In an informal setting, this session will focus on communication as a key tool for change. The discussion will centre on the role of messages and narratives in raising social awareness, and their ability to drive behavioural change and greater engagement in tackling the problem of marine litter.
Tuesday 19-05 19:00
MARLICE 4 PEOPLE: CHAT FOR CHANGE – THE POWER OF IMAGES TO CAHNGE MINDS
Andrómeda Room
Moderator
Mr.
Patricio Peñalver Duque
I am a biologist specialized in marine conservatio...
Project Mana...
HyT / AEBA...
Secretary
Speakers
Mr.
Ángel Vallecillo
Ángel Vallecillo is a Spanish writer, photographer...
Escritor
Escritor
Mr.
Juan José Ramos Melo
Naturalist, environmental communicator and nature ...
Gerente
Birding Ca...
Description
Program
- Juan José Ramos Melo , Naturalist, environmental communicator and nature and travel photographer.
- Tribute to Sergio Hanquet – underwater photographer – organised by his family and his friend Ángel Vallecillo, Spanish writer, photographer and screenwriter. Winner of the Miguel Delibes Prize for Literature in 2006[1] and the Castilla y León Critics’ Prize in 2018.
- Presentation of the 1st Prize in Photography. 3rd MARLICE Photography Competition ‘Focus on Clean Oceans’. Winning photograph 2026: ‘Má Imagem’ – Photographer: Luís Sérgio de Carvalho Salgado Gonçalves, Claudia Hernandez Aguilar, , the award is accepted by Claudia Hernandez Aguilar, Councillor for Education, Youth, Children and Inclusive Policies in Puerto de la Cruz
- Presentation and award ceremony for the 1st MARLICE children’s drawing exhibition “An Ocean Without a Footprint”. Organised by the Fundación Canaria Recicla and the Government of the Canary Islands. Guardian of the Canary Islands’ Ocean: CEIP JUAN CRUZ RUIZ