[HYPHAEDELITY] Eric Higgs x Laura Govers — Seagrass Restoration on a Moving Island

About this episode

Eric Higgs and Laura Govers discuss eel grass restoration efforts in the Wadden Sea and the challenges of working on a moving island.

Eric Higgs (of FE3.1 , FE3.2 , FE3.3 , and FE4.9 ) sits down with Laura Govers , who has been working on bringing eel grass back to the Netherlands' Wadden Sea — on an island that moves , no less! This conversation covers the low-tech solutions that they concocted to plant hectares of eel grass, the social invisibility of the marine domain, and the semantics of "restoration" in a rapidly changing world. Catch some videos of Laura's team over at the Zeegrasherstel NL YouTube channel . And don’t miss our own visit to Oostvaardersplassen, in FE4.3 “A Tiny Wilderness” — — — 🪼💖 Everything we do is brought to you ad-free by our wonderful supporting listeners . Join us on Patreon to get Hyphaedelity and all Future Ecologies episodes early, as well as exclusive bonus content, discord server access (where you can also find our book club), stickers, patches, cozy hats, and more.

People in this episode

Host: Future Ecologies

Guests: Eric Higgs, Laura Govers

Topics covered

• seagrass restoration
• marine ecology
• low-tech solutions
• social invisibility
• environmental semantics

Keywords

• eel grass
• restoration
• Wadden Sea
• marine domain
• environmental change

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Zeegrasherstel NL

Places: Netherlands, Wadden Sea, Oostvaardersplassen

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