Tag: Javier Bardem

Javier Bardem calls on world leaders to agree a Global Ocean Treaty

Stuart Mitchell

On 19 August Oscar winner actor Javier Bardem was in Times Square to demand a “GLOBAL OCEAN TREATY NOW” as an electronic billboard displayed threatened marine life. Later, he will address delegates at the United Nations to urge governments to agree a strong Global Ocean Treaty that could help to protect at least 30% of the world’s seas by 2030. This is the third out of four meetings at the UN to negotiate a treaty that could set the frame for a legally-binding ‘Paris Agreement of the oceans’.  “Whatever happens…

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Stars get on board to protect the strange things and fantastic beasts of the Antarctic Ocean

Stuart Mitchell

‘Stranger Things’ star David Harbour and ‘Fantastic Beasts’ star Alison Sudol are on board a Greenpeace ship heading for Antarctic waters. They will help make the case for an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary backed by campaigners, scientists, over 40 international celebrities and 800,000 people around the world. Following a Twitter challenge, resulting in more than 200,000 retweets in five hours, David Harbour secured a place on the Greenpeace ship alongside singer-songwriter and actress Alison Sudol. They have joined an expedition to gather scientific evidence of the need for an Antarctic Ocean…

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Javier Bardem visits Antarctic seafloor and joins Greenpeace’s Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Just days after Greenpeace released rare footage of the Antarctic seafloor, Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem has dived in a two-person submarine to visit this remote location and call for the creation of a vast Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary. After a two-hour dive to the seabed, at a depth of 270m, near the Antarctic Peninsula, Javier Bardem described the ‘overwhelming variety of colours and life’ in the Antarctic. ‘It is an incredibly important mission to go down and document these species in all their colourful existence and to prove the importance of…

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