About

Mathew Bate is the former co-editor of Melbourne-based publication Matters Journal, where he told stories of sustainability, making a positive impact and the need for responsible business. His poetry has been published in Cordite Poetry Review, and his creative nonfiction has featured in Dumbo Feather, Matters Journal and Gippslandia. He has recently published a children’s book (Jan, 2021) with Thames and Hudson entitled With a Little Kelp from Our Friends about the history of seaweed and its future role in climate change mitigation. He is currently studying regenerative agriculture at Southern Cross University, the first degree of its kind in the world.

Mat is also a proud and active contributor to the Seaweed Appreciation Society International (SASi), a mobile experimental platform dedicated to artistic research into seaweed and marine ecologies founded by Lichen Kelp. In August 2019 Mat was invited by Lichen to take part in her residency program, Forum of Sensory Motion, on FLOAT in Lake Tyers.

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e: mathewbate@gmail.com
i: @_sendkelp