2026 Festival
Speaker Profile
Sarah Hamylton
Sarah Hamylton is an Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong. She has been sailing to, diving around and walking along shorelines to map coastal and marine environments for more than 20 years in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Fiji, the Seychelles and the Red Sea. Her maps have helped protect marine life and manage beaches. Sarah is a nature writer who has published more than 120 scientific research papers and several books on coastlines and mapping.
Climatenomics: Engaging business, government and schools in the battle for survival
Saturday April 25
Portsea Village
2.30pm
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60 mins
Sarah Hamylton, Richard King and Kylie Soanes with Dan Ziffer
What positive roles can local organisations play in the climate change crisis? Must communities wait for governments to act? And might technology save the day?
Special Event
Seas, Rivers And Oceans: A love letter
Saturday April 25
The Ballroom, The Continental
4.00pm
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60 mins
Lola Broomhall, Chris Hammer, Sarah Hamylton and Jock Serong with Fiona Gruber
Can Grassroots Activism Change The Planet?
Sunday April 26
Ellen Grant Hall
12.00pm
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60 mins
Sarah Hamylton, Simon Holmes à Court and Tim Pilgrim and Liz Porter
As more individuals and local communities address their own local-specific climate change challenges and find success, is this a time to rethink environment strategies?