The collective
Six people, four disciplines, one argument.
Two artists, an oceanographer, a climate ethicist, a storyteller and a skipper. The collective is assembled the same way the work is — from pieces that were never meant to sit together.
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Francesca Busca
Radical eco-activist, trashure mosaicist
UK / Italy
Creating artworks from waste. Founder of GREENy bastARTs, ArtforTrash, and Payment in Kind(ness). Eco-artivist teacher and speaker, using art to advocate for an all-encompassing systemic change.
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Joana Alarcão
Environmental artist
Portugal, online global presence
Specializing in biomaterials and sustainable art practices. Founder of Insights of An Eco Artist (IOAEA).
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Gianluca Grimalda
Social scientist, climatologist, activist, writer
Italy / worldwide
Researcher in social cohesion & climate ethics at Passau University. First employee dismissed for rejecting air travel and legally compensated for climate-based conscientious objection. His journey is documented in the film “The Researcher”.
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Elven Villecourt
Storyteller for the ocean, CPWF content & comms manager
France / UK
Building knowledge and awareness through collaborative storytelling. Using visual media to inspire positive change – planting ideas like seeds, connecting people to ocean conservation through compelling narratives.
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Selvaggia Bonetti
Program & event lead
UK / Italy
A trained diver, skipper and ocean lover, channelling her passion for the sea and maritime decarbonisation in our collective.
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Francesco M. Falcieri
PhD marine biologist & oceanographer
Italy
Researcher and Operations Manager at CNR-ISMAR Venice since 2011. Using direct observations and numerical models to study the interactions between ocean physics, biology and pollution.
Open door
The collective grows by addition, not by audition.
Artist, scientist, engineer, organiser or business — if the work overlaps, write to us and say what you make.
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