inspiration

get inspired!

A selection of resources to find out more about coral ecosystems and to discover artists using corals and the ocean as their subject.

In no particular order.

We encourage you to do your own research as new ideas and projects are constantly being developed.

“

Good art will speak to you. Good art will always be more than what meets the eye. It will spark emotion, it will make you laugh, it will make you cry and most importantly, it will make you think. Artists put a lot of work into their pieces.

Sara Paxton, artist

Corals and marine life

Mauritius: NGOs, organisations and people involved in coral, marine and coastal conservation as well as education.

Reef Conservation
https://www.reefconservation.mu/

Mauritius Wildlife Foundation
https://www.mauritian-wildlife.org/

Ecosud
https://ecosud.mu/

New Reef
https://www.facebook.com/newreefmauritius/
https://www.instagram.com/newreefmauritius/

Marine Megafauna Conservation Organisation Mauritius
https://www.facebook.com/MMCOMauritius/

Odysseo Oceanarium
Recently opened aquarium in Port Louis and well worth a visit.
https://www.odysseomauritius.com/

Gerald Rambert: Mauritian diver and talented underwater photographer
Stunning online photographic gallery of his travels
http://www.geraldrambert.com/
https://www.instagram.com/gerald_rambert/

Films / documentaires

Puff: Wonders of the Reef 2021
‘A baby pufferfish travels through a wondrous, microworld full of fantastical creatures as he searches for a home on the Great Barrier Reef.’ Great introduction to a coral reef.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-MdiE7gfmY

Chasing Coral 2017
Essential viewing: documentary film about corals and their bleaching.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6fHA9R2cKI
Full feature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGGBGcjdjXA
https://www.facebook.com/chasingcoral/videos/1776577129313083
https://www.facebook.com/1496035944033871/videos/10155079684983870

Seaspiracy 2021
‘Seaspiracy examines the global fishing industry, challenging notions of sustainable fishing and showing how human actions cause widespread environmental destruction.’
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q5CXN7soQg

Mission Blue 2014
Biographical film about remarkable oceanographer and activist Sylvia Earle
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1wp2MQCsfQ&list=PLHbJi8bLYHFvdXSi1homfmExirv0K_TQk&index=2

A Plastic Ocean 2016
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zrn4-FfbXw

My Octopus Teacher 2020
Award winning documentary about a man filming an octopus over a year.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s0LTDhqe5A

Jago: A Life Underwater 2017
‘An award-winning documentary about Rohani, an 80-year-old hunter who dives on a single breath descending to great depths for several minutes. Set against the spectacular backdrop of the Togian Islands of Indonesia.’
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8GvFRHgkao

Coral Woman 2019
‘An inspiring, need of the hour tale of a homemaker from Tamil Nadu, who, through her paintings, has been trying to draw public attention to the devastating effects of climate change on marine life and the coastal communities. It is, in fact, her love for corals that inspired Uma to learn how to swim, dive and paint in her 50s.’
https://www.coralwoman.com/

Blue Planet II 2017
Amazing BBC documentary series, with episode 3 on coral reefs.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAphgHhlteM
Clips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4aQqx_Zo00

International: places and projects

Our Blue Planet
‘Digital project to get people talking about our Oceans… bringing you incredible stories, videos, photography.
https://www.bbcearth.com/our-blue-planet

XL Catlin Sea Survey
https://www.catlinseaviewsurvey.com/
Take a virtual dive:
https://www.catlinseaviewsurvey.com/virtual-dives

Underwater Earth: saving 50 reefs
https://www.underwater.earth/50-reefs

The Coral Triangle Indonesia
‘Richest marine habitats on this planet, with world’s highest coral diversity’.
https://www.coraltriangle.org/

Great Barrier Reef Australia
World’s largest coral reef system.
https://www.barrierreef.org/
https://www.barrierreef.org/news/news/reef-partnership-to-plant-100-000-corals-off-cairns-and-port-

National Geographic Ocean 101
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfWyzrkFkg8

Lost Cities, an interactive story of coral
http://lostcities.org

NOAA Coral reef watch satellite monitoring.
Follow the changing sea temperatures:
https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/index.php

Ted Talks (subtitles available in bottom right hand side)

About the ocean and reefs

Marine conservation

https://www.ted.com/talks/alasdair_harris_how_a_handful_of_fishing_villages_sparked_a_marine_conservation_revolution

https://www.ted.com/talks/the_nature_conservancy_an_ingenious_proposal_for_scaling_up_marine_protection

https://www.ted.com/talks/greg_stone_saving_the_ocean_one_island_at_a_time

https://www.ted.com/talks/david_gallo_underwater_astonishments?referrer=playlist-ocean_wonders

Ted Ed on marine life

https://www.ted.com/talks/cella_wright_this_sea_creature_breathes_through_its_butt

https://www.ted.com/talks/darren_croft_inside_the_killer_whale_matriarchy

https://www.ted.com/talks/stephanie_sardelis_why_do_whales_sing

Books

Rambert, Gérald: Maurice Sous-Marine/ Mauritius Underwater. Orphie.

Sheppard, Charles: Coral Reefs. Princeton University Press.

Sheppard, Anne: Coral Reefs: Secret Cities of the Sea. Natural History Museum.

Bergbauer, Matthias & Kirschner, Manuela: Reef Fishes of the Indo-Pacific. John Beaufoy Publishing.

Weikert, Chuck: Coral Reef Curiosities: Intrigue, Deception and Wonder on the Reef and Beyond. Dayton Publishing.

Art

inspiration

get inspired!

Corals and marine life

Mauritius: NGOs, organisations and people involved in coral, marine and coastal conservation as well as education.

Films / documentaires

International: places and projects

Ted Talks (subtitles available in bottom right hand side)

About the ocean and reefs

Marine conservation

Ted Ed on marine life

Books

Art

Artists

Ted Talks on Art (subtitles available in bottom right hand side)

Ted Ed on art

My Modern Met articles

TV Series