Miguel “Hombre de Mar,” journalist Carlos G. Ibarra, and Orgcas’s Frida Lara. The discussion will be moderated by Alejandro Aguila Sáinz from Conexiones Climáticas.
>Mobula Sea Cafe
7:00 pm
Join us at Casa Fandango for the screening of "In Too Deep: The True Cost of Deep Sea Mining" followed by a panel discussion with marine experts like James Ketchum (Pelagios Kakunjá), Alejandro Olivera (Center for Biological Diversity), SOA Mexico’s Valeria Magaña, and The Ocean and Us founder, Farah Obaidullah, moderated by Nora Torres (Beta Diversidad).
> Casa Fandango
7:00 pm
Saturday, November 16, La Paz
Mobula Sea Café will host a creative evening with Farah, artist Miguel “Hombre de Mar,” journalist Carlos G. Ibarra, and Orgcas’s Frida Lara. The discussion will be moderated by Alejandro Aguila Sáinz from Conexiones Climáticas.
>Mobula Sea Cafe
7:00 pm
Sunday, November 17, Cabo Pulmo
Screening and discussion of "In Too Deep: The True Cost of Deep Sea Mining"
Campus de Educación Ambiental - Cabo Pulmo
Cabo Pulmo Learning Centre
6:00 p.m.
Free entry
Screening and discussion of "In Too Deep: The True Cost of Deep Sea Mining"
Campus de Educación Ambiental - Cabo Pulmo
Cabo Pulmo Learning Centre
6:00 p.m.
Free entry
November 22, Ensenada
Museo del Caracol hosts the expedition’s final screening of "In Too Deep: The True Cost of Deep Sea Mining", featuring a closing panel with Farah, Fernando Ochoa Pineda of Defensa Ambiental del Noroeste (DAN), and Terra Peninsular, moderated by marine ecologist Meliza Le Alvarado.
Museo del Caracol
6:00 p.m.
Free entry
More information
Museo del Caracol hosts the expedition’s final screening of "In Too Deep: The True Cost of Deep Sea Mining", featuring a closing panel with Farah, Fernando Ochoa Pineda of Defensa Ambiental del Noroeste (DAN), and Terra Peninsular, moderated by marine ecologist Meliza Le Alvarado.
Museo del Caracol
6:00 p.m.
Free entry
More information
Tuesday October 8, 2024, online
On Tuesday, October 8 at 9:00 am (AKDT) CHE-Alaska will host a webinar with Farah Obaidullah about the current state of deep-sea mining and its potential environmental impacts.
CHE-Alaska is part of CHE’s broader network, which is an international partnership of almost 5,000 individuals and organizations in 87 countries and all 50 US states that are committed to addressing environmental impacts on human health across the lifespan.
On Tuesday, October 8 at 9:00 am (AKDT) CHE-Alaska will host a webinar with Farah Obaidullah about the current state of deep-sea mining and its potential environmental impacts.
CHE-Alaska is part of CHE’s broader network, which is an international partnership of almost 5,000 individuals and organizations in 87 countries and all 50 US states that are committed to addressing environmental impacts on human health across the lifespan.
Networking Events
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The Ocean and Us held its first networking event in London in March 2017 followed by two events in Tokyo. These events are testimony to the need for more spaces for ocean lovers to come together.
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With your help we would love to increase the frequency of these community driven events around the world. Consider becoming a chapter organiser or sponsor of these events.
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The evenings were guided by panel of speakers, the event itself sought to be inclusive, giving everybody the chance to speak. We allotted time for mini-presentations of up to two minutes and the opportunity of doing short interviews-to-camera in the networking breaks.
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