Congratulations Mark Jones & Happy World Oceans Day!
Looking After Our Environment: the Kimberley film about James Price Point, has tied for 1st Place in the Sylvia Earle Ocean Conservation Award in the MY HERO International Film Festival.
Barbara MacGillivray from One World One Ocean Campaign selected the film as one of two winners!
Here is a quote from Barbara about Mark and the film:
Mark Jones, in "Looking After Our Environment," makes an impassioned appeal for continuing protection of the Kimberley Region of Western Australia. Effective environmental work, done by his group, Save the Kimberley, along with multiple other concerned local groups effectively led to stopping one of the biggest fossil-fuel companies from decimating the area in 2013 and that same level of environmental passion continues to maintain the region today in a country beset by environmental challenges, both natural and man-made.
~Barbara MacGillivray
MY HERO is featuring the film on their website here:
myhero.com/sylvia-earle-ocean-conservation-award
Massive gratitude to Mark Jones and love and thanks to his family for all the commitment of environmental work over many years. A well-deserved accolade, now etched into the history of this 20 year old festival, for a man with high integrity, passion, and great knowledge of the The Kimberley region in Western Australia.
Big shout-out also to The Wilderness Society, Wildiaries Save The Kimberley and all the crew for their time, talents and creativity. Most of all, thank you to all protectors who helped save James Price Point from a destructive, industrial gas hub. These types of victories are real and should inspire us all to never give up on protecting the places we love.
You can watch the 6min film here as well as the other 5 finalists