Join Jodi Edwards and her Sea Kin on a journey that flows like salt water — you won't see the sea in the same way

We bathe in the amniotic fluid our mother's womb. Our cells are full of water. For Walbanja woman, artist, educator and researcher Dr Jodi Edwards, this ocean-within intimately connects her to the ocean she grew up with on Sea Country. From saving the Sea kin to sensing the Gaia imperative — join Jodi with Big Ideas host Natasha Mitchell, and also hear from award-winning author James Bradley and CEO-turned-climate-action advocate Mark Rowland as they explore why the ocean's function is so vital to your own. This event was hosted by the 2025 Ocean Lovers Festival at Bondi Beach as part of its Ocean Talks program. Dr Jodi Edwards Creative arts practitioner, story sharer, educator, researcherAssociate professor and Vice Chancellor Indigenous Research Fellow National Centre for Ocean Resources & Security University of Wollongong. James Bradley Author of Deep Water: The World in the Ocean (2024) Mark Rowland Consultant, systems-thinker, climate-action advocateGAIA Imperative Thanks to Lorna Parry and Carolyn Grant from the Ocean Lovers Festival. Further information Unbroken whispers: the ripples connecting sea kin A project run by Dr Jodi Edwards and Gumbaynggirr woman and ecologist Dr Chels Marshall