Gaelin Rosenwaks

April 24, 2024, WINGS X South Carolina Aquarium Charleston, SC

Gaelin Rosenwaks is a marine scientist, explorer, photographer, and filmmaker. She began her career at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution where she researched over-wintering patterns of Southern Ocean zooplankton. Gaelin earned her Master’s Degree in Coastal Environmental Management from Duke University working with the Tag-A-Giant program and conducting research on the migratory movements of Giant Bluefin Tunas. She has conducted fieldwork throughout the world from the Antarctic to the Arctic on icebreakers to both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans on fishing vessels. Alarmed by the changes happening in the oceans, Gaelin founded Global Ocean Exploration (GOE) to share her passion for ocean exploration, marine conservation and photography.

Gaelin is a US Coast Guard Licensed Captain, and a Fellow of both the Royal Geographical Society, the Explorers Club and a member of the Society of Women Geographers. She has served on the Conservation Committee of the Explorers Club and has been honored to carry the Explorers Club Flag on two of her expeditions to the Arctic. She has appeared as an expert on many TV programs including on The Discovery Channel, Science Channel, CBS News, and Business Insider. Her photography has been displayed in many exhibitions, including solo exhibitions at Duke University, The Maritime Aquarium, and the Patagonia Upper West Side Store in NYC. Gaelin was the expedition biologist and photographer for an expedition using submarines to explore the bottom of the Blue Hole with Sir Richard Branson and Fabien Cousteau. In addition, her films have been screened at many prestigious film festivals around the country.

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Sefra Alexandra: A Seed Conservation Safari with The Seed Huntress
"Keeping The Right Plants in the Right Place!"

May 02, 2024, Marblehead Arts Association in Marblehead, MA

Join Seed Huntress - Sefra Alexandra - on a global expedition of how our world's seed biodiversity is safeguarded. From the Global Seed Vault in Norway to the living seed banks - the soils- in your own backyard. Learn how to become a seed steward of your own local native species, the heirlooms of the pollinators to ecologically restore habitats across your local landscapes!

Native plants are critical to providing food and habitat for our pollinators, but where are we getting our plants from? Understanding an ecoregional framework for ecological restoration is crucial to sourcing "the right plants for the right place." Join Sefra Alexandra lead of the Ecotype Project & BOATanical Expeditions, as she explains the process of sustainably sourcing wild pollinator seeds and making them locally available to you!

Bio:
Sefra Alexandra leads the- The Ecotype Project- reweaving the native seed supply chain in the Northeast throughout ecoregion 59. Sefra is the head BOATanist at BOATanical Expedition- where she and fellow citizen scientists"paddle for the pollinators!" and is on the steering committee for the newly launched Northeast Seed Network. Sefra Alexandra, "The Seed Huntress," is a WINGS WorldQuest Flag Carrier, member of the Explorers Club & holds her M.A.T. in Agroecology from Cornell University.

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