UNEP & Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan：Only One Earth - protecting marine life in the oceanprotecting life in the ocean

UNEP-IETC will hold a joint event with Kaiyukan on Sunday, October 30, 2022, titled "Only One Earth - protecting marine life in the ocean protecting life in the ocean" will be held on Sunday, October 30, 2022.

The event will be a talk session on the most immediate issues of marine plastic waste in order to protect our irreplaceable planet. The event will feature UNEP Programme Officer Shunichi Honda, Director of the Kaiyukan Aquarium, and calligrapher Yuna Okanishi. Before the event, Yuna Okanishi will create a calligraphy piece on the theme of "Protecting the Ocean," which will be streamed live online.

*Please note that the event will be in Japanese only 

Talk Event

1 Date and time of the event

Sunday, October 30, 2022, 14:00-15:00

2 Location

Kaiyukan Hall, Kaiyukan Entrance Building 2F

3 Capacity

120 people (elementary school students and older)

4 Participation fee

Free of charge

5 How to apply

Applications can be made through KAIYUKAN's website (https://www.kaiyukan.com/connect/news/202210_only-one-earth.html).

Registation starts on Friday, October 14, 2022 (14:00) to Friday, October 28, 2022 (17:00).

6 Program (tentative)

- UNEP-IETC 30th Anniversary and SDG Goal 14 "Let's Protect our Ocean" (Shunichi Honda, Programme Officer, UNEP-IETC)

- About Whale Sharks and Marine Plastic Waste at Kaiyukan (Yoshiman Kitatani, Kaiyukan staff)

- Sharks, Ocean and Earth (Hiroyuki Murakami, Director of Kaiyukan × Yoshikazu Kitadani × Yuna Okanishi, Calligraphy Artist)

Calligraphy Performance

1 Date and time

Sunday, October 30, 2022 8:45-9:15

2 Location

Online (Yuna Okanishi Instagram URL : https://www.instagram.com/yuunaokanishi/)

3 Content (tentative)

Calligraphy artist Yuna Okanishi will create a calligraphy work on a 2m (H) x 2m (W) transparent acrylic panel with the theme of "Protecting the Sea" against the backdrop of the "Pacific Ocean" tank where whale sharks live. The calligraphy performance will be live-streamed on Yuna Okanishi's Instagram account. Visitors will be able to enjoy the combination of sea animals and the calligraphy work.

4 Exhibition Location

Viewing Room, KAIYUKAN Main Building 4F

5 Exhibition period

Scheduled for mid-November 2022 or later.