{"id":61411,"date":"2026-06-02T17:54:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T16:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=61411"},"modified":"2026-06-02T17:54:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T16:54:19","slug":"balance-with-the-world-26-05-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=61411","title":{"rendered":"Balance with the World 26-05-2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Balance With The World 26-05-26 13:00-14:00\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fnearfm%2Fbalance-with-the-world-26-05-26-1300-1400%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"encrypted-media; fullscreen; autoplay; idle-detection; speaker-selection; web-share;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"v1x_elementToProof\"><b>Name of the organisation:<\/b>\u00a0Sea Bed Sanctuary<\/div>\n<div class=\"v1x_elementToProof\"><b>Topic discussed:<\/b>\u00a0&#8220;Sea Bed Sanctuary: Protecting Marine Ecosystems, Ocean Rewilding, and the Future of Life Beneath the Sea&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"v1x_elementToProof\"><b>Website:<\/b>\u00a0<a id=\"v1OWA0b764a76-f350-ba89-0f92-e7a1b6354679\" class=\"v1x_x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/seabedsanctuary.org\" href=\"https:\/\/seabedsanctuary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>https:\/\/seabedsanctuary.org<\/u><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"v1x_elementToProof\"><b>Audio \u2013<\/b>\u00a0&#8220;Sound \u2013 eco-acoustic recordings&#8230;.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"v1x_elementToProof\"><b>Review Summary<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"v1x_elementToProof\">In this episode, Liz Montalvo revisits a conversation with Rob Monaghan, Darren O&#8217;Sullivan, and Dolf D&#8217;Hondt from SeaBed Sanctuary, exploring the vital role the seabed plays in supporting biodiversity, storing carbon, regulating climate, and sustaining ocean life. The programme focuses on the important conservation work taking place in Bantry Bay and the urgent need to protect fragile marine ecosystems.<\/div>\n<div class=\"v1x_elementToProof\">The review examines the damaging impacts of bottom trawling, dredging, pollution, and underwater noise pollution, highlighting how these activities threaten marine habitats and weaken the ocean&#8217;s ability to recover. It also explores the concept of ocean rewilding, where protected marine areas allow ecosystems and biodiversity to regenerate naturally over time.<\/div>\n<div class=\"v1x_elementToProof\">A central theme of the programme is SeaBed Sanctuary&#8217;s innovative use of bioa-coustic research, using underwater sound recordings to monitor marine health and better understand the effects of human activity on ocean life.<\/div>\n<div class=\"v1x_elementToProof\">The episode emphasises that marine conservation is not only a scientific issue, but also a social, cultural, and ethical responsibility involving communities, policymakers, researchers, artists, and the wider public.<\/div>\n<div class=\"v1x_elementToProof\">Ultimately, the review presents SeaBed Sanctuary as a hopeful example of collaboration between people and nature, reminding us that protecting the ocean is essential for the future of both marine ecosystems and humanity itself.<\/div>\n<div class=\"v1x_elementToProof\"><b>Credits:<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"v1x_elementToProof\"><u>Rob Monaghan<\/u>, visual artist and Chairperson of Seabed Sanctuary Collective<\/div>\n<div class=\"v1x_elementToProof\"><u>Darren O&#8217;Sullivan<\/u>, Skipper with Bantry Bay Charters<\/div>\n<div class=\"v1x_elementToProof\"><u>Dolf D&#8217;Hondt<\/u>, Bantry Lifeboat crew member, and active community member involved with Seabed Sanctuary Collective, the Save Our Sprat group,\u00a0and a number of other local groups.<\/div>\n<div class=\"v1x_elementToProof\"><b>Music<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"v1x_elementToProof\"><i>Deep and Wide \u2013\u00a0<\/i>Composed and recorded in West Cork, by\u00a0<u>Florence Humphrys<\/u><\/div>\n<div class=\"v1x_elementToProof\"><i>Stand for Freedom \u2013\u00a0<\/i>Composed by\u00a0<u>Caz Jeffreys<\/u>\u00a0and recorded in West Cork with the band,\u00a0<u>Mango Moon<\/u><\/div>\n<div class=\"v1x_elementToProof\"><i>Eco-acoustic recordings \u2013\u00a0<\/i>Recordings from\u00a0<u>Marcus Maeder<\/u>&#8216;s eco-acoustic research in Bantry Bay and surrounding areas<\/div>\n<div class=\"v1x_elementToProof\">Audio \u2013\u00a0&#8220;Sound \u2013 ecoacoustic recordings&#8230;.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"v1x_elementToProof\">Coordinator.<\/div>\n<div class=\"v1x_elementToProof\"><u>Chris Gaughran<\/u><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name of the organisation:\u00a0Sea Bed Sanctuary Topic discussed:\u00a0&#8220;Sea Bed Sanctuary: Protecting Marine Ecosystems, Ocean Rewilding, and the Future of Life Beneath the Sea&#8221; Website:\u00a0https:\/\/seabedsanctuary.org Audio \u2013\u00a0&#8220;Sound \u2013 eco-acoustic recordings&#8230;.&#8221; Review Summary In this episode, Liz Montalvo revisits a conversation with Rob Monaghan, Darren O&#8217;Sullivan, and Dolf D&#8217;Hondt from SeaBed Sanctuary, exploring the vital role the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":56105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[27140,12935,30065,30067,30066,27238,26704,27499,30064,27237,30063,30062],"class_list":["post-61411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listenagain","tag-balance-with-the-world","tag-bantry-bay","tag-bioacoustics","tag-chris-gaughran","tag-darren-osullivan","tag-dolf-dhondt","tag-liz-montalvo","tag-marine-conservation","tag-ocean-rewilding","tag-rob-monaghan","tag-seabed-ecosystems","tag-seabedsanctuary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61412,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61411\/revisions\/61412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}