After months of preparation and testing, it was a joy to hit the blue waters of Eilat in June to begin our very first puppet prototype filming in the Red Sea. We learned a lot from this round of diving and testing for a new underwater communications system, as well as moving with the puppet [...]
Thanks We Sea and Guilhem Banc-Prandi This time in Eilat testing our underwater prototype for the Plastic Free Red Sea project has been incredible! The launch of the Art Exhibition at the Municipal Gallery on June 8, and all the presentations at schools, to organizations and the Municipality have been so inspiring. We are [...]
https://www.facebook.com/FortheSea/videos/2274297726223206/ Charles Brown, The Cultural Attache for the United States Embassy in Israel, welcomes visitors to the opening of "Plastic Free Red Sea: An Art Exhibition to End Ocean Plastic" at the Municipal Gallery in Eilat. Project organizers Ziggy Livnat, together with curators Doron Polak and Sarit Nachshon, and with support from the National [...]
When underwater filmmaker Ziggy Livnat took his very first diving course in the Red Sea almost three decades ago, he couldn’t have known it would inspire a lifetime dedicated to underwater filmmaking and ocean conservancy. His charming and award-winning films have educated millions about coral reef and underwater ecosystems from Hawai’i and the Caribbean to [...]
After diving with this beautiful animals for years, I had a once in a lifetime encounter where I felt accepted by the pod. Enjoy the article and video on CBS News
I recently found this SKY News segment about my ambitious project that was aired in Europe and the Middle East in December 1997. Back then I was working for Friends of the Earth Middle East as well as the Director of Sea Studies in the Arava Elementary School. I came up with this marine conservation/educational [...]
Kenya's Mombasa Marine National Park was featured on the “Moment In Nature” segment at the end of the CBS Sunday Morning Show on July 16th 2017 After filming, I edited the footage and shared it in schools with the local youth of Mombasa.
The critically endangered Hawaiian Monk seal was featured on the “Moment In Nature” segment at the end of the CBS Sunday Morning Show on December 4th. Only 1,200 monk seals still exist in the wild. Watch it here: Nature: Monk seal in Hawaii
Happy Thanksgiving dear friends, regardless of what species you are, thank you for adding love and magic to my journey. For me Thanksgiving is everyday. I am very grateful to love, experience life and to be in the present to enjoy every moment and learn everyday something new. I would like to give you a [...]
This episode celebrates the mating tribal ecstasy of the Surgeon fish in the Red Sea. Every Spring they gather just before the sun sets. Once the atmosphere is right, groups that consist of one female and a bunch of males will spring from the main school. They release eggs and sperm into the water and reunite [...]